(June 20, 2015 at 3:03 pm)Cato Wrote: The other problem I have with religious notions of sex as it pertains to morality is that plenty of other species, existing and extinct, have been engaging in *the act* for quite some time. Religions also ignore that we had been shagging ourselves into the future for almost 200,000 years before Abraham's god showed up and attempted to take some spice out of life. Furthermore, taking advice on healthy sexual relations from an organization whose leadership takes oaths of celibacy is akin to scheduling an appointment with a proctologist when you have a toothache, unless of course your tooth needs to be exposed before the dentist can help you.
We are more intelligent, have more self awareness and more self control than animals, so we are held to a higher standard.
There are plenty of animals who kill their own specie's babies (or their own babies), yet we don't think of them as cruel because we know that they don't know any better. We would not have the same leniency with people, because whether we know it or not, we do hold people to a higher standard. As we should.
And if the early humans knew nothing about God or sexual morality, they too would be held to a lower standard.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
