Unification Church views of sexuality
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The Unification Church views heterosexual marriage as God's ideal.[1][2] According to Rev. Sun Myung Moon, people are to grow to maturity, becoming "fruitful" (Gen. 1:28), then join in holy matrimony with a member of the opposite sex and "multiply", i.e. have children.
The church regards any sexual contact between people other than that between husband and wife as sinful,[3] a view at odds with much of the Western world since the sexual revolution of the 1960s. The church opposes pre-marital sex, as well as adultery and homosexuality; it categorically rejects same-sex marriage as an abomination. It asserts that both the avoidance of homosexual acts and the repentance of homosexual desire are possible and desirable (see reparative therapy).[citation needed]
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[edit] Sex in the Spiritual World
Followers of the Unification faith are strongly discouraged from indulging in sex before marriage, but highly encouraged to enjoy its fruits once maturity is reached and union with an eternal spouse achieved.[citation needed] In fact, Unficationism even describes the presence of sex in the spiritual world, where it will no longer be a private or taboo action, but a beautiful engagement.[citation needed]
[edit] Absolute sex
Absolute sex is a religiously inspired vision of true love between husband and wife in the Unificationist tradition, as declared by Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
- "In your relationship as husband and wife do you want to just sit and look at one another and smile? Or would you rather have a love relationship that is so tight, so sweet, so strong that you would become totally one like a rubber ball, and roll around together? Once you become totally one and begin rolling together like a round ball, when you roll too fast you will shout and scream and God will hear you and come down and enjoy watching you. Interesting? Exciting?"
- —Sun Myung Moon, from The Palace of True Love
The concept of absolute sex has both theological and practical aspects. A man and woman ought to seek God's blessing on their union first, and refrain from sexual relations unless and until that Blessing is given.[citation needed] But within the marriage relationship, the man and woman actually have complete freedom.[citation needed]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The organization is a strong supporter of the traditional heterosexual family. (Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance)
- ^ With this emphasis on male-female sex as the only valid model, and on heterosexual marriage as the only ideal, it is reasonable to expect that the Unification Church has very negative views on homosexual behavior. (Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance)
- ^ "Do not look, do not touch." (common church saying, a reference to the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil)
