RELIGIOUS STUDIES-PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS

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    • Christianity teaches that the Church should be the foundation of family life.
    • God made male and female to complete each other and procreate.
    • all humans are equal,
    • family can include--> nuclear, stepfamily, same-sex parents
    • "Honour your mother and father" {Exodus 20:12}
    • Three main purposes of a christian family are
      • to provide a secure environment for family through marriage
      • to procreate
      • to raise children in the christian faith
    • "Love one another just as I have loved you" {John 13:34}
    • "Be fruitful and multiply"
    • Raising children in the christian faith may include:
      baptism, holy communion, confirmation and bible reading
    • A christian wedding takes place in a church
    • the priest reads a moralising lecture
    • the priest asks about the responsibilities of marriage
    • the couples make vows to each other
    • the rings are blessed and exchanged
    • the priest declares the presence of the holy spirit
    • the couple signs the marriage register
    • marriage is a gift from God and a covenant between God and the couple
    • "therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and the two shall become one flesh"
    • polygamy(have more than 1 partner) is illegal in UK
    • "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
    • The Roman Catholic church does not accept divorce as the believe that in the eyes of god the couple are still married
    • However the RC church allows an annulment which is considering that the marriage was never valid in the first place. ( due to adultery, forced marriage or grown out of love)
    • Civil partnerships can be undertaken by same-sex couples following the law enacted in 2005
    • Some churches accept and welcome same-sex couples for example the United Reformed Church, which will conduct same-sex weddings.
    • Quakers and the United Reformed Church, have conducted same-sex weddings since the new legislation  came into effect in 2013.
    • 'We affirm the love of God for all people' wandsworth preparative meeting 1989
    • “But if they can’t control themselves, they should get married, because it’s better to marry than to burn with passion,” (1 Corinthians 7:9)
    • some christians believe that sex should only take place within marriage so that the teaching of procreation and a strong foundation to family is followed
    • “So God created human beings in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27
    • In 2014 Pope Francis said “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge?”
    • cohabitation is acceptable where there is faithfulness, loyalty and commitment 
    • “Do not commit adultery” Exodus 20:14
    • children are a gift from God therefore contraception should not be used
    • But for Adam no suitable helper was found
    • Women should keep silent in the churches
    • Egalitarianism--> men and women are created as equals with equal oppurtunities
    • Complementarianism--> men and women are created for different roles in life
    • Nicene creed teaches that god is understood through jehovah's force (god the father and son)
    • The eastern orthodox church believes that the holy spirit is only from the father
    • orthodox church believes that the god the father is the main source of all things
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