RE: Stifling Joy!
June 16, 2014 at 1:32 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2014 at 1:37 pm by John V.)
(June 15, 2014 at 11:37 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The Judeo-Christian god, especially the Christian one seems to be against many forms of harmless human enjoyment---sex being at the top of the list of things we oughtn't enjoy.No, the Christian god invented sex and wants us to enjoy it within the bounds of marriage. Paul specifically says that married people should have sex regularly.
ETA: Read Song of Solomon, or at least the wiki entry on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs
Quote: ...it celebrates sexual love. It gives "the voices of two lovers, praising each other, yearning for each other, proffering invitations to enjoy". The two are in harmony, each desiring the other and rejoicing in sexual intimacy; the women (or "daughters") of Jerusalem form a chorus to the lovers, functioning as an audience whose participation in the lovers' erotic encounters facilitates the participation of the reader.
