Sexuality and Religion

[LadyDaisy]

Greetings everyone,
I'm wondering about a topic that rarely seems to come up- as you probably read from the title, sexuality and religion. I guess my question is how many of you are religious and how religious exactly are you? If at all, how do you include religion into your sex life?
Thanks!
-LadyDaisy

 

[Trimjob69]

Greetings everyone,
I'm wondering about a topic that rarely seems to come up- as you probably read from the title, sexuality and religion. I guess my question is how many of you are religious and how religious exactly are you? If at all, how do you include religion into your sex life?
Thanks!
-LadyDaisy

Mary Magdalene was a fox

 

[dacoach44]

I know this

Greetings everyone,
I'm wondering about a topic that rarely seems to come up- as you probably read from the title, sexuality and religion. I guess my question is how many of you are religious and how religious exactly are you? If at all, how do you include religion into your sex life?
Thanks!
-LadyDaisy

God made us to reproduce. Then, He made it feel good. I try to follow the Golden Rule in my daily life. I dont consider myself religious, as i take delight in so many sinful activities.

 

[Trimjob69]

God made us to reproduce. Then, He made it feel good. I try to follow the Golden Rule in my daily life. I dont consider myself religious, as i take delight in so many sinful activities.

Good answer

 

[TheDubbs]

I personally have no belief in any gods or supernatural phenomena. In that sense, it makes things a lot easier when considering what I'm open to sexually (anything). In the end, we're just animals, and anything we can do that is consensual and brings us pleasure should be on the table. It sure makes things easier, that's for sure.

(Btw, I don't usually push my atheism on anyone, but if anyone would like to discuss feel free to PM me!)

 

[LauraWilling]

My family came here (USA) from Italy just before WWII, I was raised a strict Roman Catholic. Due to some early experiences or maybe the lack of some, early in my life, sex became a very big part of my life and remained so right up to the present. Things just changed with life's events.
By the second year of college, I was no longer going to Mass at all. Besides I don't think the priest would have had time in a day to hear my confessions.

Over the years as thing came out about priests in the Church and the cover ups and all, I never even though of going back. I was in the adult entertainment business is the nice way of saying what I was doing for a living. So I had no moral ground to stand on so I could not judge the Church, but I could stay away.
I do still believe in God though. I consider myself a Christian, but I am not a member of any church and I can't imagine that changing. I go by the 10 commandments as much as I can and treat all as I would like to be treated. My sexuality is a separate thing from my belief. As many have said here. Sex is our way of reproducing and it feels wonderful! A woman can be pregnant for nine months. I do not see why she should deny herself and her husband the joy of having sex, other than some complication with the pregnancy.

I am now a widow, which means I am single. Why is it wrong for me to enjoy being with others who enjoy being with me?

I can go on, but I think you get where I am on this subject.

 

[jamper1957]

I am with Laura I think. Yes I do beleive in a god but not the do this and you are dammed to hell stuff. If what I do with a consenting lady makes us both feel good I see no problems. If their is a judgement day by a god I feel for the most part I am ok.

 

[Tomr]

I am an atheist. IMHO religion is for the feeble minded.

 

[SlutAddicted]

There is so much we don't know about our universe that I think it is arrogant and delusional to claim with absolute certainty to know whether there is or isn't a higher power.

For those who are of a Christian faith I believe it is important to distinguish between what is written in the bible from how organized religion interprets that text. By definition Christianity is rooted in the New Testament which seeks to replace all the hell and damnation with forgiveness. And the whole text really only includes about a dozen absolute rules/instructions of which ten are the commandments. The rest is advice and life anecdotes (parables).

But each denomination picks there own self-serving hierarchy of sins. For instance, most regard homosexuality in a very negative light. But the most enlightened view I have heard from a religious leader was actually quite simple - There are a couple of references to God's disapproval in the Old Testament but for Christians that is superseded by the clear and unequivocal direction in the New Testament that it is not for us to judge. Meanwhile those religious groups who feel the need to persecute homosexuals (in direct contravention of "judge not lest yet be judged") routinely turn a blind eye to lying, cheating, coveting, gluttony, greed, pride, etc from within their own ranks.

And many of the "values" espoused by religion (I.e. Monogamy) are directly contradicted by practices during biblical times. Likewise passages are distorted by religious leaders seeking to impose their views - "beware of strong drink" is to me just sound advice as anyone who has ever had a nasty hangover can attest. If the intent was "thou shall not drink" then that is what the text would have been said.

Religious or not I believe the golden rule and don't be an asshole are your best guides.

But if you want to know what the Christian or any other religion has to say about sex don't just ask the priest who has been indoctrinated to believe one version of interpretation. Read the text. To my recollection there is relatively little in the bible about sex. Song of Soloman is a full on erotic love letter. And we are instructed not to cheat by violating a trust. But I am not aware of any passages compelling us to forego sex outside of marriage or enter into monogamous relationships. There are references to sexual immorality but what that means is not defined - it is human interpretation (often of those seeking to impose their will) as to what that means. That doesn't mean we should just make up whatever suits our purpose, only that the conventional interpretations are at least partially someone else's idea based upon what suits their purpose.

I often hear things like religion causes all the wars. I have a different perspective. Nasty people cause wars. But religion is a powerful tool with which they can mobilize public opinion. Politics and nationalism are other such tools.

The point being that religion offers a power base. It attracts people who wish to impose their views on others for any number of reasons. Rules even ones that serve no purpose give those people a reason to punish, control and feel superior so they love having lots of rules. Even the bible itself is filled with references to religious people who were more concerned with rules and control that doing the right thing. Much of the New Testament is about telling people to read and understand and decide for themselves. Being generous gets much more reference than rules. It is ironic that Christianity which sought to replace recrimination, punishment and stuffy judgmental old men with forgiveness and generosity has itself been overtaken in many by those same forces.

 

[Jessie_Pinkman]

There is a God.
The Easter Bunny told the Tooth Fairy who told Santa Clause who told me.

 

[SCcouple1990]

We go to church almost every week. We, along with our children, are involved in a number of church activities. We like the people at our church, and socialize with a number of them.

We like porn. We like sex, we like kinky sex, and we occasionally like sex with other people.

Does that go against religious teachings? I would say it is a sin, and we commit multiple sins every day. Our sex life would probably be judged harsh by some, but there are probably some who are in the same boat we are.

If you "love your neighbor as yourself" i think you will be ok.

 

[TheDubbs]

There is so much we don't know about our universe that I think it is arrogant and delusional to claim with absolute certainty to know whether there is or isn't a higher power.

Absolutely, and pretty much any atheist would agree with that sentiment. I don't know any atheist who would say with absolute certainty that there are no gods. Atheism is simply a lack of belief in any gods. Most atheists are also agnostic. Gnosticism implies knowledge, while Theism implies belief. The agnostic atheist has no knowledge whether there is a god or gods, but does not believe any exist and live their life as if one does not exist.

There certainly is a lot we don't know or understand about our universe. The main difference is that the atheist is willing to admit as much.

 

[stickygirl]

God's brief has shrunk the more we have learned about the universe. Perhaps, like hunting ever smaller theoretical particles, we'll never know everything, but how much mystery will be left for god I don't know. I think there only god there is, is the one we carry inside us.

^^Ooops, I'll be saying my body is my temple in a sec

If religious people have a problem with their own sexuality, then that's their problem and not one to be forced on others.

 

[ChattyAnnie]

There must be a god because I shout to him every time I have sex!

 

[Trimjob69]

There must be a god because I shout to him every time I have sex!

Well that settles it

 

[GauchoMan]

There must be a god because I shout to him every time I have sex!

Absolutely ! :-D

That logic is as effective as any Ontological Argument

 

[suckonsimon]

I'm into Jesus. As is my wife. We pray. We perceive the joy of sex as a gift to be celebrated. For us, that has been a principal building block of a deeply fulfilling marriage of 40 years. I feel and she feels that me being on this site is pushing the boundaries. Yet my faith invites me to get real with the crazy mix which is me. So here I am.

 

[LadyVer]

Greetings everyone,
I'm wondering about a topic that rarely seems to come up- as you probably read from the title, sexuality and religion. I guess my question is how many of you are religious and how religious exactly are you? If at all, how do you include religion into your sex life?
Thanks!
-LadyDaisy

fwiw, from personal experience, it's better to keep religion out of the bedroom and out of sexual relationships. Relationships are hard enough as it is.

 

[chitrashi]

I have a very simple non-interference policy. If someone doesn't mess with my life, I don't mess with theirs. That goes for all advocates of all religions and moralities.

 

[Valendon]

I'm active in my church, single, active sexually and am comfortable with most of my denomination's stances on sexual morality. (It's an enlightened "mainline" congregation--definitely not a Pat Robertson kind of place!) I don't believe, for instance, that homosexuality is a sin. I do think cheating (secret sex outside the bounds of an ongoing relationship) is a sin, as are many other things that hurt people--dishonest, vitriolic political ads rising to the top of that list. I tackle the issue in a couple of my stories: https://www.literotica.com/s/petey-pegs-the-preacher and https://www.literotica.com/s/petey-pegs-the-preacher-ch-02.

The main thing is that "Religion" is not monolithic. No one speaks for all Christians, or even for everyone within their own denomination.

 

[Green_Knight]

I'm more than happy for other people to have religious beliefs and faith as long as they don't try to push them onto other people or to determine how other people should behave but as far as I'm concerned, the further apart religion and sexuality are kept, the better.

I am not particularly religious in the sense that I don't belong to any organised or disorganised religion and as far as I'm concerned, Christ was only one of many prophets or teachers. I do like the idea that the Romans called the genius loci - 'the spirit of the place' - and I have encountered such a feeling, and feelings of good and bad places, many times, particularly out in the wilds, which is not to equate bad places with dangerous places, far from it. To bring these ramblings vaguely back on topic and bring sex back into it, a place with a bad genius loci is not one I'd want to take someone to fuck. I also quite like the Quaker style of worship but have yet to explore it.

Laura's mention of her Catholic upbringing reminds me that some of the randiest girls I have ever been with were lapsed Catholics. I am convinced that a Catholic schooling was one of the best sex education lessons available in the 1960s and 70s. The more sinful something was branded, the more interesting it was certain to be. I knew one girl who boasted of the delight she took at winding up the nuns in her convent school, 'Sister Angelica, I was reading a magazine last night that talked about oral sex. What is oral sex, sister?'. She said that you could tell by the severity of the punishment how far up a particular practice should come on your list of 'Things I Must Do'.

Where lapsed Catholics seemed to go for the 'sinful' much as possible, the one or two I knew who were brought up as strict Presbyterians seemed to have it hanging over them for all time. Perhaps the vision of fire and brimstone was more difficult to dislodge.

 

[LauraWilling]

LOL!!! I think you are correct sir Green Knight!!! From my view, Catholics go one of three ways. 1. Remain strict Catholics (my parents), 2. Catholic's in name only and only enter a Church on Christmas and Easter and maybe if they do something they did as a serious sin will go to confession to get absolved of it. I guess no harm, no foul. and finally #. You get me. A fun loving almost no boundaries if it appears to be fun or maybe and interesting challenge. I keep my sexual activity separated from what little "religion" is left in me. I do not consider myself a Catholic anymore. I haven't for most of my life now. If there is a Hell, (I don't believe in that) it's to late for me. To many men, a number of women, and many other things. Confess? I'd be doing Hail Mary's the rest of my life! And I am to old for that.

That does not mean I don't still believe, but to quote Chatty Annie "There must be a God because I shout to him every time I have sex!" ( I loved that Chatty Annie!)

 

[VampirTARA]

Well I'm not a Christian, I am a druid, Now our ancient religion Practices polygamy And as for sex In a marriage. We Believe Giving or receiving oral sex ( or For a female Offering anal sex ) to someone is not cheating For both the male and female, But you are only To have sexual vaginal intercourse with your spouse. Nudity is also got an issue, See we treat oral sex or anal as a way of being friendly with someone, helping a friend in need, consoling someone by making them feel better or just because you feel like doing it to someone. We Believe sexual vaginal intercourse is for propagating And is sacred Between mates, But oral sex or anal is considered an activity To be enjoyed .An example - I am permitted to give any man a blowjob that I please or anal sex and I am permitted to be either partially or fully nude, As long as there is no sexual vaginal intercourse involved. The rule applies to both male and females in the marriage. But each religion has its own practices And beliefs For I condemn none unless someone is being hurt,or harned. We believe in a higher power and in nature The phrase Mother Nature comes from our religion Along with the Christians Using the Tree of Lights And The Hollie. Many come to see us As we worship and dance at Stonehenge.

 

[quietlylooking]

I do attend church regularly, in a very progressive Christian denomination. However, I am also an agnostic who would like to be believe in a higher power, but really cannot, at least not the way that most Christians would recognize. I think of God as "life" and all the mystery and power associated with it, while I think of Jesus as "love" and all of the beauty and warmth that comes from loving others. I don't take the Bible literally, but there are good lessons in the book if I think of them metaphorically.

Respecting life and loving others is really how I view religion. Sex is part of life, and it is a blessing that should be enjoyed. If people enjoy having sex together and don't hurt others in the process, than it's a wonderful and sometimes spiritual experience.

 

[LauraWilling]

VampirTara, I am curious. What about a woman who is not able to conceive? Or a single woman? I was promiscuous, to say the least most of my life, still am to some extent. I've also been married to one man for many years and now I am single again (widowed). How does your beliefs see this? Please know I am NOT looking to be critical. I am truly interested in what you are saying. You may PM me if you prefer.