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I'm a Christian, although a very heretical Christian. I've witnessed first hand the way church can contribute to completely fucked up views on sexuality that undermine it's beauty, joy, and the intimacy it brings to relationships. Most churches frown on and suppress sexuality, especially sexuality outside of marriage. Now some....a little bit, of the intent is good behind that thought but the practical application is seriously flawed. Because of our natural desire for that kind of initmacy we crave that from an early age. In order to combat those desires the church oppresses it's members by condeming sexuality to the point that it becomes some kind of evil thing. You'll hear it said in the church that sex is wonderful within marriage but bad outside. Well after years of being told sex is bad people begin to think sex is bad, and even within marriage people feel guilty about thier sexuality. Young Christians are either filled with guilt all the time, or they leave the church, or they suppress thier sexuality and often times get married far to young because they're horny. The church down plays the importance of sexuality in relationships and therefore many Christian couples never gain true intimacy. I've heard many Christian friends talk about not having physical contact, some to the point of hardly kissing, and believe they are doing thier relationship some kind of valuable service. Perhaps the worst part is that there is arguably no basis in the Christian bible for the oppression of sexuality or for sex being wrong outside of marriage.
I'm a very spiritual person and I believe that spirituality and sexuality are deeply interwoven. If you want to understand the oppression of sexuality from the church just ask a Christian how often Jesus had sex. Most will be disgussed at the thought that he would even have had sex, because somehow Jesus was pure and sex is sinful and unpure. I bet Jesus was a great lover.
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Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
-Unknown
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