[wideawake]

So if my future wife becomes paralyzed in a horrible accident, Jesus would approve if I left her all alone because I can no longer have sex?

Not in the slightest. Apparently you are unable to grasp this very simple teaching.

You seem to think the purpose of marriage is only about sex and nothing more and that true love and spiritual connection can only be achieved through intercourse.

Nothing I wrote suggests that. That is a straw man you have invented in order to avoid the real issue.

I may not have a lot of experience in this field but I would hope love is deeper than that and just being able to be in the presence of my wife would spiritually fulfill me.

Again, a human being is - by God's design - eternally composed of a body as well as a soul.

Pretending we are only souls is an attitude that leads to false doctrine.

[LukeL]

So in order to have a valid physical and spiritual marriage a couple need have sex only once? Believe it or not there are many couples out there who rarely if ever have sex and are deeply in love, to deny someone the sacred bond of marriage because of a physical defect is wrong. This type of teaching sounds like it comes right from the twisted mind of Muhammad.