Religion and Relationships
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- Religion and Relationships
- Key Definitions
- Commitment: Where you make vows and promises to be faithful
- age of consent: The legal age where you may have a sexual relayionship with someone (16)
- Contract: Formal agreement, a marriage contract is a legal bond between bride and groom
- Covenant: Binding lifelong agreement before God
- Responsibility: Being accountable for your own actions and doing your duty
- Contraception
- Buddhism:: acceptable if not for selfish reasons, cause abortion =forbidden
- "Do not harm living beings"
- Judaism: large family is a blessing, accept for financial reasons, affect moms health, sterilisation forbidden as it damages body
- "Be fruitful and multiply"
- Some muslims: Don't allow as believe Allah will give the strength to cope with many kids, agree if wife health at risk, oppose any methods if cause abortion
- Buddhism:: acceptable if not for selfish reasons, cause abortion =forbidden
- Marriage
- Buddhism: Grow spiritually in a marriage, ideal marriage is in respinsibilites set out in scriptures
- Islam: Expected to marry, gives husband and wife rights under Allah, believe love will develop in a marriage not before it
- Sikhism: Have a duty to marry, God intended it, union which is witnessed by God and an opportunity to become 1 spirit in 2 bodies
- Love matches
- advantages
- excitement, love, deep bond and connection, already know them
- Disadvantages
- messy, pick the wrong person, end in divorce, not have failies support
- advantages
- arranged marriages
- advantages
- financial security, family happy, better understanding of lifestyle and religion , low rate of divorce
- Disadvantages
- love comes second, too formal, might nit fall in love, interference from family
- advantages
- Adultery
- Christianity: Destroys promises made in front of God threatens stability for a child's security
- "you shall not commit adultery"
- Islam: Serious sin in Islam, Quran says its shameful and opens ways to other evils
- Judaism: Adultery is a serious sin and you must got divorced
- Christianity: Destroys promises made in front of God threatens stability for a child's security
- Divorce
- Some Christians: Divorce is wrong but can be granted an annulment, not able to remarry is former parter is alive, some Christians allow it if they take their vows seriously
- "whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery
- Islam: divorce hateful to Allah, permitted as a last resort, must wait 3 months to see if wife's pregnant and allow reconciliation, husband must return dowry
- Judaism: Can divorce if you don't love each other and all attempts of reconciliation have failed, must obtain a religious divorce a 'get' to break the marriage contract
- Some Christians: Divorce is wrong but can be granted an annulment, not able to remarry is former parter is alive, some Christians allow it if they take their vows seriously
- Religious wedding ceremonies
- Jewsish wedding: Marriage contract (ketubah) is signed in front of 4 witnesses and a rabbi, under a conopy (chuppah) to symbolise an n home, blesses a gibket of winne and gold rings exchanged, ketubag read out , groom stands on a gklass to symbolise challengesof marriage and destuvtion f jerusalmen temple
- Sex before marriage
- Islam: Muslims believe sex is a gift from God, enjoyed responsibly in marriage, dress modestly and avoid tempting others, punishment includes flogging
- Judaism: Jews belive sex is a creation of God and before marriage can lower a persons self respect
- "Be fruitful and multiply"
- Sikhism: forbidden, lust is one of the 5 evil passions, should avoid dancing or mixing with the opposite sex
- Key Definitions
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