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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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Religion is only meant for humans - not animals. You have every right to enjoy uninhibited sex in lower forms of life like pigs (who have sex with their sisters...) or sparrows and pigeons who can have many more orgasms a day than humans. Humans are distinguished by the intellectual capacity to at least try to understand God.
The laws of material nature are meant to be harsh so that all people will realize (sooner-or-later) that real happiness can only be found in the spiritual universes... |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
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Yeah, this is a silly poll. Might as well ask whether philosophy promotes an unhealthy view of sex. Or ideology. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: |
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God is clearly a sick pervert. I mean, he designed penises and vaginas.
My sister used to date a guy who was raised Catholic who could never quite shake off the religion. Every time after they had sex he'd apologise to her and feel very guilty. Not really a turn on. |
What do Catholics believe about sex then? ('scuse me for being ignorant) |
I don't really know, but I do know they believe it is for procreation, which is why Catholic families tend ot have large amounts of kids (clown car size). Also, premarital sex is considered evil, even if it doesn't stop them from having it. It just makes them feel crappy about it. Plus, masturbation is a sin.
It really excludes you from having a lot of the fun that God obviously programmed into our bodies. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, this is a silly poll. Might as well ask whether philosophy promotes an unhealthy view of sex. Or ideology. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. |
I've never understood that need to comment on a thread in which one has no interest. Obviously the poll is only to spark some interesting discussion. Sex and religion are always hot topics, didn't you know? Now, move along Mithy... |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| As a child of catholic parents, I would say duh! |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
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| Which religion? |
Yeah, this is a silly poll. Might as well ask whether philosophy promotes an unhealthy view of sex. Or ideology. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. |
I've never understood that need to comment on a thread in which one has no interest. Obviously the poll is only to spark some interesting discussion. Sex and religion are always hot topics, didn't you know? Now, move along Mithy... |
I'm not saying that it's lacking in interest, just that the poll question doesn't mean anything. Some religions promote chastity, some promote huge amounts of sex (see Shamhat). A great deal promote something somewhere in between. Some religions are debatable on whether they even are religions or not. How could anyone generalize on something so broad?
Here's a similar topic to illustrate what I mean:
Does weather make the temperature hot?
1 Yes
2 Often
3 Sometimes
4 Depends
5 No
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| I knew some Christians who thought sex was wrong *after* marriage. They were conditioned so strongly about pre-marital sex that regular post-marriage sex began to feel like an obscenity to them, so in some cases, it took years for them to begin enjoying it. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| Which religion? |
Yeah, this is a silly poll. Might as well ask whether philosophy promotes an unhealthy view of sex. Or ideology. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. |
I've never understood that need to comment on a thread in which one has no interest. Obviously the poll is only to spark some interesting discussion. Sex and religion are always hot topics, didn't you know? Now, move along Mithy... |
I'm not saying that it's lacking in interest, just that the poll question doesn't mean anything. Some religions promote chastity, some promote huge amounts of sex (see Shamhat). A great deal promote something somewhere in between. Some religions are debatable on whether they even are religions or not. How could anyone generalize on something so broad?
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It's a question which gives people something to think about, and they can interpret it as they like. Obviously rteacher is going to have something different to say than someone like mindmetoo. The discussion might be quite interesting, and no-one is really expecting to seriously answer the question. It's a starting point for conversation. This is a casual message board, where people are not required to speak accurately, scientifically or accademically. The level of conversation expected is about that that you'd get down the pub. I am not required to present my poll at the same standard of an accademic survey. You could have made the same point (which you are not alone in thinking) without dismissing the thread as 'silly' |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| Which religion? |
Yeah, this is a silly poll. Might as well ask whether philosophy promotes an unhealthy view of sex. Or ideology. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. |
I've never understood that need to comment on a thread in which one has no interest. Obviously the poll is only to spark some interesting discussion. Sex and religion are always hot topics, didn't you know? Now, move along Mithy... |
I'm not saying that it's lacking in interest, just that the poll question doesn't mean anything. Some religions promote chastity, some promote huge amounts of sex (see Shamhat). A great deal promote something somewhere in between. Some religions are debatable on whether they even are religions or not. How could anyone generalize on something so broad?
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It's a question which gives people something to think about, and they can interpret it as they like. Obviously rteacher is going to have something different to say than someone like mindmetoo. The discussion might be quite interesting, and no-one is really expecting to seriously answer the question. It's a starting point for conversation. This is a casual message board, where people are not required to speak accurately, scientifically or accademically. The level of conversation expected is about that that you'd get down the pub. I am not required to present my poll at the same standard of an accademic survey. You could have made the same point (which you are not alone in thinking) without dismissing the thread as 'silly' |
Right. So some people interpret it one way, some interpret it another, I interpret the question itself as silly. Look at my response as just another part of the whole if you like. I don't expect the whole thread to come crashing down because of what I wrote. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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I think religions can be grouped together fairly easily on issues like this. The big ones are all pretty close to each other, even if the more foreign and/or freakish ones have their own customs and attitudes.
Just for the hell of it, what are some ways that religion encourages healthy attitudes toward sex? I guess we really can thank religion for the institution of marriage, and monogamy. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| As a child of catholic parents, I would say duh! |
Likely a 'hung-up' attitude toward a few things. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| I guess we really can thank religion for the institution of marriage, and monogamy. |
It also has the incidental effect of curtailing the speed at which STDs travel within the population. Monogamy is ideal in that sense alone. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
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| As a child of catholic parents, I would say duh! |
Likely a 'hung-up' attitude toward a few things. |
Yup. Nice bolding by the way. You actually managed to hit the relevant part of the sentence. Good job. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| Current religious views (on the most part) world wide encourage an unhealthy view of pretty much everything in life, including morality. |
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