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Re: Question for the Conservatives out there
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:34:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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views. Perhaps I should ask why so many sects of Abraham-descended religions
are so pathologically antisexual?
I’ll need to think about this angle some more.
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It is a misnomer to characterize the Judeo-Christian tradition as antisexual.
We are all for sex, but within the context of marriage. Sex outside of
marriage erodes at the institution of the nuclear family, upon which society is
built. If everyone were having free sex there would be no incentive to marry
and raise a family. If you really believed we are animals, you would notice
that this survival strategy is pervasive in nature.
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That’s essentially what bothers me about the demonization of sexuality; we’re
animals, our parents were animals, and our grandparents were animals, all the
way back to the beginning. What is the benefit in denying this aspect of
ourselves?
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I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! :-)
Seriously, isn’t that what being human is all about-- about suppressing our
animal instincts and controlling our own destinies? Being human means
differentiating ourselves from animals, not denegrating ourselves as equal with
them.
JOHN
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| (...) I don't think so. (...) You're "all for" sex with only one partner, of only one certain sex, in only certain ways, under only certain circumstances. Right? (...) To start, I'm assuming that you agree with American Heritage in that the nuclear (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) This is a really good question, and I hadn't thought about it in those terms. I guess I would have to note, as you suggest, that attempts to reinvent sexuality (or the expression thereof) are met with vigorous resistence, often by the very (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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