key sources of wisdom and authority

Genesis 1:27 - Sex

So, God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them

Genesis 1:28 - Homosexuality

God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number

Leviticus 18:22 - Sex

Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable

Dalai Lama - Homosexuality

If two people really feel that way, and its practical, then its okay!

Exodus 20:14 - Cheating

You shall not commit adultery

Ephesians 5:25 - Nature of Marriage

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Genesis 2:24 - Nature of Marriage

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Dhammananda - Marriage

Marriage is neither holy nor unholy

Matthew 5:32 - Divorce

But i tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12 - Divorce

Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. If she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

Matthew 19:6 - Divorce

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore. what God has joined together, let no one seperate.

Exodus 20:12 - Families

Honour your father and mother.

1 Timothy 5:8 - Families

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Galatians 3:28 - Equality

There is neither Jew nor gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Lotus Sutra - Equality

… and so always teach the Dhamma equally to all

Genesis 1:1 - Origin of the Universe

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:3 - Origin of the Universe

And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light

The Dalai Lama - Science and Religion

If science was to prove Buddhist claims to be false, then we must abandon those claims

Genesis 2:7 - Origin of Life

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

The Dalai Lama - Evolution

on the whole… the Darwinian theory of evolution… gives us a fairly coherent account on the evolution of human life on Earth

Psalm 24:1 - Environment

The Earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

Genesis 2:15 - Environment

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

Proverbs 12:10 - Animals

The righteous care for the needs of their animals

Genesis 9:3 - Animals

Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.

Thich Nhat Hanh - Animals

We cannot support any act of killing; no killing can be justified… By being vegetarian, we are going in the direction of nonviolence.

Exodus - Abortion

You shall not murder

Jeremiah 1:5 - Abortion

Before i formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born i set you apart.

Colossians 3:12 - Abortion

As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, gentleness, and patience.

The Dalai Lama - Abortion

Abortion should be approved or disapproved according to certain circumstances

Revelation 21:4 - Heaven

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

Matthew 13:50 - Hell

and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

John 11:25 - Afterlife

Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.’