Y11 RS Theme A Quotes

J&C: god’s commandment to humans (have kids) - sexuality, contraception

‘be fruitful and multiply’ - genesis (bible/torah)

J&C: how women were made

‘it is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him’ - genesis (bible/torah)

J&C: teaching against homosexuality

‘do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman’ - leviticus (bible/torah)

C: teaching for homosexuality / cohabitation etc

‘it is the nature and quality of a relationship that matters’ - towards a quaker view of sex

C: quote against sex before marriage

‘every sexual act must be within the framework of marriage’ - pope pius XI

C&J: bond between wife and husband

‘a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh’ - genesis (bible/torah)

J: teaching against divorce

‘god hates divorce’ - tanakh

C&J: role of children to parents in a family

‘honour thy mother and father’ - ten commandments

C&J: purpose of family as to pass on the religion 

‘impress them [commandments] on your children’ - torah/bible/shema prayer

J: quote for gender equality

‘the woman came out of a man’s rib. not from his feet to be walked on’ - talmud

J&C: quote about sacredness of humans bc they look like god - sanctity of life, contraception, gender equality

‘god created mankind in his own image’ - genesis (bible/torah)