Do Catholics think highly of sex? Or any other religion that does this?

Question

Dont catholics treat sex as a function in human life? thats wierd.

Answer 1

I'm atheist, and I think highly of sex.

I believe sex to be a necessary function of daily living.

Answer 2

Catholics see sex as a Sacred act, first and foremost, the Consummation of the Marital union. This is why devout Catholics are adament about sex not taking place outside of the marital union.

And what is so "weird" about the idea sex is a life-generating activity? All life is Sacred, so it is fitting life comes from the Sacred act of sex within a marital union. Think about it: if sex was not Sacred, human life could not be Sacred either. The human race already under-values the human life too much. Imagine a world in which not one single human life was considered sacred?

So, you see, sex and it's life-generating potential are not nearly as "weird" as you thought they were.

Answer 3

No, Catholics are taught an unhealthy view of sex which is even carried to an extreme of worshipping an unmarried, male only king of Italy known as the European Pope who is 100% against normal human marriage as Archbishop Milingo has repeatedly reported.

The first Pope, St. Peter, was a married man (married to a woman; source: the Bible).

Answer 4

Yes, Catholics think highly of sex because it is through sex that we are enabled to participate in Creation and act in the image of our Creator, via creating new life.

Answer 5

I know you can't generalize a whole group of people, people have different views and don't always do everything their religion tells them too but why be a member of a religion that you disagree with?

I'm not catholic.

"While it is true that the Catholic Church encourages sex for procreation purposes, it also views sex as the ultimate beautiful expression of love between married spouses."
- This quote is from the website in the sources below.

Answer 6

Yes.

God is concerned with how we treat each other.

We have been instructed to love
+ Our neighbor as we love ourselves
+ One another as Jesus loved us

When we treat each other like sex objects, when sex is taking instead of giving, we damage the human dignity of both our partner and ourselves.

True giving of yourself to another in a sacramental marriage is what love is all about.

Marriage is a symbol of God's creation of the world in an act of divine love and self-outpouring.

Marriage is a symbol of the love, commitment, intensity, and passion of Christ for the Church for which He laid down His life.

Christians take sex very seriously because it is a glorious gift from God that lets us feel just a bit like God. We become lovers, givers, and creators.

With love in Christ

Answer 7

I have to begin by giving a big facetious THANK YOU to those of you who are NOT Catholic telling us what we believe. A simple Google search would have brought you to the Catechism, where one would have learned that:

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."143


Tobias got out of bed and said to Sarah, "Sister, get up, and let us pray and implore our Lord that he grant us mercy and safety." So she got up, and they began to pray and implore that they might be kept safe. Tobias began by saying, "Blessed are you, O God of our fathers. . . . You made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve as a helper and support. From the two of them the race of mankind has sprung. You said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; let us make a helper for him like himself.' I now am taking this kinswoman of mine, not because of lust, but with sincerity. Grant that she and I may find mercy and that we may grow old together." And they both said, "Amen, Amen." Then they went to sleep for the night.144
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."145 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.146
2363 The spouses' union achieves the twofold end of marriage: the good of the spouses themselves and the transmission of life. These two meanings or values of marriage cannot be separated without altering the couple's spiritual life and compromising the goods of marriage and the future of the family.

The conjugal love of man and woman thus stands under the twofold obligation of fidelity and fecundity.

So, as you can see, we believe that we do consider the marriage act as highly regarded and a human good, not just for "procreation" but as a sign of love and intimacy. It is good, and meant to be enjoyed within its proper role.

Answer 8

Catholics are just as human as you or anyone else .

Answer 9

--We as Jehovah's witnesses find that the Bible in a good number of instances (where needing to be commented on) find that sex is indeed encouraged for pleasure & a need with ones wife or husband!

--Please note some references:

(1 Corinthians 7:2-5) “. . .yet, because of prevalence of fornication, let each man have his own wife and each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render to [his] wife her due; but let the wife also do likewise to [her] husband. 4 The wife does not exercise authority over her own body, but her husband does; likewise, also, the husband does not exercise authority over his own body, but his wife does. 5 DO NOT BE DEPRIVING (my caps)each other [of it], except by mutual consent for an appointed time,. . .....”

--YOU MAY have noted from the above that there is no mention of procreation but sheer pleasure to be given to each other!

--IN THE FOLLOWING TEXT there is in the context the immoral love of a strange man or woman in contrast to the moral view with ones married mate:

(Proverbs 5:15-19) “. . .Drink water out of your own cistern, and tricklings out of the midst of your own well. 16 Should your springs be scattered out of doors, [your] streams of water in the public squares themselves? 17 Let them prove to be for you alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 Let your water source prove to be blessed, and rejoice with the wife(or husband -my comment) of your youth, 19 a lovable hind and a charming mountain goat. Let her own breasts(or mans physical attributes -my comment & caps) intoxicate you at all times. With her(his) love may you be in an ecstasy constantly. . .”

--IN THE FOLLOWING account which describes how by the way Isaac & Rebeca were indeed having a "good time" sexually ---A·bim′e·lech was able to determine that they were not brother & sister!

(Genesis 26:7-11) “. . .Well, the men of the place kept asking with respect to his wife, and he would say: “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say “My wife” for fear that, to quote him, “the men of the place should kill me because of Re·bek′ah,” because she was attractive in appearance. 8 So it came about that as his days there extended themselves A·bim′e·lech, king of the Phi·lis′tines, was looking out of the window and taking in the sight, and there was Isaac having a GOOD TIME (my caps) with Re·bek′ah his wife. 9 At once A·bim′e·lech called Isaac and said: “Why, she is no other than your wife! So how is it that you said, ‘She is my sister’?” At this Isaac said to him: “I said it for fear I should die on her account.” 10 But A·bim′e·lech continued: “What is this you have done to us? A little more and certainly one of the people would have lain down with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us!” 11 Then A·bim′e·lech commanded all the people, saying: “Anybody touching this man and his wife will surely be put to death!””

--ON THE SIDE of the Catholic view , many of them feel that sex is mainly for reproduction!