Catholics and others: Is Premarital Sex approved by the Church and what does Confession Really do for you?

Question

Especially If you KNOW that you going to Continue this Behavior....Serious Answers Please.

Answer 1

Per the Bible, and the Church, there is no sex allowed before marriage.

Someone who confesses to having sex before marriage would be acknowledging what they did was wrong. You wouldn't confess something you were going to continue to do. There's no point in that.

Answer 2

As an ex-catholic the church preaches abstinence from all sexual activity and by that I mean -ALL including a "ham shank" in the shower. So to answer your first part no - the catholic church strongly dissproves of pre-marital sex.
Confession is a Sacrament the priest has the power through the apostolic See to remit and forgive all mortal and venial sin. The idea of confession is that you talk to the priest and at your act of contrition you pray that you will not fall into sin again. If you know you are going to commit the same sin after confession there really is no point in going in the first place. Hope this answers well enough

Answer 3

I thought everybody knew that. It is like the bear in the woods.

You are not serious, no ?

OK, I will humor you.
No, it is not approved by the Church

Confession give peace of mind. What else ?

If you know that you are going to continue this behavior, then the priest cannot give you the absolution

Answer 4

I was raised Catholic, but no longer consider myself Catholic. I had a lot of issues with the Church and after I came out, it was over. Now, I just consider myself a Christian. I know when I was still attending Catholic services and school, premarital sex was a big "no no."

As far as confession goes, I never understood why I had to confess my sins to a priest and say random prayers as a way of repentance. I never liked doing it, but went along with it anyway so I could take communion on Sundays (again, not something that I was really into, but I did it anyway). To me, I think one should be able to repent directly to Christ and have sins forgiven that way.

...The other part, "Especially if you KNOW that you going to Contiune this Behavior," I would say if you want to stop this behavior and can't do it on your own, pray for guidance and help. That's the best bet in my book.

Answer 5

Pre-marital sex has never been approve.
In avoiding of producing young green coconuts.
Mostly being roll down the hill down to the river that float in time and landed on our shore.
In time they grew up with all the mess out there
When they never knew who was their "Mother"
In doing things at own whims and fancy in making a mess out there.
Luke 9.55-56
Confession is like going to a physcaitrist to get the dead Mummy out that's been following us around in making a mess in the street.
Once the dead Mummy leave us one will feel good and fresh.
If not the dead Mummy with the hungry ghost keep on shaking and waking us up wanting more of the ghostly stories from the graveyards of failures and horrors of the past from the graveyards of different ghostly ancestor's culture and custom
Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49
What do you think?

Answer 6

Everyone has moral weaknesses, thus people are susceptible to particular temptations. These weaknesses and temptations will vary from person to person, but one thing we have in common is that we all commit certain sin(s) repeatedly.

It takes time for someone to overcome their moral weakness(es). It could take months or years. In that time, there's a lot of repeated sinning - but the person also repents each time they sin, knowing they will probably sin again in the near future.

You see, repeated sinning does not mean one is not sorry for their sins. Quite the opposite, one could be struggling to commit a given sin less in spite of their moral weakness.

Part of overcoming one's moral weakness is going to Confession on a regular basis. Forgiveness of sins in one aspect of the Sacrament. The other is that the recipients are given graces that will help combat the temptation to commit sin.

Over time, the sinner will find themselves succeeding in sinning less and, eventually, will kick the inclination to sin.

Long story short, knowing your going to sin again does not necessarilly a sign of insincerity when asking for forgiveness. In addition, without Confession, people don't stand a chance of defeating their moral weaknesses. Repeated Confessions of the same sin is NECESSARY to overcoming the sin itself.

Answer 7

+ Premarital Sex +

Here are some Scriptures that teach against premarital sex:

Exodus 22:16-17: An man had to marry the woman with whom he had premarital sex, if the father approved of the marriage, or pay a high price.

Deuteronomy 22:13-21: Premarital sex is viewed as evil and a disgraceful thing.

Proverbs 5:15-21: A man is to be a virgin when he takes his wife.

In addition to these Scriptures, there are over 30 other verses in the Old Testament speaking about a "virgin" or "virgins." Virginity was highly cherished as the standard for God's people.

In the New Testament we don't have verses describing the act of premarital sex and its consequences like we do in Exodus or Deuteronomy. It is clear, however, that virginity is still the standard for unmarried Christians and that sex outside the context of marriage is still considered sin.

1 Corinthians 7:7:28,34,36-38: Virginity is assumed for unmarried women just as in the Old Testament. Virginity is still the standard for God's people in the New Covenant.

1 Corinthians 6:16-18: Sexual intimacy "unites" you with your spouse. Outside of marriage this is called "sexual immorality."

1 Corinthians 7:1-2: Marriage is recommended avoid sexual immorality.

1 Corinthians 7:8-9: Premarital sex isn't an option for dealing with lust. Marriage is once again recommended avoid sexual immorality.

Ephesians 5:31: Paul is affirming the Old Testament standard of uniting in flesh only with your spouse. One fleshness is to happen when a man is "united to his wife."

1 Thessalonians 4:2-8: "Acquire a wife in a way that is holy and honorable" or you are in sexual immorality. Sexual sin harms others besides those who engage in it. Premarital sex "cheats" the future spouse by robbing him or her of the virginity that ought to be brought to marriage.

Hebrews 13:4: It is a pure marriage bed or you are an "adulterer" or "sexually immoral."

1 Timothy 5:2: As a Christian man, if you are not married to her, then she is your sister whom you must treat "with absolute purity."

2 Corinthians 11:2: Although this passage is talking about Christ and His people, it uses the analogy of a Christian man receiving his bride "as a pure virgin." Virginity was the ideal. Premarital sex was viewed as sexual immorality - just as in the Old Testament.

+ Reconciliation and Confession +

The Catholic Church believes that "Only God forgives sin."

When a penitent person asks God for forgiveness, his (or her) sins are immediately forgiven.

Catholics also believe that when someone sins they not only hurt their relationship with God, they also injure the entire church, the body of Christ.

Jesus said, "I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:19)

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,"Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." (Luke 20:22-23)

Oral confessing of sins is recommended over and over in both the Old and New Testaments:
+ James 5:16
+ Acts 19:18
+ Matthew 3:5-6
+ Mark 1:5
+ 1 Timothy 6:12
+ 1 John 1:9
+ Numbers 5:6-7
+ Nehemiah 9:2
+ Sirach 4:26

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation with a priest ordained in the name of Jesus Christ not only reconciles the sinner to God but with the entire church, including you and me.

Remember all sacraments are encounters with God. This sacrament is a healing encounter between God and the penitent.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 1422 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2.htm

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 8

If you make a mistake and later get married and ask for forgivness I am sure God hears you and probably forgives you.
It is pointless if you continue the behavior. You are not sorry if you keep doing it. That is more of a sin because it is making fun of the forgiveness God gives.

Answer 9

the sought after Roman-Catholic church isn't as strict as "catholic faculties" have been made out to be. you could circulate to reconciliation (nicer call we use now for "confession" in case you probably did no longer know) the sought after church is likewise lots greater accepting of human beings who come from distinctive walks of existence (a minimum of my church is) and no one will choose you, usually using fact no one else has to renowned. the church presently specializes in letting all of us know that we are forgiven as long as we come head to head with what we've finished incorrect. Jesus loves us and as long as all of us know that and are extremely sorry for what we've finished, he constantly will!

Answer 10

Pre-marital sex isn't much of a problem, "Post-marital sex" is the part that needs sanctioning