Chapter 5 Religion stud guide

Human sexuality

Human sexuality

________- the gift of being able to feel, think, choose, love and act as the male or female that God created us to be.

Environmental waste

________ and pollution- the destruction of those things in creation that God gave us to support life.

Pornography

________- the degrading portrayal of human sexuality in words, movies, or pictures.

Scandal

________- attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil.

sexual love

Promiscuity- a casual approach to ________ with no regard to faithful commitment.

Jesus

________ taught his disciples to live out the commandments as an expression of love for God, for themselves, and for their neighbors.

Lust

________- an excessive or uncontrollable desire for inappropriate sexual enjoyment or pleasure.

Rape

________- the violent act of forcing someone into sexual intimacy.

Murder

________- the deliberate taking of a life is not our right.

Free union

________- living together and having sexual relations without the commitment of marriage.

Chastity

________- the virtue by which we use our human sexuality in a responsible and faithful way.

Fornication

________- sexual relations outside of marriage, including premarital sex.

Homosexual Acts

________- sexual relation between persons of the same sex.

Prostitution

________- the buying and selling of sex.

Terrorism

________- violence that intentionally targets innocent civilians.

sexual relations

Incest- ________ with family members.

Polygamy

________- the practice of having two or more spouses at the same time.

last resort

War- should be a(n) ________, when other means fail to protect the innocent against fundamental injustice.

Domestic violence

________ is an assault against human dignity, and those who commit it should seek professional help.

sexual organs

Masturbation- deliberately stimulating ones ________ by oneself.

Supreme Court of the United States

The ________ has legalized abortion but we must remember that what is legal is not always morally right.

Domestic violence

________- when people are violated in their own homes by their own families.