Those of you who believe- Is there sex in heaven?

I don’t see why not. I’m a believer but I don’t think an eternal paradise only includes sitting in a cloud and eating bagels or something

Depends, are you married up there? lol

Awesome question! Lurve to you!

Depends on if God is still down on that Old Testament thing. You know, back when humanity only acted as God’s servants, and achieving self pleasure was a sin. But then again, if that’s the case, most of us would be in Hell cause I can’t name one person from my High School who left there a willing virgin.

only to make angels…

To uberbatman’s point, what would married mean in heaven”? What if your earthly spouse didn’t make it to heaven? Would earthly vows disappear?

And EnzoX24 also brings up the issue of the old testament. Many of the biblical patriarchs had multiple wives, would polygamy be ok?

I like to believe there is sex in heaven and the pleasure is beyond our wildest imaginings.

If I have my theology right, Heaven is what comes after we’ve all shuffled off this mortal coil and the Earth is no more. All the people that would have been born have been born already. And if sex is only for procreation, that would seem to rule it out as totally unnecessary in Heaven.

Besides, from what I hear, y’all are supposed to be spending your time living in joyful communion and worship of God… not sneaking off to Heaven’s haystack to commune in the joy of each other. ;) But what do I know, I’m just a Pagan Atheist.

@Laureth, lurve for “shuffled off this mortal coil…”

So, do you have a physical body when you’re in heaven?

If you don’t get laid in heaven does that mean that you do in hell?

That might make me select a different final destination.

Supermouse: Laureth’s answer was terrific; however, shuffling off the coil is now part of the vernacular but came from the Bard.

“What dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause” —William Shakespeare, Hamlet

I don’t believe; can I still answer? What else could heaven be but one continuous orgasm? Sex is just unnecessary. We would all be united at that point; really, it would be like experiencing the same orgasm, all together.

Gail: can you tell I was an English major? :)

(Would you like fries with that?)

I’m pretty sure as spirits, we’re all going to be intermingling eternally.
Kinky

The Bible states that “Sex is a gift God gave to men*”. It also states that God is not conditional. So therefore, logically, I believe we should be expectant of it.

*Obviously this meaning the people of the earth, not just men.

But are we still “men,” “humans,” “peoples of the earth” in heaven?

Good point

I’m with Laureth in terms of my own private belief system, but here’s some theology and biblical citations if that helps in your arguments.

“Perhaps the greatest difference between the Islamic Paradise and the Christian Heaven is related to sensual and sexual pleasures. As noted above, men will have the companionship of their earthly wife or wives, as well as of many Houris. However, marriage—and presumably sex and procreation as well—are not present in the Christian Heaven. Luke 20:28–35 discusses a case where a woman had seven husbands—she was compelled to marry six of her first husband’s brothers in succession, as each brother died. Jesus is quoted as saying that those who attain Heaven “neither marry or are given in marriage.” Mark 12:25, Matthew 22:30, and Luke 20:35 also imply a sexless Heaven.”

http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_para.htm (above “graph from middle of a LONG text.)

Gail, you are awesome.

are you kidding in heaven I’m having sex with everything and everyone and it will be AWESOME

laureth: ”...supposed to be spending your time living in joyful communion and worship of God… not sneaking off to Heaven’s haystack…”

So are you saying you won’t be having much fun if you get there, or one person’s heaven is another person’s hell?

I’ve often wondered…

Heaven is perfect happiness, right? Constant, perfect happiness? An eternal orgasm?

Wouldn’t that get boring after a few eons? And wouldn’t boredom make you unhappy?

Am I thinking too much about this? Yes. Especially since I am an atheist.

i don’t beleive there is anything physical in Heaven/the afterlife. but i’m pretty sure it’ll be so great that sex will seem so small in comparison.

What if you’re a Christian man and you marry a Jewish woman?

How could one be “in heaven” knowing you can never see your wife again, who is caught in the throes of eternal torment?

Would God be required to wipe your memory in order for you to be “at peace?”

I also don’t find it odd that the Islamic heaven would include sex while the Christian version does not, considering the kind of sexual repression imposed on Islamic culture…

We all gotta have goals, right?

jvgr, I’m unlikely to go to a Christian heaven for two reasons:

1. I’m not Christian. I don’t believe that there is a Heaven to go to.

2. If I picked the wrong answer in #1, it’s unlikely that they’d let a nonChrsitian in the place.

That said, I’m not sure that in Christian theology, Heaven is just some kind of miraculous candy store and you’re the kid allowed to grab as many Jolly Ranchers as you want with no parents to yell at you for rotting your teeth out. Where did the idea come from that Heaven is everyone’s wildly physical and materialistic hedonistic fantasy? The Churchspeak I’ve head (back when I used to go) is that you get to Heaven and then you spend eternity being near to, and praising, God. It sounds kinda boting to me, but hey, that might be the carrot that some folks are after.

However, I must imagine that while being busy in constant reflection of the glory that is JHVH, one might not have time to be feelin’ up the other angels, let alone smoking, gambling, drinking (even good mead, like as in Valhalla), or doing all the other delicious sinning that they missed out on experiencing while back on Earth. I’m given to understand that just “being with God” is enough – maybe Heaven is not having that nicotine fit or tall cold weak pale American lager, when what you will really have is God.

Like I said, I’m no Christian, so this Heaven is not for me, one way or t’other.

Wow. I really need to proofread before I hit “answer.”

Not sure about the Bible, but according to the Koran (and Hadith) there seems to be.
What else would you do with 72+ full-breasted maidens?

Would you not have to be married, and having sex in order to bare children? Is that not the rule? Or is it “Ok ok you guys followed the rules, you may now run free and have all the unprotected and free sex you wish. This is your reward!”

This article has a lot of interesting details about sex in the afterlife in different religions.

Many articles in the U.S. press refer to a reward of 72 virgins — a number that’s not in the Quran, Furnish said, but comes from supplementary writings.

…no sex for the Greek philosophers…

…St. Augustine decided we’d keep our sex organs for aesthetic reasons, but we wouldn’t use them.

Jesus says no one will marry or be given in marriage, but we will be as angels.

Zoroastrians, he said, believed there was sex in heaven, but people would wean themselves away from both food and sex as they got used to being dead.

Apparently, this book can help you prepare to have sex after you die.

@Nimis – You’d make baskets and frolic in gardens. DUH

@Fireside – Excellent! Thanks!

I’ve decided to stay right here.

Shad: Nyuk.

In case anyone is still reading, a positive (though possibly speculative) case can be made that male-female relationships similar to marital bonds can continue between the redeemed into the next life. This may then also imply a romantic, physical or even sexual aspect in such a relationship.

Below are some websites that make this positive case (across Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant strands of Christianity). Each website does deal with the marriage pericope of Mt 22 to a lesser or greater degree -
1. http://rezfamilies.googlepages.com
2. http://www.ewtn.org/library/Marriage/zmarrheavn.htm
3. http://members.aol.com/johnodhner/Marriageinheaven.html
4. http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&id=YSSCUO1tonkC&dq=meyendorff+marriage%20&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=5NSzvkqo5M&sig%20=hBJchN5_JtqohBFEy0xFHYABFJI#PPA15,M1
Whether you find these arguments convincing is ultimately up to you.

PS. please note according to historic Christian doctrine, the next life involves the resurrection, which is physical in nature, and is not to be identified with “heaven” (where the redeemed go after death to await future physical resurrection of their bodies) – please see this link for more explanation -
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1710844,00.html

I think there will be sex in heaven too, and I don’t think it will be comparable to the sex on earth…

because it’s heaven!

How do you think we came about spiritually? Why do they call him the Father in Heaven? You just don’t hear about the Mother in heaven much.