Sinergy
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Hello, Having spent time studying feminist theory and religious history, I have a few comments on Christianity and their attitudes towards sex. First off, the sex drive has been viewed with some distaste by most organized religions throughout time. From my understanding, this is due to the fact that this drive cannot be controlled. There is some truth to this idea. Buddhism classified women as demons and sex as a distraction, while at the same time not giving credit to the woman Buddha lived with prior to attaining enlightenment. Sorry, I would suggest that she was an integral building block, and not something which kept him from his experience that led to his enlightenment. Specifically to Christianity, most of the books in the New Testament are not overly misogynistic. However, we have the Book of Paul, written by an anti-sex, anti-woman apostle, who basically did everything he could to indicate that to truly follow The Lord Jesus Christ (hey, I didnt make up the name...) meant one had to eschew sex. Then you have this transplanted into the Dark Ages where it was melded with the negative reaction to Roman sexual freedom, along with bathing, religious tolerance, and proper sewer systems, as well as a bunch of celibate monks and Popes, and in the modern world we are left with Christian morality saying that sex is a bad thing. Frankly, I cannot understand why God (I do not really consider myself a Christian, so assuming such exists) would create something as beautiful and life-affirming as sex and endorphin reactions, give human beings free will, and then tell them they should not experience it. It is like walking up to somebody and telling them not to think of an elephant. Like that will happen. People are not wired that way. I forget the person I got the quote from, but the quote I am thinking of essentially says "It is amazing that the Gods that people worship generally have the emotional attitudes of a 3 year old." Peace out, Sinergy
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