This morning driving into work I heard an interesting conversation on the radio regarding “cruelty free sex.” Just that phrase sounds interesting and on the surface one could readily support. But ah, the English language can be twisted and what seems agreeable at first glance may not be so agreeable upon further examination.
The advocates of “cruelty free sex” are encouraging their adherents not to marry or even date anyone who does not agree with their beliefs. They are arguing that a person must be fully in agreement with their beliefs before intimacy should take place. They argue that those who are not of their particular viewpoint and lifestyle must truly convert to the position of their partner before dating seriously or marrying. The person must remain firm and strong to their beliefs. The outsider must submit to the one in the group and be instructed as to the true path.
Further, the proponents of “cruelty free sex” state that followers who have physical relations with those who do not hold to their beliefs are polluting themselves and are undermining the credibility and compromising their belief.
Sound familiar? Does not this sound somewhat like Paul?
The advocates who have coined the phrase “cruelty free sex” and are advocating it are vegans. A vegan is someone who abstains from eating meat. They say that for a vegan to date a person who is a carnivore is to participate in cruelty and support cruelty. Are they crazy and way out there? If so, then what does that say about those in the church who speak of people dating or marrying only those who are of the same faith tradition?
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2 comments:
How about that. I didn't realize that vegetarianism was a religion. The priests and priestesses are already regulating the diets and sexual mores of their followers. It's clear that they're well on their way to joining the wacky world of religious legalism.
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I don't subscribe to the extent of the sentiments that you have chronicled, but there is ample evidence that people who attempt to develop a long term relationship, esp. a family, but have differing, even opposing personal moral codes have significant difficulties maintaining a healthy relationship.
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