Heart is pulling me towards Orthodoxy

[Justin_Mary]

Originally in both East and West, the goal of becoming like Christ was to become dispassionate. So while sexual relations are allowed between a husband and wife, it is also true that the act involves passion, which will not exist in Heaven as stated by Christ Himself. This is therefore not a sin in the sense of doing something wicked, but more of a lower way of existence that is allowed but not Godly, similar to eating, especially delicacies. God does not eat or have sex, nor do the Holy Angels or Saints.

Interesting. I thought the goal was ordered passions. Being that our passions are gifts from God. Love & hate are passions & God certainly has both.

Passions of the flesh, yes, in the person of the Son, yes. Maybe we’re expressing the same thing in different ways, but “to become dispassionate” sounds like denying our very humanity.

Ordered passions, sounds more right. We are flesh & spirit. Like the 2nd person of the Trinity. It is wrong to view “sex” as merely a physical communion.