For those of you who are not familiar with what asexuality is, I recommend you look it up online. There are many websites that explain in detail about asexuality (Asexuality.org, Psychology Today, Wikipedia etc.).
In short, asexuality is considered a sexual orientation characterized by very low or nonexistent libido and lack of sexual attraction towards anyone. Asexual people feel either repulsed by or indifferent to sexual intercourse, and they simply don't want to engage in it. There are various degrees of asexuality, some asexuals being able to tolerate sexual intercourse once in a while for the sake of having a family.
Asexuality should not be mistaken for celibacy, the latter being a personal choice. Asexual people can/may be able to fall in love and develop romantic feelings for other people, and even have romantic relationships and marry, because they do feel aesthetic and emotional attraction.
In light of these, there exist out there a few cases of asexual marriages between asexuals or between an asexual and a non-asexual person. For example: First Person: 'We're married, we just don't have sex'
I want to ask you what your opinion is from a Christian perspective. The logical thing to do from a Biblical view is to not get married if you don't feel the desire of having sex (1 Corithians 7:8), but what if two asexual people fall in love with each other and get married, but do not feel the need to have sexual intercourse after they are married and never do. Does this break the commandments from Genesis 1:28 and from 1 Corithians 7:3?
Are asexual marriages sinful?
In short, asexuality is considered a sexual orientation characterized by very low or nonexistent libido and lack of sexual attraction towards anyone. Asexual people feel either repulsed by or indifferent to sexual intercourse, and they simply don't want to engage in it. There are various degrees of asexuality, some asexuals being able to tolerate sexual intercourse once in a while for the sake of having a family.
Asexuality should not be mistaken for celibacy, the latter being a personal choice. Asexual people can/may be able to fall in love and develop romantic feelings for other people, and even have romantic relationships and marry, because they do feel aesthetic and emotional attraction.
In light of these, there exist out there a few cases of asexual marriages between asexuals or between an asexual and a non-asexual person. For example: First Person: 'We're married, we just don't have sex'
I want to ask you what your opinion is from a Christian perspective. The logical thing to do from a Biblical view is to not get married if you don't feel the desire of having sex (1 Corithians 7:8), but what if two asexual people fall in love with each other and get married, but do not feel the need to have sexual intercourse after they are married and never do. Does this break the commandments from Genesis 1:28 and from 1 Corithians 7:3?
Are asexual marriages sinful?