The Catholics say that sex is only supposed to be between two married people to give birth to children and nothing else. Also only if they love each other. Since being infertile, the risk of having kids is not there and if you love really love each other then can you have sex?
2007-11-13 06:00:46 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'd like to add to your question.
Would the RC church marry a post menopausal woman since she will be getting married to have sex with no expectation of procreation?
2007-11-13 06:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by pixie_pagan 4 · 6⤊ 7⤋
First of all the Catholics do not say that. Whoever told you that has misunderstood the teaching of the Catholic Church. The Catholics say that sex between a husband and wife must be unitive and procreative. This means they are to be coming together as loving spouses, open to life, and open to the will of God.
This means that infertile couples should have sex. They are doing nothing on their own to prevent children. They are open to life and to God's will. We have many examples in the Bible where God gives children to those who had been childless for a long time.
Our sexuality in marriage is an expression of our love for each other. Being open to life invites God into our union, not just on our wedding day but every day of our marriage. When an infertile couple has sex they are saying "yes" to God.
2007-11-13 07:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by Misty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Catechism states 2 purposes for intercourse. There is nothing officially wrong with a married infertile couple enjoying the wild thing together to strengthen their unity. Not all Catholics know this.
2007-11-13 06:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can. Sex is a gift from God, a physical celebration of the marriage convenant and a share in His creative power. Your infertility does not mean that you cannot have sex. You simply cannot close the act to life with contraception.
By the way, how is having children a bad thing (risk)?
2007-11-13 06:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by Danny H 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Well, the Bible says that infertile people such as Abraham and his wife can have sex. The infertile couple had sex and Isaac, etc., resulted.
The European Catholic Church is 100% non-scientific about sex.
The European Catholic Church is all nonsense (aka fibs) about what Eve and Adam did to start the human race.
Christian Churches present balance and accuracy in sex vs the European Catholic Churches which don't.
2007-11-13 06:11:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, there is no reason why an infertile couple can't have sex. Using the example of Catholic doctrine, there is always the possibility of divine intervention (remember Abraham and his wife in the Old Testament?) making conception possible sometime down the road.
2007-11-13 06:08:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-29 04:10:46 · answer #7 · answered by delsignore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church does not teach that marital relations are solely for procreation. Procreation should not be artificially prevented, but that is not the same thing.
The Church clearly teaches that the marital act is an expression of love and intimacy between husband and wife. It is a gift to be shared within the marriage relationship, and not outside of it.
2007-11-13 06:18:20 · answer #8 · answered by MaH 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Intercourse isn't just about child-bearing; it is meant for a way for two spouses to bond together and deepen their love.
So, a married couple can have intercourse without making babies. They just got to make sure it's only straight intercourse and NOT porn-related stuff.
2007-11-13 16:04:12 · answer #9 · answered by Яɑɩɳɓɵw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually this is quite bizarre. The whole thing about how the only purpose of marriage is raising children is just a sham. If a man and a woman over 60 want to get married there is no problem for the church, but if two pregnant women want to get married they can't. That just doesn't make sense.
Oh and love? I don't think love is required, only marriage.
2007-11-13 06:10:05 · answer #10 · answered by Ray Patterson - The dude abides 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Not true, and you should stop spreading lies.
2360 Sexuality is ordered to the conjugal love of man and woman. In marriage the physical intimacy of the spouses becomes a sign and pledge of spiritual communion. Marriage bonds between baptized persons are sanctified by the sacrament.
2361 "Sexuality, by means of which man and woman give themselves to one another through the acts which are proper and exclusive to spouses, is not something simply biological, but concerns the innermost being of the human person as such. It is realized in a truly human way only if it is an integral part of the love by which a man and woman commit themselves totally to one another until death."[142]
2362 "The acts in marriage by which the intimate and chaste union of the spouses takes place are noble and honorable; the truly human performance of these acts fosters the self-giving they signify and enriches the spouses in joy and gratitude."[144] Sexuality is a source of joy and pleasure:
The Creator himself . . . established that in the [generative] function, spouses should experience pleasure and enjoyment of body and spirit. Therefore, the spouses do nothing evil in seeking this pleasure and enjoyment. They accept what the Creator has intended for them. At the same time, spouses should know how to keep themselves within the limits of just moderation.[145]
2007-11-13 06:08:40 · answer #11 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋