Your Questions About Sex In Marriage Catholic

MarriageCounseling answers:

I went thru the same thing. At 25, I had sex a few times already and regretted it deeply and wanted to wait until marriage. I got confirmed in the church, and promised I was going to wait until marriage.

Until the same priest who confirmed me got me involved in a sexual relationship with him.

Nice, huh.

Sorry, just had to share.

MarriageCounseling answers:

What is destroying peoples perception of gays
is the in your face, flamboyant, shoving their belief
down your throat type gays eg. Gays like Perez Hilton
Nobody wants to see that type of crap. Maybe if they
went around acting more normal gay people might
actually get somewhere. IMO Perez Hilton’s outburst
has set gay rights back years..

MarriageCounseling answers:

Regardless of the Christian denomination, the bible teaches that sex is for married people. (Cor 7)
To have sex outside of marriage is sexual immorality and therefore a sin. However, God forgives sin. But, that doesn’t give you an excuse to commit sin, sexual or not, and keep committing them and then running to confession every week to be forgiven. That’s a cop-out! The point to to be repentent of sin, to ask for forgiveness, which will be granted for God is merciful, however, to try NOT to commit the sin again. So, repeatedly having sex outside of marriage is not the way to go. We are all human, and are weak…the point is to actually try NOT to, and ask God for help and strength when you struggle.

MarriageCounseling answers:

Well I can tell you that it is not based on the bible, in fact the bible says that forbidding to marry is wrong, for instance 1 Timothy 4:1-3 says:

1 However, the inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons, 2 by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, marked in their conscience as with a branding iron; 3 FORBIDDING TO MARRY, commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who have faith and accurately know the truth.

So the fact that certain religions claiming to be christian would command some to be celibate was foretold, but it is not what god wants.