(December 19, 2017 at 6:41 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I think in general all the animal instincts are covered by religious tenets. The 7 sins are basically a list of motivated animal behaviors that, if they get out of control, become unproductive.
Sex is fine. Get married, make babies, God approves. Unproductive sex in any form is a waste of time and energy.
Eating is fine. Eating far too much is unhealthy and inefficient of human resources, and is therefore proscribed against.
Of course, this all depends on the goal of maximizing efficiency and productivity, and not that of maximizing pleasure.
I disagree. Pleasure in the long term is maximized through control.
