2006-09-06 07:20:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Arnie: I don't think this question has stirred up much trouble. Is this question causing you trouble?
2006-09-07 05:30:29 · update #1
Kithy: In the ancient Mediterranean world, temple prostitution was not unknown.
2006-09-07 05:31:30 · update #2
It can be a sacred act.
Blessings )O(
2006-09-06 07:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but yes. No, the sex act in and of itself is not sacred, it is simply a physical exercise.
But yes, lovemaking, which is sex with a partner who is loved and who loves, *is* sacred; it is self-sacrifice without expectation, only to find another soul has chosen to return all you give and more.
2006-09-06 14:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by hogan.enterprises 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not! It is procreation and it is recreation. It can be a means of creating the tightest of bonds between lovers, it can be a means of relieving stress and turning away aggression, and it can be a means of the cruelest sort of domination. It is a carnal act that can be TREATED as a sacred act, and indeed has at times been used as a sacrement. As in so many of humankind's endeavors, it is what you make of it.
2006-09-06 14:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe it can be. Depends on the sex. Paying for it doesn't sound too sacred to me.
2006-09-06 16:11:24 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, you really like stirring up trouble, don't you? LOL!
Have fun with it.
2006-09-06 14:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether you think it is or not. 'sacred' is in the eye of the beholder.
2006-09-06 14:29:33 · answer #6 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-09-06 14:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by anabasisx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can be. But forced sex is a sin. So you can't go varound saying "I raped her in the name of God!" Sorry, doesn't work that way. Love, then sex, as an affirmation of love.
2006-09-06 14:25:31 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. T, formerly known as Shadow. 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not sacred, but made up by God, and is pure if it is done the right way...
2006-09-06 14:24:03 · answer #9 · answered by fireangel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
between married people
after God made the world and declared it good 7 times, he declared it VERY GOOD after making the first couple
and just as there is one marriage in the garden, there is one 'marriage' in heaven between Christ and the redeemed
so marriage today is but a glipse into the relationship of Christ and the church forever and just as a 3rd grader cant grasp sex we cannot grasp what it will be..
2006-09-06 14:24:35 · answer #10 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋