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Marriage 1. Sexual relationships are important in Christianity because one of the sole purposes in life is to have babies and to populate the earth. However, sexual intercourse is not permitted outside of marriage in the Christian Church. Sexual intercourse must take place within a marriage because this shows that they have self-control and sexual restraint. A Christian marriage is built on breaking celibacy and having sexual relations, which lead to the birth of children. "Be fruitful and increase in number... fill the earth." Genesis 1:28. This shows that God wanted people to have sexual intercourse in order to continue the job that he started and populate the earth. However, many Christians think that waiting until marriage before sex, celibacy, is too much to ask of in this time were sex is mentioned frequently in everyday life. Personally, I think that moral principles never change and so what was believed in the time...

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