So here is the deal, xzins - a respected Protestant Pastor lays out the rational case for the position that Christian thought has held and defended for two thousand years. metmom instead tries to argue that he, history and the Catholic Church are wrong and that he/she is right.
Boy, tough call. But I am going with what the Church teaches here. It is consistent with Scripture, with Holy Tradition, Natural Law and even simply reason.
And I will echo trisham in wishing all here - even the heretics who think such wishes and celebrations are pagan, a very Blessed Advent, a truly Holy and Merry Christmas and a healthy and Prosperous New Year.
Thank you, narses! It’s snowing here tonight, and we are going to be spending time with friends, some of whom are Catholic, and some who are not. This is a wonderful season to reach out to old friends and perhaps to estranged family. A Merry Christmas to all.
And there is more that is difficult to recognize, narses, when we get on the slippery slope of accepting sex with no procreative potential.
One point that many, metmom included, will recoil at is this: arguing for sex that lacks procreative potential has supported the rise of the homosexual movement and CONTINUES to support it.