Seems to me that the people most at risk are hearinq the buzzwords used to justify casual sex and takinq those sloqans to their natural conclusions without botherinq to think with their upper head about the consequences. As lonq as society lets their choices’ consequences fall on everybody but them, they see no problem with actinq like animals - which is basically what the buzzwords say is everybody’s “riqht”.
i know. yet are we not fundamentally animals? animals propagate their species by copulation. we propagate our humanity by copulation. it seems rather pointless to deny our animal attributes. this includes sex. besides, i really do not care what other people think much. most people are really not up to speed. this is a euphemism. but most people just do not think things out, such as (for example) looking at things from the principle of continuity.
i had to put my dog to sleep earlier this year. my father was dying in a hospice with a dnr. i did not have time to deal with both very well. i brought my dog to the vet. my dog was shaking and looking at me all the time. no one could have convinced me that she was not aware what the outcome of the vet visit would be. after the vet put my dog to sleep, i cried for her. why would i do that? according to organized christian religion, dogs have no soul, at least no soul that survives death. but for 19 years, i loved my dog. will anyone cry for me when it is my turn? what is an immortal soul, if not a thing attached to a sentient being that can be loved by someone, even after the physical being passes away? who am i to lay claim that dogs cannot have immortal souls? who is organized religion to tell me that dogs cannot have souls? how about bonobo chimpanzees? people who are mentally challenged from birth? dolphins? whales? apes? parakeets? what is the bright line, the IQ point below which disqualifies us from having immortal souls and above which qualifies us? Did Jesus in his infinite compassion set that IQ point value, and if so why did he choose that value and not one point above or below?
i think we must be very careful before we judge other people as living a righteous life. have we walked a mile in their shoes? should we cast the first stone?
When Jesus asked which of us are without sin, why would he ask that?
When Jesus said go and sin no more, why did he say exactly that?
i watched my father die earlier this year. with the dnr, it took 3 weeks. that is a lot of time to think, especially when someone that you love is lying there in front of you dying and there is nothing you can. it gave me a lot of time to think. one of my brothers was with me. both my brother and my father were dedicated hardcore athiests. this gave rise to several interesting dinner discussions with my brother while we waited for our father to die.
have you ever watched someone die? someone you love? someone who does not believe in an immortal soul? and the only other family member around happens to agree?
casual sex between people who i will never meet, whose behavior i will never witness, and who i will never have the opportunity to control, is very far down the line of concerns that are of critical importance for me, at least this year.
but i do not stand in the way of those who claim to know better than i do about casual sex and want to preach whatever they want to preach about casual sex. it is ok. they are ok, i am ok.