Jesus' virginity a non-issue
Thanks, Brian and Juantoo, for the re-bienvenu.
The way I see it, sex nowadays is so liberated as a taboo. It would seem to be as embarrassing as having to ask for the bathroom in an emergency.
Think the worst of Jesus in regard to sex to reach your own conclusion whether He went back to the Father a virgin or not.
Important thing is that there are sex acts nowadays that are no longer in the category of sinful acts, even among Christians. For example, same sex acts among even non legally married couples -- of the same sex.
As I said, the question of sinful sex acts is more pertinent. By that I mean the violation of some obligation from justice. For example, sleeping with a stranger other than one's lawfully or even religiously bound partner, is a violation of the what we call conjugal duty of fidelity.
I can grant that Jesus could have had a normal sex life but not a sinful one, in that respect. So He could have gone back to the Father, having experienced everything human, except again, sin. What is that about "I am a man, and I don't count anything human alien to my nature"? So with Jesus the man.
No, that question is a non-issue, for me. Jesus the man lived and worked and died, and He means a lot to a lot of peoples, wether He died a virgin or not, does not take away His worth.
But I am a postgraduate Catholic, and talking as one.
Pachomius2000