Sex: The greatest threat to Christianity? (Buddhists, Jehovah, Mormons, atheist)
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God designed human beings to be heterosexual and sexually dimorphic (distinctively male or female). He designed sex to occur strictly between members of the opposite sex who have entered into lifelong, exclusively monogamous relationships. No other context for sexual intimacy is legitimate. All other contexts produce harm.
Furthermore, sex is either primarily for procreation (if you’re Catholic) or else it is for procreation and pleasure (if you’re anything else), but it still shouldn’t get too kinky, because that is a perversion of what God wants. And when done right, sex is great but it still should never be allowed to rival more spiritual pursuits like prayer, worship, evangelism, and service to others. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all of that, yada yada.
The article outlines the five ways sex threatens Christianity:
1) Christianity is dualistic to its core, and that makes sex a rival for people’s affections.
2) The Christian narrative feeds on guilt, and our sexual insecurities are the gift that keeps on giving.
3) Religion also thrives on control. If they can control what you do with your privates, they can control everything.
4) Christianity teaches that you do not own yourself, and that presents a major problem for sexual health.
5) Our real-life sexual experiences invalidate the Christian narrative about sex again and again.
A good article and thought provoking. I've always felt religion is much to repressive and lays way too much guilt on human beings sexuality. It has nothing to do with morals; while married I never strayed in 30 years and two marriages.
When not married, I tend to be in longer term relationships, and sex needs to be an integral part of that. This very short 19 second video expresses my feelings well.
Get hip to this: The only threat to Christianity is a big asteroid hitting the Earth.
Other than that....Christianity, along with the other Abrahamic Theologies, will continue to dominate and rule this world for a long time to come, like they have for the last thousand years.
Those that are bothered by that, notwithstanding.
I'm in the commercialized sex industry, and it is a huge industry...believe me, sex has little effect on Religious adherence.
The two most consumed elective products: Religion and Sex!
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Get hip to this: The only threat to Christianity is a big asteroid hitting the Earth.
Other than that....Christianity, along with the other Abrahamic Theologies, will continue to dominate and rule this world for a long time to come, like they have for the last thousand years.
Those that are bothered by that, notwithstanding. I'm in the commercialized sex industry, and it is a huge industry...believe me, sex has little effect on Religious adherence. The two most consumed elective products: Religion and Sex!
You'd appreciate Georgia real well. I've seen as many strip clubs as churches along the interstate and state highways. And never been anywhere that there were so many of both.
So somehow having sex while not married can attract demons and stuff while having identical sex while married cannot?
I don't believe I said that, did I?
I'm not a Christian that sees a demon hiding under every rock. It's just not my thing. But I do know that God told us that sex is for married couples. He defined what marriage is. Within marriage, it's a wonderful thing.
Yea, like all the scientists on board with Monsanto and Genetically Modified Foods. "Oh, we've done our scientific research and there is no harm to humans." And I wonder why all the intestinal problems and stomach problems are on the rise in the American public?
The local dairy farmer near where I live lost around half his milk cows due to feeding them GMO soybeans. They took Monsanto to court and won. Now if GMO foods do that to a huge cow, what do you think it does to little ole humans? Oh, but the scientific community says there is nothing to worry about. It is all safe.
I don't know the specifics of your neighbor's court case, nor would I claim to be able to comment on it. I can tell you that I have no qualms about eating the GMO corn my neighbors grow, though.
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I don't believe I said that, did I?
I'm not a Christian that sees a demon hiding under every rock. It's just not my thing. But I do know that God told us that sex is for married couples. He defined what marriage is. Within marriage, it's a wonderful thing.
God designed human beings to be heterosexual and sexually dimorphic (distinctively male or female). He designed sex to occur strictly between members of the opposite sex who have entered into lifelong, exclusively monogamous relationships. No other context for sexual intimacy is legitimate. All other contexts produce harm.
Furthermore, sex is either primarily for procreation (if you’re Catholic) or else it is for procreation and pleasure (if you’re anything else), but it still shouldn’t get too kinky, because that is a perversion of what God wants. And when done right, sex is great but it still should never be allowed to rival more spiritual pursuits like prayer, worship, evangelism, and service to others. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all of that, yada yada.
The article outlines the five ways sex threatens Christianity:
1) Christianity is dualistic to its core, and that makes sex a rival for people’s affections.
2) The Christian narrative feeds on guilt, and our sexual insecurities are the gift that keeps on giving.
3) Religion also thrives on control. If they can control what you do with your privates, they can control everything.
4) Christianity teaches that you do not own yourself, and that presents a major problem for sexual health.
5) Our real-life sexual experiences invalidate the Christian narrative about sex again and again.
A good article and thought provoking. I've always felt religion is much to repressive and lays way too much guilt on human beings sexuality. It has nothing to do with morals; while married I never strayed in 30 years and two marriages.
When not married, I tend to be in longer term relationships, and sex needs to be an integral part of that. This very short 19 second video expresses my feelings well.
The greatest threat the Christianity, and to all religions and "belief" systems, gods etc., is TRUTH, and the TRUTH is that there is no god, no heaven, no hell, no reincarnation or life after death etc.
The greatest threat the Christianity, and to all religions and "belief" systems, gods etc., is TRUTH, and the TRUTH is that there is no god, no heaven, no hell, no reincarnation or life after death etc.
Do you have any evidence or truth as you state, I'll go with no reincarnation and please none of this burden of proof on the believer as you the non-believer made the statement , this ain't my first rodeo dude.
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Do you have any evidence or truth as you state, I'll go with no reincarnation and please none of this burden of proof on the believer as you the non-believer made the statement , this ain't my first rodeo dude.
You are well aware of the statement, extraordinary claims (an after life, an higher power, etc.) require extraordinary proves.
The bible ain't one of those.
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