Sentences with phrase «not in a sexual way»

But as their relationship deepens — refreshingly not in a sexual way — the two end up learning from each other.

Not exact matches

It also defended the proposal as a way to «assure that sexual predators, like those who exploit the internet, will not be able to freely enter women's restrooms, locker rooms or showers, and that businesses are not forced by local ordinances to allow men in women's restrooms and locker rooms».

Perhaps it is now time to recognize that the third world - changing scientific achievement of the last century is not the unmitigated good that much of Western culture claims it is — and that treating the sexual revolution as a unambiguous, indeed undeniable, boon to humanity can lead to a lot of personal unhappiness, homicidal ghouls like Kermit Gosnell, and the deployment of coercive state power in ways that threaten civil society and democracy.

It is we Western AIDS experts that have the negative bias about restraining sexual behavior in any way, not Africans.

Deliberately missing from this list are such goods as money, which is merely instrumental to achieving more basic goods, and pleasure, which is to be sought not as an end in itself but as a benefit incidental to a rational end, in the way that sexual pleasure is achieved through marriage.

From this heavily fortified definitional base George and Bradley reason that sexual acts of the reproductive type typically further the good of marriage, and persons (whether married or not) who engage in sexual acts of the nonreproductive type «necessarily treat their bodies and those of their sexual partners (if any) as means or instruments in ways that damage their personal (and interpersonal) integrity.»

Institutional care wasn't a lovely benign place particularly in the 19th century: there was physical and sexual and emotional abuse, bullying, deprivation, and kids learned to survive any way they could.

But often, if not always, people are motivated by poor theology and a poor understanding of grace and repentance and that causes them to handle sexual assault in a way where that a lot of predators go unchecked, often for decades.

I think that there are many ways to introduce the issue of sexual violence in a church environment that is not very receptive to it.

This does not in any way negate the John Jay statistics that prove the Catholic Church had a serious problem with sexual abuse perpetrated by its clergy.

When you experience conflict in your marriage, try these steps as a way of interrupting the negative cycle: (a) Clarify, in your own minds and with each other, what you aren't getting from the marriage (e.g. affirmation, affection, sexual satisfaction), (b) Concentrate, not on the areas in which your needs are mutually exclusive or contradictive, but on the «areas of overlap» (20) of your two need systems.

But a compelling philosophical argument can be made for the view that gay is not good, which means that it should be considered a disease in the same way as all the other sexual disorders in the DSM.

By giving us a narrative arc that stretches from the earliest Church Fathers to Pope John Paul II and beyond, Roberts considers not only the ways in which these figures disagree with one another but how they provide resources for understanding sexual difference today.

But what's most dangerous about this posture is that Piper seems to assume that because evangelicals aren't confronting sexual assault and abuse the way that Hollywood is, then those things must not be happening in their churches, that abuse only occurs in egalitarian communities where women have more power and influence.

Thus, in the same way would it not be possible to say that ALL sexual acts between same sex partners are joined under the general heading of homosexuality.

The notable change in behavior that has taken place over the past thirty years would not be of such great significance if it were not accompanied as well by a change in the way people think about sexual relations.

To speak of sexual undertakings in the way implied by the traditional marriage rites of the churches is to deny people access to a basic human good from the start and for reasons that are difficult if not impossible for modern people to grasp.

I have a Sister who swears by «the sinner's prayer» but is beholding to «the secret» and her life has not been radically transformed, she still engages in sexual activity outside of the confines of marriage and feels this is natural... I would never be able to participate in this sordid activity now that i am truly saved for there was a time i myself was being deceived in much the same way as my Sister is now, I just couldn't bring myself to do these acts and further, would not place myself in such a predicament that I would..

The demands of society may force us to conform in all kinds of ways — in clothing, manners, food and sexual stereotypes — but we shouldn't blame God for this.

Nevertheless, precisely because moral acts are relative in this way, in all sexual relations certain promises are necessary if the parties involved are not to harm one another, affront one another's dignity, or illegitimately rob one another of their liberty.

I recognize that, for many, the March was primarily a response to the election of a president who has bragged about and been accused of sexual assault; however, JFK and Clinton have also been accused of sexual assault, and while that does not in any way excuse Trump's behavior, it does remind us that his behavior is nothing new.

The boy was not supposed to take any pleasure in the sexual act — that would be a disgrace to him — but to experience it passively as a way of expressing his appreciation for the man's patronage.

You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz

I believe it is not enough to tell Christians to redirect all their sexual longings in a spiritual way, since spirituality and sexuality express distinct and different elements of our lives.

From this standpoint, the task of intelligence in relation to sex is not to master it or to control it in the way of earlier restrictive patterns of life, but to discover means of securing maximum sexual satisfaction for all people.

Understood in this way, eros ought not be limited to genital sexual acts, but encompasses a broad range of human actions and desires, and it participates even in the religious dimension of life in the form of the desire to know and be known by God (p. 21).

Since Paul considered celibacy a gift, he obviously did not expect everyone to experience sexual desire in the same way.

'' «Our pastoral practice of demanding life - long «celibacy,» by which we meant that for the rest of your life you would not engage your sexual orientation in any way, was causing obvious harm and has not led to human flourishing,» the letter said.

But if that's so, he notes, then it should govern the way Christians think about same - sex sexual activity as well, and thus he concludes: «When those with homosexual orientation act on their desires in a loving, committed relationship, [they] are not, as far as I can see, violating the love command.»

When I describe myself as a «gay,» it is always clear from the broader context that I am not using «gay» to mean that I embrace and affirm my sexual desires in a way contrary to Catholic teaching.

To clarify, the Bible does not condemn Homosexuals, it condemns Homosexual Activity, in the exact same way it condemns Heterosexual activity, that is sexual actuivity outside the bounds of marriage.

There are an awful lot of gay clergy in the C of E, especially at the high church end and t he church has had to allow for them to be in civil partnerships with their same sex partners and share church accomodation, whilst never explicitly acknowledging that these are sexual relationships — a typical Anglican compromise and a very English, «we won't mention it» way of dealing with a situation.

To put it overly simply but I hope accurately: sexual sin lies not in being too sexual, but in being not sexual enough — in the way God has intended us to be.

That may be true, but the more important fact is that the act is not unitive; it is in no way expressive of the uniqueness of conjugal sexual intercourse.

Although official church teaching is generally that God is not a sexual or gendered being, many believe that God can be rightly imaged only in masculine ways.

I think what we get is that she is attractive, but not necessarily in a sexual way, but in the sense that the viewer is drawn to her, sympathizes with her (because yes, attractive people do get more sympathy).

The emphasis on love, with its sexual overtones, does not rule out the usefulness of moral law, but it most emphatically restricts such law to the role of guidelines or to a generally agreed consensus on ways in which love may best be expressed in human behavior and human relations.

«Since the social bond of marriage was instituted from the beginning in such a way that without sexual intercourse marriages would not contain the symbol of the union of Christ and the Church, there is no doubt that a woman whom we learn to have been without the nuptial mystery does not pertain to marriage.»

People do not typically choose their sexual orientations or gender identities the way one might choose to wear a watch or to take cream in their coffee.

They were not sexual because they wore tight clothes and were flexible; they were sexual because they were available and free to give themselves to others in meaningful ways.

We are sexual beings in sinful bodies, and I think as long as we are in this body, we will not be sinless and perfect in our ways.

fishon, I don't take passages about «sexual immorality» that way and don't mind at all them being read or preached, but my experience is that preachers name homosexuality specifically and teach things that not only are (in my opinion) and poor interpretation of the Bible, but also things that could have no Biblical basis of support.

That our humanity is cohumanity can not be interpreted only in a sexual or genital way.

«Vistaprint in no way condones - and does not tolerate - discrimination against any of our customers based on their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.»

To be sure, the low - income family was not eroded by state welfare policies alone: changing social mores, particular those from the sexual revolution, have contributed to the poor's marital crisis in a profound way.

While not all experts agree on statistics or even on the way in which child sexual abuse is often disclosed by children, it is important for church members to be familiar with some tenants of this research.

As Andrea Williams of the Christian Lawyers» fellowship commented «Whilst Christian groups have been clear from the outset that they would not wish in any way to deny the provision of basic goods and services to homosexuals, the Government have refused all calls that the Regulations should contain a simple clause that «no - one should be forced by this law to promote or actively condone any sexual practices which are contrary to their deeply held religious belief.

But Lev, no hagiographer, makes it clear that she was not exactly a saint: In addition to possessing a seemingly flexible sexual ethic, she pursued her father's (and her husband's) enemies with a devilish fury, executing them in imaginative wayIn addition to possessing a seemingly flexible sexual ethic, she pursued her father's (and her husband's) enemies with a devilish fury, executing them in imaginative wayin imaginative ways.

He'll test well, but I expect him to bomb the interviews, plus he was involved in a case of sexual assault which although he was found not guilty or liable, his name was still attached to it not to mention the credit card scam he was attached to which is still pending by the way.

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