christianity

• • sex is holy and a gift from God
• • casual sex and sex before marriage devalues people
  • "it is better to marry than to burn with passion"
  • "God will judge the adulterer and the sexually immoral"
• • some Christians choose chastity before marriage
  • "marriage should be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept pure"
• • the purpose of sex is to have children
  • "Go forth and multiply"
• • Catholics believe sex should always bring new life
  • they believe priests should be celibate
• • children are a gift from God, so contracpetion is not accepted
  • "children are a heritage from the Lord"
• • contracpetion may be accepted as Christian may not be in stable environment to raise child
  • contraception is acceptable if both partners agree
• • Catholics do not believe in artificial contraception
  • "Be fruitful and multiply"
  • artificial contraception goes against Natural Law
  • it is important responsibility for humans to reproduce
• • Catholic allow natural methods of contraception such as natural family planning