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Marriage and family life
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- 1What are Christian attitudes towards marriage?Gift from God - sacrament
The only proper place to have children
Supposed to be for life
Adultery seen as wrong - against 10 Commandment and purposes of marriage
Sex before marriage frowned upon by Roman Catholics, but other churches more liberal and allow cohabitation - 2What are Muslim attitudes towards marriage?Gift from Allah
Only proper place to have children
usually arranged - parents choose suitable bride / groom for child
Dowries paid by bride's family
Should be for life
Not to be chaste because should have children
Sex only allowed within marriage, teenagers kept separate to ensure it - 3Christian views FOR divorceSome Churches allow because recognise that some marriages will fail
Jesus taught forgiveness
Protestants say that it can be the lesser of two evils so allow it sometimes
Jesus allowed it in the case of adultery
Free Churches - when love dies so does the marriage -stress Jesus' teachings onlove - 4Christian views AGAINST divorceMarriage should be a commitment for life - affirmed in the vows which state "Till death do us part"
Roman Catholics do not accept it - must get an annulment (a declaration that the marriage was not a true marriage) They reinforce traditional views that when married, the couple become 'one flesh' - 5Islam views FOR divorceLast resort
Regulations about divorce (e.g. if someone is in prison)
Declare intention to divorce 3 times in one month
Iddah - 3 months couple must live together to ensure that wife is not pregnant and to see if they can sort it out
After this, free to marry again
Since marriage is a contract, the contract can be ended, as with all contracts - 6Islam views AGAINST marriageGenerally not agree
Family is the basis of society - divorce threatens this
Divorce is the most hated thing by Allah, but is permitted - 7Christian views on family lifeVery important - purpose of marriage
Bible teaches children to honour parents - 10 Commandments
God is good father and Mary as mother provide role models for parents - 8Why does the Church promote family?At baptism, child gets godparents, who support parents in bringing up child
Sunday schools - children learn about religion and enforces what they learn at home
Church seen as extended family
Provides support groups for family
Teaches morals and ideals or children to follow through the Bible - 9Islam views of family lifevery important - often live in extended families as expected to look after the elderly
Parents expected to bring up children as Muslims
All people expected to have children
Duties of parents and children laid out in Qur'an
Not allow adoption because say orphan should live with rest of family - 10How is family life helped by religion in Islam?When child born, first thing they hear is religion - done by father
Learn to read the Qur'an at mosque school which enforces what they learn home
Marriages arranged by the family
Prayers said as a family
Family basis of Islamic society - 11Christian and Muslim teachings on sex outside of marriageSex should only be within marriage
Frown upon promiscuity and pre-marital sex
Because sex carries with it the responsibility of creating children, and both religions teach that children need the stability of family - 12What do more modern Christians and Muslims think about sex outside marriage?Old teachings outdated
Contraception more reliable and so pre-marital sex carries less chance of having children
Stress that sex should only take place in a loving, committed relationship - 13Why is promiscuity frowned upon?Encourages people to treat their bodies as objects
Christians teach that the body is "the temple of the holy spirit" and should be treated with respect - 14Why is adultery forbidden in both religions?Threatens stability of marriage and goes against mariage vows
Against the 10 Commandments
In some Islamic countries, it carries the death penalty
Because traditional teachings on marriage - exclusion of all others - 15Christian views FOR homosexulaityGod created everyone in his image
Love your neighbour
Some same sex friendships in Bible upheld as ideal - David and Johnathan - 16Christian views AGAINST homosexualityBible says that homosexuals will be "vomited out of the land"
Sex only within a marriage, and homosexuals cannot marry
Sex is for the purpose of procreation - any sex act, including homosexuality, which does not fulfil this purpose is wrong - 17Islam views FOR homosexualityAllah created everyone
World made like a flower garden - there are different people as part of the design - 18Islam views AGAINST homosexualityAll Muslims expected to have children - homosexuality prevents this
Rejected by Shari'ah law - often illegal in Islamic countries
Seen as a sin
One saying of Muhammad states that "kill one that is doing it..." - 19Christian views FOR contraceptionAllow natural methods e.g. rhythm method as it is not directly preventing the process of procreation in an 'unnatural' way.
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