According to Paul VI, “The sexual activity, in which husband and wife are intimately and chastely united with one another, through which human life is transmitted, is, as the recent Council recalled, "noble and worthy” (11). In an everyday sense, this claim simplifies to a married couple having sex, getting pregnant, and having a child. He is sneaky when saying this claim because he mentions a husband and wife, not a man and woman. In other words, sex outside of marriage could be seen as wrong, and the only way to have a worthy and noble child is by having sex after marriage. I agree that the act of having a child is both noble and worthy. It is simply a miracle. One of my religious friends said that this situation equates to something very specific: purity before marriage plus intimacy in marriage equals Godly sexuality. This is his belief. Culture today is the reason that people have completely different views on the same topic. Culture has created a vast difference in religious views, gender differences and many other experiences. Because of this, people have their own views on things. The Pope may believe sex before marriage is unheard of; however, I would respectfully disagree. Today’s culture, to some extent, has rejected the idea of gay marriage. As a result, a subculture, the LGBT, has become an even stronger union. If there is one thing we have learned, it’s culture is always changing. Now, I don’t mean culture itself, but people’s views on culture, which is why coming to an agreement on any one topic, claim or position will be virtually impossible. So agreement should not be strived for, but rather acceptance.
First while reading this I didn't catch that it is husband and wife, not man and woman. I really like how you included that in this because I feel like it helps explain the importance of having sex after marriage. I also feel coming to an agreement over any topic is almost impossible due to the fact of all the cultural differences. People will all feel differently about a topic.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting but yes, it does seem that there is absolutely no room left for sexual freedoms, and marriage quite literally is tied to reproduction with the notion of sex before marriage being completely ignored or left out. This is very much like the rest of the reading however, where it has an appearance of freedoms but is actually quite limiting
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