In primitive cultures, there is a mystique surrounding life and childbirth. Since sex is connected to that, it is naturally of interest and naturally going to be something that people will want to control in some way or other. That is, in any culture advanced enough to make the connection between sex and childbirth.
Control of reproduction means controlling sex. And so there are naturally going to be prohibitions of some kind or other. For any specific instance of a religion's particular position, one would have to look at the specific culture in which the attitude developed, and most likely, one will find its origins lost in prehistory, making it likely impossible to know exactly why a particular attitude was adopted.
Control of reproduction means controlling sex. And so there are naturally going to be prohibitions of some kind or other. For any specific instance of a religion's particular position, one would have to look at the specific culture in which the attitude developed, and most likely, one will find its origins lost in prehistory, making it likely impossible to know exactly why a particular attitude was adopted.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
