Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Religious ceremonies can include human acts like marriage without reducing the sacrament to mere biology.
- In plain terms
- Marriage can be holy even if people know the physical act follows.
- What can you take from it?
- Sacred rituals accommodate natural human functions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does context change the meaning of an act?
- Can something be both profane and sacred?
Another view
Some religious traditions may view physical acts as incompatible with holiness.
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