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Reasons for changes
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Cohabitation and marriage
> Better contraception > Fewer people go church and so not told to keep sex until marriage > Media and celebrities make it look respectable Divorce > New laws made divorce much cheaper and easier for ordinary people > Increased equality of women- women are more financially independent > In olden days, men were allowed more than one wife Family life > More people are cohabiting and having children >Increase in divorce has meant an increase in remarriage > More mothers are in paid employment and use retired grandparents to look after families > More single parents families becuase of divorce and unmarried mothers Homosexaulity > Change in laws have made it easier for homosexuals > Media covereage of gay couples > Civil partnership |
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How attitudes have changed
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> More people have sex before marriage
> Acceptable for couples to live together > Avergae age for marrying has increased > Divorce is accepted as notmal part of life > Single parent family has increased as couples divorce > More people divorce and remarry (reconstituted family) > Civil partnership act 2004 |
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Christians attitudes to sec outside marriage
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Wrong
> Sex is for procreation and children must be brought up in christian family > Bible says promiscuity and pre-martial sex is sinful (10 commandments) > All churches teach pre-martial sex is wrong > Break wedding vows > Jesus condemns it Some allow couples to live together if they are thinking of marriage and have sex if in long-term relationship |
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Islamic attitudes to sex outside marriage
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Condemns any form of sex outside marriage
> Forbidden in Qur'an (boys and girls seperate after puberty) > Shariah says sex should only take place within marriage > Sex is for procreation and child should be brought up in a family > Adultery is sin in Islam - Condemned by God - breaks marriage contract |
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Christians attitudes to divorce
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Catholic church does not allow
> Jesus taught divorce is wrong > Breaks wedding vows > Religious divorce is impossible becuase church teaches in catechism that marriage cannot be dissolved > No religious divorce = no remarriage, seen as adultery Non-catholic churches thing is wrong but allows if marriage is broken > Jesus allowed divorce in Matthew 19:9 for a partners adultery > Christians allowed forgiveness and a new chance for confessed sins > Better to divorce than live in hatred all the time |
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Islam and divorce
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Some do not allow
> There is a Hadith where Muhammad is reported said divorce most hated things allowed > Most marriages arranged by families who want to keep marriage working > Islam teaches on last day - muslims judged on how well treated childre - divorce harms children Most allow > Qur'an permits it > Shariah permits divorce > Believe better to divorce than have hatred and bitterness >Marriage is a contract in Islam and contracts can be ended |
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Why family life is important to Christians
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> Family life created by God and the only place where child should be brought up
> Family is the place where children learn difference between right and wrong > One main purpose of marriage is to have childrena nd bring them up in a christian home |
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Why family life is important to Muslims
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> Children are gift from God- at end of world muslims will be judged by God on how well brought up children
> Family life created by God and the only place where child should be brought up > All muslims expected to follow perfect example of Prohet Muhammad who married and raised a family > Family is the place where children learn difference between right and wrong |
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Christian attitudes to homosexuality
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Against (Catholic)
> Homosexuality acts are wrong > The bible condemns homosexuality activity > Sex is for procreation > Church teaches people cant chose but can control Against (Evangelical Protestant) > Homosexuality is a sin > Bible is direct words of God For (Liberal Protestant) > Christianity is about love and acceptance > Christianity should be open and honest and pretending not be be gay would be telling lies |
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Muslim attitudes to homosexuality
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Against (most)
> Condemned in Qur'an > Prophet Muhammad condemned it > God says in Qur'an that marriage is between a man and a women Accept (some) > Islam is a religion of tolerance > God created all people whatever their sexual orientation > God must have made some people homosexual (scientific) |
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Christian attitudes to contraception
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Against (catholic)
> Church teaches that sex should be unitive and creative (procreation) > Some contraception brings out a very early abortion > Contraception leads to promiscuity, broken families, divorce and sexually transmitted diseases For (non catholic) > Christianity is about love and justce - contraception can improve womens health > God created sex for enjoyment, not just children > Nothing in bible that does not allow it > Condoms are best way of combat AIDS/HIV |
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Muslim attitudes to contraception
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Against
> Qur'an bans abortion and some contraception can cause an early abortion > God created sex for making children > Believe its a muslims duty to have a large family For - limit family size > Hadith recorded the Prophet allowing the coitus interruptus as a means of contraception > Qur'an says God does not place extra burden on his followers , and contraception stops extra burden > Muslim lawyers agree that contraception is different from abortion so is allowed |