Marriage is sin

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I come from a Protestant background and I was basically told in so many words that marriage is evil, one should only seek to spread the gospel…

Has anyone out there ever heard that???

And could anyone out there share your experience with how being married has helped your devotion to the Lord???
 
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SojournerOf78:
I come from a Protestant background and I was basically told in so many words that marriage is evil, one should only seek to spread the gospel…

Has anyone out there ever heard that???

And could anyone out there share your experience with how being married has helped your devotion to the Lord???
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Objective of marriage is to get ones spouse into heaven. Now tell me how is that evil.
 
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Beaver:
Objective of marriage is to get ones spouse into heaven. Now tell me how is that evil.
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What do you mean?? I can think of many other reasons for marriage… :dancing:
 
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SojournerOf78:
I come from a Protestant background and I was basically told in so many words that marriage is evil, one should only seek to spread the gospel…

Has anyone out there ever heard that???

And could anyone out there share your experience with how being married has helped your devotion to the Lord???
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Dear Sojourner,

I’ve never heard of it but I can speculate.

Let’s see… if we strive to be sinless, and marriage is a sin, (and I assume so is sex outside of marriage) then we would accomplish that when our generation passes away, since there wouldn’t be a next one. We finally found a cure for original sin!

Being married has helped my devotion to the Lord because I learned about selfless love from seeing how dedicated my wife is and how she tirelessly takes care of me and our children, even when we are less than cooperative.

Alan
 
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SojournerOf78:
And could anyone out there share your experience with how being married has helped your devotion to the Lord???
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I was a cafeteria Catholic, and my wife helped bring me back to the faith. Now, I try to do even better to help her. I would never be in the place I am (closer to God) if it weren’t for her. You also definately learn how to be more giving and empty yourself of some of your ego.

John
 
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yochumjy:
I was a cafeteria Catholic, and my wife helped bring me back to the faith. Now, I try to do even better to help her. I would never be in the place I am (closer to God) if it weren’t for her. You also definately learn how to be more giving and empty yourself of some of your ego.

John
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Awesome John, thnak you for your testimony
 
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SojournerOf78:
What do you mean?? I can think of many other reasons for marriage… :dancing:
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And some of them are a lot of fun… 😛

Actually, it sounds as if the objections have their roots in Jansenism, a heresy that tried to make all material things evil. It also sounds in the fear of the power of sexuality and sexual attraction, one of our most basic drives.

If you want an absolutely astounding commentary on what marriage is really about, get your hands on an analysis of John Paul 2’s Theology of the Body. I suggest an analysis, for the full text is pretty heavy wading without a thorough background in philosophy.
 
The Shakers must of believed in this, too bad there aren’t any around to ask about it. :o
 
God instituted marriage in Genesis. Now how can marriage be sin if He created it since all He created is good?
 
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renee1258:
The Shakers must of believed in this, too bad there aren’t any around to ask about it. :o
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Renee,
Have you ever visited the Shaker Village? Annunciata:)
 
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Beaver:
Objective of marriage is to get ones spouse into heaven. Now tell me how is that evil.
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I think you get the point from John’s testimony. My husband was also not Catholic and through prayer and patience he is a good Catholic.
I have never heard of marriage being evil, All I teach and was ever taught is that it is a wonderful sacrament from God.👍
 
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Toni:
I think you get the point from John’s testimony. My husband was also not Catholic and through prayer and patience he is a good Catholic.
I have never heard of marriage being evil, All I teach and was ever taught is that it is a wonderful sacrament from God.👍
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Well I am 26 and would HAVE to agree with you there…lol

I now believe Marriage to be from God, but cant get the erroneous techings out of my head…thats why I wanted to hear from different people
 
I always thought marriage was where you pay for your sins…

DaveBj
 
OK I am a woman – sometimes I believe that we are programmed to want to be married – not societal teaching, but hardwired by God.

My husband and I met at a Halloween party - -just perfect for us since we have trouble staying serious. (We believe that being serious is a migraine trigger and since we both have migraines…'nough said.)

We worked through his early days of becoming a sober and I detoxed from weed and other goodies. We have been put together by God. It would be so unlikely that either of us would have the progress we did if we were trying it alone. The holy union of the trinity is expressed in our relationship daily. We are still each other’s best friends after 19 of marriage and five years of working together pre-marriage.

I am so grateful for my husband. We have shared a vibrant and mystical spiritual life. We both have moments of Jesus, God or the Holy Spirit revealing snippets of counsel or love to us. It is nice to have a husband who doesn’t think I am a lunatic when I share my private revelations with him.

I would not be Catholic without him either. I had started off a Baptist and didn’t do well in that religion, I had been attracted to the Catholic for a few years, but my family was extremely anti-Catholic and I probably wouldn’t have stood up to them without my husband.

BTW, I did wait until two weeks after our marriage to officially convert.

Where I would be without my husband is hard to say, I don’t really want to know. We are better together than either of us singly. If you can wrap your brain around it – consider marriage being connected to the Eucharist. Total, free, entirely generous – beyond reason, self-donation to your spouse.

That is some of the Theology of the Body, poorly explained. Somewhere in Familiaris Consortio it is described that way.

Gosh, I thought only Catholics were hung up on pelvic issues:p

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,
Mamamull
 
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Mamamull:
Gosh, I thought only Catholics were hung up on pelvic issues:p

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,
Mamamull
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No, my neighbor has been a big proponent of this anti-marriage stuff, I am starting to think he may be jealous because I am young and attractive…while he is old and has let himself go
 
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otm:
Actually, it sounds as if the objections have their roots in Jansenism, a heresy that tried to make all material things evil. It also sounds in the fear of the power of sexuality and sexual attraction, one of our most basic drives.
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Good observation. It seems strange to me that any Protesants would believe marriage is a sin, but I know some people, including some Catholics, who still by into some very Jansenist theology. I don’t personally know anyone, but I am aware of Christians that think sex is a sin and I guess thinking the same thing about marriage in general is not a far stretch from there. Is this something that Puritins might believe?
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otm:
If you want an absolutely astounding commentary on what marriage is really about, get your hands on an analysis of John Paul 2’s Theology of the Body. I suggest an analysis, for the full text is pretty heavy wading without a thorough background in philosophy.
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Theology of the Body is really amazing stuff. For something less heavy and theological, I would recommend Christopher West’s “Theology of the Body Explained”. It’s a good summary.

My idea is this, but I probably shouldn’t take credit for it. I must have heard it somewhere. God created us in His own image and likeness and human relationships, including the sacrament of marriage, bring that to fruition by teaching us how to love like God. If we only loved God, our love would be unlike His in one very important way - we would only love what is perfect. By loving us God loves what is imperfect, impure, and undeserving of such love. We can never love perfectly like Him, but we are called to image His love and love impersonally - meaning without regard to what we get out of it. We should make every effort to love like God loves and that means loving the unlovable.
 
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DaveBj:
I always thought marriage was where you pay for your sins…

DaveBj
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:rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl:and then you have children and sooner or later you make your way out of purgatory!
 
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SojournerOf78:
I now believe Marriage to be from God, but cant get the erroneous techings out of my head…thats why I wanted to hear from different people
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Dear SojournerOf78,

There certainly are different people out there. If you can stomach it, read about a feminist who is celebrating the rising divorce rate theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10699917%255E2702,00.html

The first paragraph:
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  	Greer cheers divorcing women
  	 		Amanda Banks
  	September 08, 2004
THE high rate of divorce should be celebrated as the major sign of progress in the feminist movement, an ever-passionate Germaine Greer said at the start of a national speaking tour.
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Alan
 
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