[Mrs. Don-o]

From my perspective, you would have to screen out a lot of the Bible in order to say that disabling sexual intercourse to frustrate its normal function, is pleasing to God.

To the best of my knowledge, there is no instance of normal intercourse which is condemned in the Bible, but every instance of "altered" intercourse, whether between men, between women, or between a man and a woman where the act is contracepted--- is condemned. Every time.

If you can think of any exceptions, let me know.

The unanimity of the Bible on this point ought to tell us something. The unanimity of Christendom on this point for 1900+ years, ought to tell us something as well.

[Mr. Douglas]

From my perspective, you would have to screen out a lot of the Bible in order to say that disabling sexual intercourse to frustrate its normal function, is pleasing to God.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no instance of normal intercourse which is condemned in the Bible, but every instance of “altered” intercourse, whether between men, between women, or between a man and a woman where the act is contracepted-— is condemned. Every time.

If you can think of any exceptions, let me know.

The unanimity of the Bible on this point ought to tell us something. The unanimity of Christendom on this point for 1900+ years, ought to tell us something as well.

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I’m afraid I’m missing your point. Where in the bible is any sort of sex between a husband and wife condemned? I can’t think of a single place, other than in Genesis 38. And that was because a particular man was refusing to fulfill a specific duty of producing offspring for his brother. And even then, it wasn’t even about the sex act. It was about impregnation, specifically.

Did you ever read Song of Solomon. It’s not about procreation.