any limits once maried?

[Superpants]

aside from the issue of birth control, can a married couple do whatever they want with eachother (while being "intimate")?

 

[gwenmead]

My POV:

Yes, so long as neither one is violating the other's will, nor harming the other.

Btw, what in your mind is "the issue of birth control"? Whether it's used at all, or something else?

 

[Yusuf Evans]

As long as it's consensual, I could care less.

 

[justanobserver]

as far as I am concerned, whatever is consensual between two married adults is cool with me.

 

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I agree that whatever is consensual between a man and his wife is acceptable. One should not coerce another into do something that he or she doesn't really want to take part in, but also, one should not withhold sex from another partner as a means of getting one's way. Making love should be something that is not contingent on whether or not there was an argument earlier in the week, or whether or not dinner was cooked right, the kids went to bed on time, you let me buy that new power tool, etc. It is my belief that sex/making love should be an intricate part of the relationship, in such a way that it is not excluded when other things aren't going the way one or the other had hoped. Sex encourages spiritual intimacy as well as physical intimacy, and when the spiritual connection between the couple is there, then it is all that much easier to worship God together as a couple. God created sex and sex is beautiful. It's meant to be enjoyed, celebrated, and practiced as often as possible. Aside from severe illness, I don't believe that anything should keep a husband and wife from being sexually active.

 

[katautumn]

I don't even believe birth control should be frowned upon. Having children can be both a blessing and a burden. Oftentimes, when it is unplanned it is more of the latter, even for married couples.

As far as sexual activities, I think that as long as no one feels coerced into doing it then whatever the couple wants goes. I do feel that both husbands and wives should be receptive to the needs and wants of their spouse and not simply say no to experimenting with different things (unless they're just utterly detestable to the other person). I have found that many times people will frown upon a certain sexual act and then try it and enjoy it immensely. If you try it and don't like it, then you know you don't have to do it again.

Of course, this is an ideal scenario.

 

[mylittlelambs]

Does the bible say not to sodomize a person? Or am I off base?

 

[katautumn]

Sodomy is technically any act that is not penile to vaginal intercourse. This includes anal and oral sex. I highly doubt there are many married couples out there, even in Christian circles, who do not integrate oral stimulation as a part of their intimacy.

 

[mylittlelambs]

So how can we condem Homosexual yet not take that literally.

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

So how can we condem Homosexual yet not take that literally.

That's the question of the year.

 

[Electric Sceptic]

So how can we condem Homosexual yet not take that literally.

We can't. Unless we're hypocrites.

 

[Skydancing]

Providing sex is consensual anything goes imo!

 

[The Seeker]

Does the bible say not to sodomize a person? Or am I off base?

There is a verse that says that "sodomites" shall not enter the kingdom of Heaven, IIRC. However this is generally considered to refer to homosexuals.

Of course, there is also a verse which says that no man with mutilated genitalia can be a Christian (Deuteronomy 23:1), so I wouldn't worry about it unless you're one of those annoying "consistant" types

 

[levi501]

where in the bible does it explicitly preach against sodomy(anal)?

 

[ebia]

Does the bible say not to sodomize a person? Or am I off base?

No & Yes.

 

[ChristianCenturion]

aside from the issue of birth control, can a married couple do whatever they want with eachother (while being "intimate")?

Why wouldn't marriage also have proper boundaries?

But as for basic instructions that would apply to freedoms within any given subject:

1 Peter 2:16
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

Galatians 5:13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love.

Also, a principal that would apply, drawn from eating foods~

1 Corinthians 10:27-29 27If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. 28But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake— 29the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

Romans 14:20
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

 

[Skydancing]

Providing both partners are up for it, I don't think there should be any limits on one's sexual enjoyment!

 

[lilangel04_86]

As long as your married and both agree, anything goes. God blesses sex inside of marriage. If it pleases you both than God's ok with it.

 

[Skydancing]

I don't think sex needs to be restricted to marriage!

 

[levi501]

Doesn't the bible say, the marriage bed remains undefiled... or something along those lines?

I believe that's God's endorsement to get as freaky as you want.