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cbayer

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11. And they all say no, with some caveats about pre-marital sex and homosexuality

Reply to immoderate (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 05:27 PM

Dec 2014

and some other things.

It doesn't support your contention at all. What you state is a myth. Because most religious groups want to increase their numbers, sex is not generally seen as a sin.

And the whole sex on christmas thing is totally new to me.

Am I here for an argument? No. Are you?

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10 Best Things About Being an Atheist on Christmas [View all] rug Dec 2014 OP

Kind of cute. Were you aware that some people think it's a sin to have sex on Christmas day? cbayer Dec 2014 #1

My personal preference is to have sex whille "Jingle Bells" is playing. rug Dec 2014 #2

I personally go for The Little Drummer Boy. cbayer Dec 2014 #6

TMI! rug Dec 2014 #7

Oh come all ye faithful... Fumesucker Dec 2014 #12

Bravo! Over the river and through the woods! cbayer Dec 2014 #13

There are those who believe sex is a sin at any time. immoderate Dec 2014 #3

Really? Who are those people? Do you have a link? Did they miss the "Be fruitful cbayer Dec 2014 #5

Most Catholic priests are supposed to be celibate. nt. Mariana Dec 2014 #8

That is true, but it is not because catholics think sex is a sin. cbayer Dec 2014 #9

If you google "is sex always a sin?" you will pull 50,000,000 responses in 3 seconds. immoderate Dec 2014 #10

And they all say no, with some caveats about pre-marital sex and homosexuality cbayer Dec 2014 #11

They all say no, because they're apologists. It's their job. immoderate Dec 2014 #14

Or, alternatively, they all say no because they don't consider sex a sin. cbayer Dec 2014 #15

I do Festivus Faux pas Dec 2014 #4