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To: Kodos the Executioner
But I’m talking about concepts that pre-date organized religion.

When was that?

44 posted on 08/03/2014 2:48:59 PM PDT by mc5cents ("Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: mc5cents; Kodos the Executioner; Mrs. Don-o
But I’m talking about concepts that pre-date organized religion.

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.

45 posted on 08/03/2014 2:59:44 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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