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THEME A - REVISION HOWEVER: 1) Can be forgiven, ‘He who is without
AGREE (Homo) (contr): 1) ‘Who am I to judge’ sin, may cast the first stone’
Pope Francais: Wrong to disapprove of same s. CONTR (contr)
relationships. God is the judge AGREE: 1) Situation ethics. Most loving thing if it
2) ‘Do everything in love’ St Paul: If relationship is protects against unwanted pregnancy.
loving then it is okay 2) God wants ease for mankind. Family planning
3) Bible condemns unconsensual, harmful acts 3) Can only be used for ethical purposes
4) All humans are Imago Dei. Should not be judged 4) Good steward: Not more children than can
5) Can be ‘fruitful’ in other ways (Adoption) provide, Once they have children command is
6) Jesus was celibate, rather taught do the most fulfilled.
loving thing DISAGREE: 1) ‘Intrinsically evil’ Catechism, always
DISAGREE (Hetro): 1) ‘Be fruitful and multiply’: wrong and sinful, interfering with gods plan
can’t happen in same s. relationships so it is sinful. 2) ‘Be fruitful and multiply’, divine command
Every s. act must be open to procreation showing s. is for procreation, contr. prevents this.
2) Bible disapproves ‘Men who have s. with men 3) ‘Do not kill your children from fear of poverty,
will not enter the kingdom of God’ god will provide’.
ISLAM: 3) ‘Must you lust after males and abandon 4) Can lead to more immorality and devalues it and
the wives god has created for you’: Gods plan is marriage, makes it selfish rather than selfless
heterosexual relationships, he created wives for 5) Can’t interfere Gods plan - sovereign over life
men, same s. acts are wrong/lustful, not loving. NATURE & PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE
4) Adam & Eve were first 2 humans - Gods plan NATURE: ‘one flesh’: monogamous/ loving /lifelong
5) ‘You are exceeding all bounds’ condemns /procreative/Supportive/Polygamous/
6) ‘Dishonor them’/punishable by death penalty Procreative /Consensual: ‘If a man gives his
S. Before marriage (contr) daughter while she is averse to it, then such a
AGREE: 1) Situation ethics: As long as it is loving, marriage is invalid’
and shows their love they can. ‘It is the nature and VOWS: 1) Consensual, Choosing to marry
quality of the relationship that matters’ 2) Lifelone: Will stay together forever
2) If couple plan to marry/cant marry now [afford] 3) ‘To love and cherish’: loving
DISAGREE: 1) ‘A grave sin’. S. is for procreation in 4) ‘Till death do us part’: lifelong
marriage, always wrong outside marriage 5) ‘In the presence of God I make this vow’ sacred
2) ‘Remain chaste until you are ready for covenant, must be taken seriously & should be kept
marriage’: Only place for s. is within marriage PURPOSE: 1) BECOME ‘one flesh’: lifelong,
3) Only allowed in ‘One flesh’ monogamous relationship. Support/care one
S. Outside marriage 2) PROCREATE: ‘Be fruitful and multiply’, to have
DISAGREE: 1) Breaks the sacred marriage vows children, only place s. is allowed
(made in front of God), to be in a ‘one flesh’ 3) RELIGIOUS DUTY: ’Marry those single among u’
2) ‘Adulterers will not inherit the kingdom of God’ ISLAM: 4) SUPPORT ‘Garments of one another’
ST PAUL Cannot attain Salvation due to immorality Love, protect and care one another
3) Breaks up families and is against loving principle 5) Remind one another to be good Muslims.
4) ‘Do not go near adultery, it is an outrage and ‘Develop moral traits through marriage’
evil path’ / ‘Do not commit adultery’
5) Sharia law - death penalty of adultery
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