Lent thoughts 9
Mar. 1st, 2012 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mylodonAs so often with these Lent/Advent blogs, I find myself postponing the intended post because something someone's said has sent my mind off in another direction.
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nodbear's post about love inspired this thought: if God wanted sex to be entirely sinful (and only for the procreation of children) why did he make it so nice*? I don't believe in a God who deliberately sets out to entrap and the side of Christianity which has this sort of conversation:
"The earth is only 6000 years old. The bible says so."
"What about all the evidence of fossils or geology which show a much older planet?"
"They were put there by God to test your faith."
frankly makes my blood boil.
Sex in a loving context is wonderful, despite what many of our mothers and grandmothers were led to believe.
*Am aware of potential problem with that argument - will explore it next time. Assuming I don't get distracted..
nodbear's post about love inspired this thought: if God wanted sex to be entirely sinful (and only for the procreation of children) why did he make it so nice*? I don't believe in a God who deliberately sets out to entrap and the side of Christianity which has this sort of conversation:"The earth is only 6000 years old. The bible says so."
"What about all the evidence of fossils or geology which show a much older planet?"
"They were put there by God to test your faith."
frankly makes my blood boil.
Sex in a loving context is wonderful, despite what many of our mothers and grandmothers were led to believe.
*Am aware of potential problem with that argument - will explore it next time. Assuming I don't get distracted..
