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Sex and Western Civilization
Paheos.com/Philosophic Fragments ^ | April 3, 2013 | Ken Hagerty

Posted on 04/04/2013 9:19:19 AM PDT by WhyNotFreedom?

Dr. Prager provides a brief summary of his longer article: “The subsequent dominance of the Western world can largely be attributed to the sexual revolution initiated by Judaism and later carried forward by Christianity. This revolution consisted of forcing the sexual genie into the marital bottle. It ensured that sex no longer dominated society, heightened male-female love and sexuality (and thereby almost alone created the possibility of love and eroticism within marriage), and began the arduous task of elevating the status of women."

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TOPICS: History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: christianity; homosexuality; religion; sex; westerncivilization

1 posted on 04/04/2013 9:19:19 AM PDT by WhyNotFreedom?
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To: WhyNotFreedom?

The joy of socks has been carried on for ages.


2 posted on 04/04/2013 9:32:49 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: WhyNotFreedom?
What a great quote I found in this article.

The great British statesman Edmund Burke wrote: “Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains on their own appetites…Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon the will and appetite is placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”

3 posted on 04/04/2013 9:47:35 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: WhyNotFreedom?

Thanks very much!

I remember the article “Judaism’s Sexual Revolution: Why Judaism Rejected Homosexuality,” from long ago (1993? Time flies!) but I couldn’t remember the title or the author. I’ve searched for it periodically over the years but never found it again. Now I’ve got it — and a second article as well.

You made my day!


4 posted on 04/04/2013 9:50:13 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: WhyNotFreedom?

bkmk


5 posted on 04/04/2013 12:39:30 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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