What are the rules about sex in your religion?

Question

Say your religion first, then answer the question. Do you think pre-marital sex is o.k? What if someone cant resist the temptation? What about oral sex?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic
No sex until marriage.
No.
Then to me, they are incapable of controlling themselves or their actions.
Uh No.

Answer 2

Rules of sex? My religion doesn't really have any rules about sex per se. One should always act honorable. I can tell you my own personal rule: Have fun and don't harm anyone.

I don't see why someone would want to resist temptation (unless of your temptation would cause harm.) As for pre-marital sex, oral sex, etc... It's all good!

I know from first hand experience it is not a good idea to wait until you get married. As with test driving cars, the same rule applies. You don't want to get stuck with something that doesn't fit you, if you get my drift. ;-)

Answer 3

Buddhist.
Sexual misconduct is wrong. The definition of sexual misconduct is left largely up to you. In Buddhism there is no such thing as a religious marriage ceremony although each Buddhist state will usually have civil marriage laws. Buddhism does describe how husband and wife should be responsible to each other but makes no limitations on how the status of husband and wife is started or finished. It is therefore not against anything the Buddha taught for a marriage to be of extremely short duration, just long enough for sex to take place for example. To do so would be cynical and not recommended but Buddhism recognizes the impermanence of everything, including relationships, so that marriage is not defined as being a union forever rather than a mutually agreed pairing which will last while it is agreeable to both parties.
Oral sex falls into the same outline as conventional, anal or any other permutation you care to consider.
Infidelity would still be considered as misconduct as would anything else which harms others or would be regarded by either party as misconduct.
Simply, Buddhism leaves it up to you to know what is right and to stick to doing that but does not extract any promises for permanency since nothing is truly permanent.

Answer 4

Yes, you are right. There are several reasons these got tied in with religion. 1. Early civilizations needed to make rules for their society to function. Sometimes, religion got tied in with these rules, down to what a person could eat or wear for clothing. In theory, these rules were designed to keep everyone safe. (Such as not eating pork- which carried certain diseases, so people thought God didn't want them to eat pork) 2. In some instances, it was to keep certain people in power, and certain people out of power. Blaming women for seducing men put a lot of pressure on females as the "keepers of virtue", which makes no sense when you consider the high number of rapes in early societies. If men were "not at fault" for such behavior, then women were expected to be ashamed of their bodies for being so seductive. Many dress codes today still place far more restrictions on women about the length of skirts, cleavage, and hair coverings. 3. Early societies were not willing to consider humans equal with animals, partly because to obtain protein, they ate quite a few. If animals had urges for sex, then humans must surely be above that. It meant that we were above them and could in turn, use them however we wished for food and labor. Religion was again tied in with this.

Answer 5

I am one of Jehovh's Witnesses. Ther are no rules concerning sex. Only laws of God which are different from rules. God's law states " Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 4 Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. Hebrews 13:4
As for resisting temptation the Bible says::But if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virginity, if that is past the bloom of youth, and this is the way it should take place, let him do what he wants; he does not sin. Let them marry. 1Corinthians 7:36

Answer 6

In any religion, pre-marital sex is not o.k. and oral sex is a bad thing.......but we are human first and then a religious person. There is no harm in having sex before marriage if it doesnt harm anyone or for that matter opting for oral is not bad either.

Answer 7

Islam. No pre-marital sex is haraam(forbidden) in Islam. Oral sex is also haraam in Islam as well as anal sex. If they have sex outside of marriage then they are lashed 90 times with a whip. That goes for men and women. Sex is only between a husband and wife. Unlike other religions Islam believes in chastity until marriage.

Answer 8

Wicca.

In our religion, sex is considered both natural and inherently good. We approach the Divine as both God and Goddess, Lord and Lady, and the cycles of the seasons are seen as the eternal dance of Their love. One of our spring holy days, Beltane (May 1st) is specifically regarded as the time when the God and Goddess are married and consummate their desire for one another in a sexual manner.

As Wiccans, the Wiccan Rede ("If it harm none, do what you will") demands that we approach sex mindfully, and that it takes place between consenting adults with harm to none. Other than that, what form that sex takes is up to the couple and what pleases them -- oral sex is fine, as is premarital sex. The only problem with premarital sex would be if one or both of the parties involved felt guilty about it, for whatever reason, in which case the "harm none" prohibition suggests that it would be better not to partake rather than to indulge and create bad feeling.

"Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth; for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals." -- The Goddess, speaking in "The Charge of the Goddess"

Answer 9

There are no rules about sex in my religion because my religion encourages making choices for oneself. However - the addendum to personal choice making is that you make choices that match your goals and desires for yourself. This means that if you make a poor life choice - you pay for it and take full responsibility for it. So basically - make mindful decisions and think before reacting.

I do think pre-marital sex is okay as long as its safe sex. Same with oral sex.

Daemonolatry

Answer 10

I'm Catholic, so our rules are pretty messed up.

First, no sex before marriage; second, birth control is a worse sin than pre-marital sex.
After marriage have as much sex as possible and have as many children as God blesses you with.

I am obviously spending a lot of time in Purgatory.

Answer 11

I am a Christian, Here in Canada we say as a Christian two things about sex..
A)sex is Lustful,
B)Love making though is of God.
one last about 2 minutes the other, often most of the night.
Pre-marital sex is fornication it is a sin according to God.
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