Originally posted by DESIGN: It is much more than just the physical act. Sex within a marriage is intended to be the ultimate expression of love. The emotional side of sex is the one that is seldom taught. If someone doesn't understand that even if you are lucky enough to avoid the physical hazards the emotional scars can be longer lasting. Sex within a marriage is intended to be the safe place for that to happen
In my eyes, if "the ultimate expression of love," an emotion, is a PHYSICAL act, then your "love" is pretty screwed up. By summarizing your emotions in physical terms, you are basically admitting that you share a relationship based on physical aspects.
Originally posted by DESIGN:
Never forget it was God that created sex and the context in which is to be used. In that context it is neither evil or secretive.
God created sex for one explicit reason... procreation. If sex were created only as an expression of love, then it wouldn't also be the sole means to reproduction.
I certainly don't think that sex should be purely recreational (though I am guilty of a drunken one-night stand)... I believe it should be shared between two people that mean something to each other. I believe that "sex with a higher purpose" (ie to conceive) can be construed as an explicit expression of love, but its the conception that causes that, not the physical sex.
