Human sexuality
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- Human sexuality
- Christianity
- Since sexuality is such a powerful human force that it can result in new life, the Christian Church teaches that the only valid place for a sexual relationship is within marriage
- Today, sex before marriage, multiple sexual partners, children outside marriage, adultery or open homosexual relationships are far more common
- In the UK, the age of consent is 16. Most people, regardless of religion, would consider infidelity to be wrong
- Many Christians see heterosexual relationships as a part of God's plan for humans
- Genesis says that a man and woman should be united together and 'increase in number' (Genesis 1:28 and 2:28)
- This is why many Christians are opposed to sex outside marriage, and some homosexual relationships and artificial contraception
- Others think that the most loving thing to do is to adapt their teachings to fit a changing world
- Those who oppose homosexual relations may base their views on Leviticus 18:22 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, where it is written that sexual relations between two men are forbidden
- The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual people aren't sinful because of their homosexuality, but they should remain chaste to avoid sinful acts
- The Church of England welcomes homosexual Christians who live in a faithful, committed relationship, but don't allow them to marry in church
- Some Christians think Bible texts need to be interpretes in the context of modern society, and therefore consider homosexual relationships just as holy as heterosexual ones
- Since sexuality is such a powerful human force that it can result in new life, the Christian Church teaches that the only valid place for a sexual relationship is within marriage
- Hinduism
- Hindu teaching about sexual pleasure in a heterosexual relationship is that it's part of kama.
- Traditionally, sex was a duty of marriage and its main purpose of it was to produce children
- Sexual faithfulness is expected and adultery isn't approved of
- It is thought that in the student stages life, a brahmacharya is too young or would be too distracted from his studies, to have sexual relationships
- This belief may be hard to follow by Hindu adolescents in more liberal societies today
- Hindu scriptures don't generally condemn homosexual relationships
- Hindu gods provide examples of a variety of different relationships.
- Hindus believe that God and nature are infinitely diverse, and that God is impossible to define or understand fully. Meaning that Hindus are generally more accepting.
- Several Hindu priests have performed same-sex marriages because they say love is the result of attachments from previous lives and should be allowed in whatever form it takes
- Since Vedic times, a third gender has been acknowledged within Hinduism
- The Laws of Manu state that some people are born with either mixed male and female genders, or are gender-neutral or transsexual as a fact of natural biology
- Hindu teaching about sexual pleasure in a heterosexual relationship is that it's part of kama.
- Christianity
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