Is Sex Sacred? (Earth, experience, marriage, heaven, disease)

[Sunstone]

I often hear people say, "sex is sacred". But is sex sacred? If so, what makes it sacred? What would profane it? How do sacred and profane sex crucially differ?

If you believe sex is sacred, did you arrive at your belief through experience ("I have experienced its sacredness"), authority ("Someone told me its sacred"), or by some other means?

If you believe sex is sacred, is the experience of its sacredness open to all, or just a few?

Again, if sex is sacred, what are some of the implications of its sacredness on how we should act?

Can the sanctity of sex be reduced to neurobiology or some other scientific explanation?

Lastly, does your mother know you spend your time on the internet talking about sex?

[c0da]

The whole idea of sex being sacred is changing. I would say that it isn't as sacred as it once was. Its not really frowned upon to sleep around a little bit before finding the right person for you, then deciding after a few years of marriage that they weren't the right person for you and the process is repeated!

The education given to youngsters used to be "don't do it till your married"

Now the education is "when (not if) you do it, make sure you use a condom or you'll catch a disease"

Attitudes are changing and although sex is still a pretty private matter, its not really sacred any more.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by c0da2006

The whole idea of sex being sacred is changing. I would say that it isn't as sacred as it once was. Its not really frowned upon to sleep around a little bit before finding the right person for you, then deciding after a few years of marriage that they weren't the right person for you and the process is repeated!

The education given to youngsters used to be "don't do it till your married"

Now the education is "when (not if) you do it, make sure you use a condom or you'll catch a disease"

Attitudes are changing and although sex is still a pretty private matter, its not really sacred any more.

From your post, C0da, I get the impression you believe the factor crucially important to whether sex is sacred or not is the number of sex partners one has? Is this impression correct?

[Pah]

Intense pleasure can sometimes be called "sacred" as in "I've died and gone to heaven" pleasure.

Sacred sex is beef at Chris Ruth's - profane sex is a burger at Mac's (sometimes it requires "fries" with that)

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Pah

Intense pleasure can sometimes be called "sacred" as in "I've died and gone to heaven" pleasure.

Then is the impression some people have that sex is sacred nothing more than a by product of intense pleasure, Pah?

[EnhancedSpirit]

All of life is sacred, so by association, sex would be sacred. It has been explained to me that the feeling associated with an orgasm is like a window to heaven, and when we are nothing but unconditional love, we have that feeling all the time.

Also, while we are in spirit, we have no body, therefore sex would be an earthly experience only.

[cardero]

Is Sex Sacred?
Not if you do it correctly.

[ΩRôghênΩ]

sex is sacred because it shows us how the love between a man and a woman can be used to create a whole new person from that love. this is why i do not believe in pre-marital sex. because marital sex shows our love to one another, before sex. love comes first, then sexual fulfillment.

[standing_alone]

I don't think sex is sacred at all. All it is is a way to physically "bond" with another person, nothing more. Sex with someone you actually love is better than hving sex with someone just for the sake of having sex; sex with someone you love will be more special, I would think. But I wouldn't go as far as to call it sacred.

[c0da]

From your post, C0da, I get the impression you believe the factor crucially important to whether sex is sacred or not is the number of sex partners one has? Is this impression correct?

Sort of, but more so how they are with these sexual partners and how they feel about them. If one has numerous meaningless one night stands and is rather promiscous, I don't think they are treating sex as sacred, but if somebody has had sex with quite a lot of people, but each time it is done within a loving relationship, it can be sacred.