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RE: Do you feel as if religion creates sexual suppression
June 6, 2016 at 8:33 pm
Are you kidding?
I bet the children of religious leaders in church have the most sex out of anyone.
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RE: Do you feel as if religion creates sexual suppression
June 6, 2016 at 9:49 pm
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Sex and religion has always been ill-rational enemies. You figure they make natural allies in order to help their own cause, but no! They use it has a fear tactic, countering the human minds own urges with invented self control, There was never a rational need for such believe systems, even as Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons we were able to figure out that sex is as important as food. Now, if you want to make a point that religious suppression of sex has helped mankind, you make the argument that in theory these actions were an attempt at a early form "Selected Breeding". This concept though as too many flaws to be considered useful. Maelstrom does make a good point though, they have found a way to use it for their own gain through out history.
In today's world, at least in my own experiences. Sexual relations is quite difficult to find, I'm not not best looking person, but I'm far from the worst looking person. The matter of my profession and my general cash flow limits me in this regard. This is the story for a lot of people in the world though, religious leaders may by wrong on many fronts, but they the kings and queens in the pussy determent.
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RE: Do you feel as if religion creates sexual suppression
June 8, 2016 at 11:22 pm
I wonder if the rules in Islam regarding the need for women to cover up, not mingle with other men / non-believers, severe punishment for being raped etc are a kind of imposed sexual repression, born out of some Muslim men's deep sexual insecurity? It seems to me that religions are remarkably concerned about what people do when naked (to quote a certain Mr Harris).
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RE: Do you feel as if religion creates sexual suppression
June 9, 2016 at 4:06 am
Bring back the temple prostitutes!
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RE: Do you feel as if religion creates sexual suppression
June 13, 2016 at 12:16 am
Religion creates all sorts of repression. Religion was, after all, designed to repress anything that primitive minds of the time deemed evil.
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RE: Do you feel as if religion creates sexual suppression
June 13, 2016 at 5:38 pm
I can't think of a religion that isn't prudish about sex to an extent. Yeah I think religions do repress sex.