BEASTIALITY

[Catholic_Lady]

Because of sexual morality. 

The short answer is we believe sex is meant to be an act of self giving love between a man and a woman who have vowed to be together for life. The farther away you take sex outside of this context, the more distorted and wrong it becomes. So while I still think it's wrong to have sex with your significant other before you're married, it's even more wrong to have a one night stand with someone you don't really care about, and even more wrong than that is to have it with someone you just paid to do it with. 

And on an entirely other level, it's wrong to do it with an animal because it's not even with a person. That's about as far away as you can get from taking sex outside its intended context, and so it's perverse and sick, and we all know that in our guts. 

And of course, if it brings any sort of physical or emotional harm to the animals, it's wrong because of that too. But even if it doesn't harm the animal, it's still wrong because of sexual morality. That's how we see it anyway.

Marriage was actually ''invented'' before Christianity came to be. Before any form of religion came to be, actually. That's what bugs me about Catholicism in particular, it takes a concept and puts its stamp on it, pretending like it invented it. And then from that, comes all these moral codes that shame people into thinking that they are living lives 'unworthy' of god. Homosexuality comes to mind, where Catholicism states that is a disorder, and a sin. A mortal sin if it meets the three criteria. I don't think that homosexuality is immoral though, I also believe morality is largely subjective, but like beastiality, you and I can agree on it being 'wrong,' but not necessarily the reasons why it is wrong.  

Interesting thread, I must go to sleep now...but I will return. Thank you for your answers.

Thanks for the good discussion!