Posted on 08/02/2014 4:45:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
Now I have heard of "poetic license" but this is ridiculous. How in the hell can you "accidentally" inseminate. Can someone explain that to me.
case of mistaken identity.
Unwashed hands or instruments? The erroneous transmission of a sperm could be explained in several grossly unsanitary ways.
When was that?
When was that?
Good question. Organized religion features in our oldest historical knowledge of human beings - that is, in ancient Egypt.
All societies, even contemporary hunter-gatherers, have controls on sexuality, because the society benefits when both childbearing and intense personal relationships are kept within bounds. Even men who don't "love" or care about a woman in a personal way care about ownership of a sexual service provider, or just ownership itself.
In many cultural traditions, we find instances of chosen sexual continence for adult men or women. Sometimes it's to avoid parenthood; other times it has a religious significance.
And yet somehow, I managed to get through the first decade or so of my life without even thinking about it, much less having it.
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It's not just the Catholic Church, ALL true/U> Christians and Jews recognize that sex outside of wedlock is sinful and wrong.
Going without sex is freakish and unnatural.
Prior to a couple generations ago, waiting until marriage had been the norm (e.g. natural state) for six thousand years.
Sex is good. Sex is fun. We are going to do it.
So troll, at what age do you suggest children first engage in sexual intercourse?
We are guided by our instincts, tempered by our upbringing and our values. That said, sex is one of our most base instincts.
Yes, and YOUR SUGGESTION that we discard six thousand years of Judeo-Christian values is the problem.
And as for you, “miss marmelstein”, there are plenty of girls born WITHOUT a hymen, or it is broken by regular physical activity that has NOTHING to do with sex. You seem to share the attitude voiced by some in the more extremist Muslim countries.
Now troll, I realize that you've only been on FR for a few months (if this is your first time), but I've noticed that many trolls compare Christians to the Taliban, jihadists or something similar just before they are zotted.
This article was supposed to be about our attitudes regarding sex being shaped by the weirdo perverts in HollyWEIRD. How about you get back on topic instead of trying to ding me?
However, YOU share Hollywood's agenda.
Disease and abortion are natural? They are a consequence of making sex the all American past time.
Lack of self control is a liberal trait.
IBTZ
This thread prompted me to do some research on virginity - which, as you say, has been a staple of most societies for at least 2 millenium. I was especially interested to read up on the Vestals - those powerful women of Rome who guarded the temple of Vesta. I’ve visited the remnents of that temple in the Roman Forum. Admirable women, who, if “I, Claudius” is to be believed, also guarded the wills of the Emperors.
Virginity was also believed (and perhaps rightly so) to be excellent for fertility. Fertility and the cult of virginity were very big in the ancient world.
IBTZ
I doubt it, especially with a screen name like that.
“God’s plan for sex is the best. Anything outside of His plan will bring problems, heartache and misery.”
Add to that diseases.
Yeah, he took off in a strange direction. But then as a member of the Taliban I may have misread his remarks.
“God’s plan for sex is the best.”
Didn’t sex start only after Eve ate the forbidden fruit?
No, sex preceded the Fall (Genesis 2:24-25).
Well, it isn’t exactly an original insult, is it?
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