Just curious about what the bible says about a woman who can't conceive. If you're in a marriage and it is known that the woman can't conceive, is it a sin to continue having sex, knowing that it won't result in a child? I'm being serious, not trying to make anyone mad. Your thoughts please....
2006-08-16 09:31:15 · 38 answers · asked by Spookshow Baby 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hi Melissa
My wife and I (both Catholic's) are in the same boat and my own interpretation is that it means we have permission to shag twice as hard...joke, (My point is the person who cares about that isn't worth caring about?)
There are nutters in the Catholic church who obsess about sex but you know I don't think there's any real indication that Christ did - other than to call for fidelity in the context of relationship.
Christ showed on more than one occassion that he was if anything dismissive of this kind of obsessive inquiry into people's private sexual affairs.
The main thing is to grow in love even if the context is demanding and all contexts are: love is alien to our nature - we're the aliens, Jesus is the home-boy afterall. If we knew love like we think we ought to the world would be heaven.
Anyway never let anyone steal your Joy. That would be the real sin..
2006-08-16 10:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Pope Sixtus the Seventh 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't say anything good or bad about a woman who can not conceive. And no, continuing to have sex is not a sin. If you are a Jew or Christian, then sex outside of marriage is a sin. But having sex with your spouse in not sin regardless if either can not produce offspring.
If you are neither Jew or Christian then it doesn't matter what the Bible says-its not for you.
2006-08-16 09:46:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a good question, probably because I've wondered the same thing. For example, the use of birth control is a sin in the Roman Catholic church because all sex is supposed to be for procreation, period. So, once a woman is past menopause, or if either the man or the woman is infertile, does that mean they should no longer have sex? I think this is a valid question, and from some of the answers I'm seeing, it would appear that people do not understand their religion very well. It is possible that "Christians" can find biblical support for sex without procreation, but I don't think you can justify it with Catholic dogma.
It absolutely frightens me that there are people who believe a woman can conceive without a uterus. I know you holy rollers have no use for or understanding of science, but, jeez, this is completely ridiculous--unless you are speaking of a fertilized egg in a fallopian tube, but without a uterus, the egg cannot grow into a baby.
No one yet, that I can see, has addressed the Catholic ban on birth control, meaning that one cannot have sex "for fun" only.
2006-08-16 09:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only God knows if we are to conceive a child or not.
Even if the woman had had all of her uterus removed, it is rare, but they have conceived in this condition.
In the bible there are two stories that I can think of where the woman was well past menopause and had never conseived, and God told them both that in their very old age , they would bear a son.
Nothing is impossible with God.
Now to the question about sex. The bible never, ever states that sex is only for producing children.
You are referring to a man made rule in a man made and controlled church. Any church that puts God in charge will not have this or any other man made rules and regulations that go against the biblical writing of their creator.
2006-08-16 09:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is everyone giving examples from the Old Testament? I thought that it doesn't count anymore according to the concept of Christianity.
In my former community they would tell you that it is a sin to have sex with your husband knowing that you cannot conceive, because sex is designed for child-bearing. The bible says that everything you do must be for God, how can you have sex for your own pleasure?
Unless you do it to please your husband of course, because the bible says that you should obey your husband as God himself.
If you cannot conceive there is a will of God for it. And again, the bible says that women save themselves by child-bearing, so if you cannot conceive you cannot be saved. So, thinking logically you can have sex as much as you want because you are not going to be saved anyways (for not giving birth)...
this is so vain and complicated.
2006-08-16 10:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by Mondschein! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Melissa. It is not a sin to keep having sex if you can't conceive.I know that it must be a big disappointment for the couple.If it seems to be causing a problem in the marriage,then they should talk to a pastor or a professional councilor about it.Their are also other options such as adoption that the couple can try.I guess I am saying it is the same for Christians and non Christians.
2006-08-16 09:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by Tyna S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not a sin. There's plenty of married women in the Bible who were barren, and it never says anything about them refraining from sex. What's more, I think it's a little ridiculous to expect women who know they can't conceive to go without sex for their entire lives. Having said that, inability to have children is pretty much automatic grounds for annulment. And annulment basically means that the marriage never took place.
2006-08-16 09:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It says no sex before being married. I feel that it is a bigger issue than having a child. Your body is a temple and only the man you truly love and desire to spend the rest of your life with should get it, after marriage. I'll be the last to preach though, I'm 15 and I lost my virginity at 14 but I know right from wrong and I settled that with God. I can only move foward!
2006-08-16 09:38:48 · answer #8 · answered by Jazzy Boo! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read the whole bible. :) It's not wrong. This has to do with homosexuality, doesn't it? Anyway, you might check out some of the articles by J. Budzijewski (or however it is spelled) on homosexuality and marriage and sex on the website boundless.org, especially JB's series "Ask Theophilus". It's a webzine from focus on the family for college students and deals with all sorts of issues, and JB has come up with some pretty interesting answers on this stuff. And since you were asking Chrsitians this question, that would be a good place to look for answers since they are christian. But yeah, Budzijewski.... pronounced boojeeshefski... he's great, incredibly intelligent guy.
2006-08-16 09:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it's not sinful to continue having sex with your husband.
Sure, the fruit of sex is childbirth, and the biological purpose of having sex, but there is a far more important role for sex in a marriage....to strengthen the marriage and solidify the bond between husband and wife. Sex is a great expression of love, and shouldn't be stigmatized in any way within a marriage.
So go for it.
2006-08-16 09:36:47 · answer #10 · answered by gg 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋