Sexual Ethics

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What is 'eros' love?
It is sexual love, often associated with love at first sight
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What is 'agape' love?
Unconditional love which expects to have nothing in return, inspire to help a stranger
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What is 'philial' love?
Brotherhood and sisterhood love, which is a moral form of love. It is reciprocate from others in the same group
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What is 'divine' love?
Companionship, caring and kind. Follows the faith statement of Christianity
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How is love presented in the bible?
Marriage is for the purpose of reproduction, homosexuality is an abomination and woman's bodies are sacred symbols
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What happened in 1967 concerning homosexuality?
Homosexual acts between consenting adults over 21 was legalised
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What happened in 1994?
This age was lowered to 18
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When was there a series of gay bars targeted in London?
1999
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When was the consenting age lowered to 16?
2000
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When was the introduction of civil partnership?
2005
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What was allowed in 2014?
Marriage
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What are arguments for 'sex before marriage'?
It is a God from God,we have free will, the Anglicans allow it if a couple have been together for a while and GARETH MOORE: we follows laws but not always
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What are arguments against 'sex before marriage'?
The purpose of sex is having children, the body is sacred, giving into pleasures and temptations is bad and abortion's and STDs are bad for us
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Finish the quotation from Act 15:20 'Telling them to abstain from..'
sexual immorality
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What did 1 Corinthians 5 say about sex before marriage?
'it is actually reported that there is sexual immorality around you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father's wife'
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What did 1 Corinthians 7:2 say?
'Each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband'
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Finish the quotation from Galatians 5:19 'the acts are flesh are obvious:...
sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery'
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What does the New Testament teach about 'sex before marriage'?
St Paul teaches how there should be no sex before marriage and we should focus on spiritual matters over sexual ones
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Which Religion says that sex should be enjoyed within the security of marriage to ensure the consequences of sex can be coped and dealt with morally?
Conservative Christians
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What does the Roman Catholic Church say?
Having sexual intercourse is part of the promise and commandment of God, teach that the joy and purpose of sex is to be found within the bonds of marraige
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What do Liberal Christians teach about sex before marriage?
Would encourage sex within marriage, but realise desires and emotions get in the way.
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What did Adrian Thatcher say?
In the UK, more people enter marriage from cohabitation than from a single state
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Who said: The development of safe methods of contraception and availability of abortion has meant pre-marital relationships don't carry the same risks they did years ago?
Roger Crook
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What else does Roger Crook say?
The Bible itself sees sex as a normal part of life, sex is God given
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Who said: 'Today the old centuries are disappearing, and sex and its place in human relationships is one of the most controversial areas of modern Christian ethics'
Gareth Moore
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What does St Paul teach about sex before marriage?
Celibacy is a special gift that isn't for all, it is better to be married than to commit a sin and risk damnation
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Who said that sex is a sin except for the purpose of reproduction?
St Augustine
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What did St Thomas Aquinas say?
Sex is to be enjoyed, but must be connected to reproduction
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Who said that 'Jesus said nothing about birth control.. masturbation, fornication, pre-marital intercourse'
Joseph Fletcher
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Finish the quote from Peter Vardy: 'The Hebrew scriptures speak of matters in more detail ...
although the relevance of these comments are a matter of debate today'
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How was homosexuality considered in 19th/20th century?
Considered a mental illness, they introduced an operation called 'Frontal Leucologn
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When was the Wolfenden report? What did it say?
1957- marked a turning point in attitudes to homosexuality as recognised it is innate
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What have been attitudes towards sex over time?
Ancient Israelis: more positive view on sex and reproduction
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What else did Roger Crook argue in 'Christian Ethics'?
That there has been three focuses of change: changing status of women, development of safe methods of contraception and deepened understanding of sexuality
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What are the four main purposes for marriage?
Companionship, to bear children, to have sex and to reflect Christ and his church
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What does Mark 10:8 say about marriage?
'Two become one flesh'
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Finish the quote from Proverbs 5:19 'be intoxicated...
always in her love'
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What did Matthew 19:5 say about marriage?
Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife
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Which Church emphasises the 'universe' aspect of sex within marriage, with the purpose of marriage is making and creating love between two partners?
Methodist Church
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Who said that 'It is a commitment through time, it embraces the future as well as the present'?
Church of England
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What is the Eastern Orthodox's view on marriage?
They understand that marriage is a sacrament and is between baptised Christians. This is a realisation of Christian identity in the pursuit of sanctity
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What is the Roman Catholic's view on marriage?
'The two practice of conjugal love and the whole meaning of family life which results from it, has its own aim'
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What did St. Paul teach about marriage?
'Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctity her'
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Who said 'men who do not like to see their wives eat in their company are thus teaching themselves to shut themselves when alone'?
Plutarch
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What did Immanuel Kant say about marriage?
That 'marriage... is the union of two people of different sexes with a view to the mutual possession of each other's sexual attributes for the duration of their lives'
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Which scriptural teaching says that 'you shall not commit adultery'?
Exodus 20:14
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What does 1 Corinthians 6:18 say about adultery?
'Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside from the body, whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body'
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Who said: 'marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure'?
Hebrews 13:4
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What does Islam teach about adultery?
Islam recognises that men and women can both be tempted to have sexual relationships outside of a marriage but it is forbidden
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What does the 'Hadith' teach?
Men are not allowed to be alone with women other than their wives in case that they are tempted by them
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What do Roman Catholics teach about adultery?
Adultery is wrong as it breaks the promise of marriage, most Roman Catholics would oppose the act of adultery and view it as a sin. However, it is not a sin to continue to live with and have sex with a spouse who has committed adultery
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Which Church teaches that adultery is not accepted, however with other sins God will accept the act of adultery if they are remorseful?
Church of England
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What do Liberal Christians say about adultery?
Adultery is accepted as long as it's done as part of a loving relationship where nobody is harmed or exploited
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What does Carl Jung say about adultery? Does he then support it or oppose it?
For it, as it is a more exciting thing to do when you get older
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Who said that adultery is more of a symptom of marriage?
Jack Dominion
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Who said that adultery is down to both partners?
Helmut Thieckle
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Finish the quote from William Blake: 'if moral virtues was Christianity...
Christs present is here all variety'
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What did Aryn Rand teach?
That humans act selfishly all the time
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Who said that adultery was 'coming to that of wholeness'?
Peter Vardy
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Finish the quote from St. Augustine 'In the evening of our lives ..
we will all be judged by love'
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What does Mark 10:9 say about divorce?
'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate'
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Finish the quote from Mark 10:11 'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another
commits adultery against her'
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What does Matthew 5:32 teach?
'But i tel you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery'
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Who said that 'anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery'?
Luke 16:18
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What did Matthew 1:19 say?
'Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly'
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Which Church teaches that divorce: isn't encouraged but understood in certain situations, but recognises that marriages do fail and in some cases a divorce person may be allowed to re-marry?
Church of England
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What does the Roman Catholic Church teach about divorce?
Has strict guidelines, they aren't permitted to have the Eucharist. They consider the bonds of marriage to be sacred, marriage is both a legal and sacred bounding
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Which Church has a clear open mindness to divorces?
Baptist Church
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What was the policy of remarriage 1999 for the Baptist Church?
If one or both parties have been married before, to ensure that a couple is directed by a minister
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What does the Methodist Church say?
They don't have any centralised policy regarding divorce. Those who have been divorced are welcome to join.The decision to remarry lies with the minister
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What does Martin Brucer say about divorce?
The main focus of a marriage is companionship and love and if this dies then the whole basis of marriage would have too
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What happened at the 1988 Lambeth Conference?
Suggested that the innocent party in a divorce should be allowed to remarry and also take part in Eucharist
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Who said that the reasons why marriage breakdowns is because the reasons for marriage has changed?
Muriel Porter- companionship is more important than pro-creation
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Who said that marriage can fail and 'drag down' the couple, then it would be acceptable for a divorce?
Peter Vardy
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What did Bernard Hoose say about divorce?
Jesus forbids divorce- but he points out that the Hebrew word 'porneia' may have been misinterpreted
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What does Kevin Kelley say?
That the aim of marriage is maintaining the quality of the relationship between the couple, marriage can die and second marriage may be morally right
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What does Leviticus 20:13 say about homosexuality?
'They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads'
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Who said that 'you shall not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination'?
Leviticus 18:22
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What does Deuteronomy 23:17- 18 say?
'You must not bring the earnings of a female.. or of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord'
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What happens in Genesis 19:4-11?
That God destroys the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah
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Did Romans 1:21- 31 or Genesis 2:24 say' For this reason man will leave his father and mother and become united with his wife'
Genesis 2:24
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Do those quotations support or oppose homosexuality?
Oppose
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What does Leviticus 19:19 say?
'Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material'
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Who said that you should 'love your neighbour as yourself'?
Mark 12:31
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What did Galatians 3:28 say?
'There is neither Jew nor centile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus'
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What does the RCC say about homosexuality?
There is no sin in having a sexual inclination towards someone who is the same sex, but to act upon this inclination is WRONG
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What does the protestant Church teach about homosexuality?
That the practice of homosexual acts as wrong, homosexual acts are incompatible with the teachings of the Bible
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Who said that sexuality is part of the fallen world? That celibacy is the ideal path?
Orthodox Church
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What does the Church of England say about homosexuality?
Denomination has been divided over the issue of homosexuality. Church currently maintains that same- sex partnerships are aceptable
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What did the 1998 Lambeth Conference call homosexuality?
'Incompatible with Scripture'
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What did Kate Sanders and Peer Stamford say about homosexuality?
That Jesus said nothing
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Who criticised the Bible as other rules are portrayed but punish those who attack minorities?
John Boswell
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Who is Gene Robinson?
First openly gay bishop and he became the symbol of LGBT rights movement. 'Only God is the same yesterday, today tomorrow, the Church has always been changing'
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What did Cardinal Glempt refer to homosexuals as?
'Backyard Mongrels'
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What did B.A Robinson say about homosexuality?
That same sex marriage is a civil rights issue and marriage should be available for homosexuals
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Who noted that a screwdriver can be used for a number of purposes, just like sex?
Burton M Leiser
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Who said that 'women should remain silent in the Churches'?
1 Corinthians 14:34-35
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What are examples of equality within the Bible?
God created people 'in the image of God', the Good Samaritan (Luke Parable)- through his story Jesus teaches people to love one another
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What are some reasons that the Roman Catholic Church believe that women shouldn't be allowed to be Church leaders?
All of Jesus' disciples are men, they might distract the male clergy from their jobs, Adam was made first and Women are more suited to other roles such as bringing up children
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What are the reasons CofE, Methodists, Baptists and Quakers allow Women Priests?
Men and Women are equal in the eyes of God, Women are suited to lead, first women became vicars in the CofE in 1994
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What does John Locke say about equality?
'In races of mankind and families of the world, there remains not to one above another'
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What is a quote from Martin Luther King about equality?
'The time is always right to do what is right'
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Who said that 'Jesus was a feminist'?
Leonard Swindler
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How does Christian aid teach equality?
We respect and defend the rights and dignity of all
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Who is Hannah Mudge?
A member of the 'Christian Feminist Network' to change double standards of women
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Who said that we are 'the gendered society' so religion is a gendered institution?
Michael Kimmler
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What did Nantondo Hadebe say about inequality?
'Yet when we seek to do the same thing in the Church, there is resistance'
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When did British Law recognise domestic violence as reason for divorce?
1937
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What are the two types of a family unit?
Nuclear and extended
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Who is Mary Daly and what does she say?
She is a feminist who said that women cannot call God 'father'
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What did Daphene Hampson say?
That the idea of equality doesn't fit the theology of these religious traditions must be discarded
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