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    It is not the case that It would be unreasonable for God to permit sexual acts only in a manner in which they cannot actually be performed

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    • 1.Augustine argues that prelapsarian sexuality was governed by rational will without involuntary pleasure, establishing a theological precedent for pleasure-free intercourse.
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    • 2.If unfallen humanity could exercise complete rational control over sexual acts, then pleasure-free intercourse represents a coherent divine ideal rather than an impossible demand.
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    • 3.God's permissions may be calibrated to humanity's original nature rather than its fallen, pleasure-bound condition.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Aquinas distinguishes between what is physically impossible and what is morally ordered: a divine command can redirect an act toward proper ends without requiring the elimination of all accompanying sensation.
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    • 2.The claim conflates the impossibility of performing an act without pleasure with the possibility of performing it without consenting to pleasure as one's governing intention.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Human beings are so constructed that sexual intercourse necessarily involves pleasure
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    • 2.Requiring that sexual acts be performed without pleasure is requiring something that cannot be done
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    • 3.A rational God would not permit an act only under conditions that make the act impossible to perform
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