So, instead of using sex as the way it was inteded to be-- a man and a woman come together to share the ultimate intimacy, two becoming one-- body, mind, and soul-- and merely turn it into recreation. So, c) should read: and people screwed it up from there, and brought the consequences of their actions down upon themselves.
So all of the animals, God's creations "unfallen", that engage in sex for recreation (chimpanzees, dolphins, the entire macaw family) are evil?
You can't hold God to our mistakes-- He didn't make it like that originally, we did.
God made us, God is perfect, we were God's masterpiece, but He screwed it up? I might buy the whole Eve-ate-the-fruit thing, but who put the serpent, and the tree, and the fruit there in the first place? And who instilled in humanity the curiosity to take the fruit? That's like taking a dog and a treat, putting the treat in front of the dog, saying "Don't eat it" and then kicking the dog when it does.
Healthy how-so? Just curious on what levels-- mentally, emotionally, etc. Why is it considered healthy? Just want to get your definitions, so I know where you're coming from, and there's as little misunderstanding as possible.
Sex is both physically and emotionally healthy, but as far as masturbation goes, there's a lot of documentation on its health benefits... there are a LOT of articles from multiple medical sources: http://www.allaboutsex.org/masturbationishealthy.html .
Seriously, though, I get a lot of religious people who tell me "Well, it's just more complicated than that" when faced with some of these things. I do enjoy talking about them with you, but I also believe that all of these things are actually very simple.
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Re: Battleground God...
Date: 2003-09-30 08:44 am (UTC)So all of the animals, God's creations "unfallen", that engage in sex for recreation (chimpanzees, dolphins, the entire macaw family) are evil?
You can't hold God to our mistakes-- He didn't make it like that originally, we did.
God made us, God is perfect, we were God's masterpiece, but He screwed it up? I might buy the whole Eve-ate-the-fruit thing, but who put the serpent, and the tree, and the fruit there in the first place? And who instilled in humanity the curiosity to take the fruit? That's like taking a dog and a treat, putting the treat in front of the dog, saying "Don't eat it" and then kicking the dog when it does.
Healthy how-so? Just curious on what levels-- mentally, emotionally, etc. Why is it considered healthy? Just want to get your definitions, so I know where you're coming from, and there's as little misunderstanding as possible.
Sex is both physically and emotionally healthy, but as far as masturbation goes, there's a lot of documentation on its health benefits... there are a LOT of articles from multiple medical sources: http://www.allaboutsex.org/masturbationishealthy.html .
Seriously, though, I get a lot of religious people who tell me "Well, it's just more complicated than that" when faced with some of these things. I do enjoy talking about them with you, but I also believe that all of these things are actually very simple.