10,000 Objections to Catholicism ANSWERED (Jimmy Akin) | Ep. 318
Pints With Aquinas
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Why Humans Have Sex When Women Are Infertile
Human offspring have to be born at an amazingly early developmental age compared to the offspring of other creatures. And because we're highly intelligent creatures, it takes a couple of decades before we're fully mature and fully educateds You need a lot of care, more than one person can reasonably give. Unlike other species where the parents mate and then the male goes off and abandons the family, there needs to be a reason for the male stick around so he can help with child care for aouple of decades. That's why human females remain sexually receptive throughout the year. It helps cement the union on a psychological and practical level between the spouses. So here we're working in concert with god's
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