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Not enough sex talk in churches or seminaries, report says
Austin American Statesman ^ | February 12, 2010 | Joshunda Sanders

Posted on 02/12/2010 8:59:17 PM PST by ComeUpHigher

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1 posted on 02/12/2010 8:59:17 PM PST by ComeUpHigher
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To: ComeUpHigher

All I need to know I learned from the Bible.


2 posted on 02/12/2010 9:05:09 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: ComeUpHigher
From the point of view of Catholics -- this is an excellent guide on this subject.

For your information:

Christopher West's Theology of the Body Webiste

Books, tapes, CDs, DVDs, etc.

From book by the same name by Pope John Paul II.

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Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part II
By His Fruits You Shall Know Him: A Defense of Christopher West

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Christopher West’s ideas on sexuality ignore ‘tremendous dangers,’ Alice von Hildebrand says
New Theology of the Body Translation released
Teaching the Theology of the Body
Twins, Communion, Civil and Sacramental Marriage and the Theology of the Body

3 posted on 02/12/2010 9:10:09 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Three lies America bought into;

Never talk about politics, religion and sex.

So here we are ... 2010 ... and our problems are in which areas?

Politics, religion and sex.

4 posted on 02/12/2010 9:14:42 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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Did you go to the link and read the article?


5 posted on 02/12/2010 9:21:24 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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Actually, they're right. Congregations should be taught that men are supposed to be husbands and fathers (or celibate single men) and that women are meant to be wives and mothers, or celibate single women. They should be taught that homosexuality is a disorder, a psychological and spiritual illness, and is treatable, and that no one is born "gay". People should be taught that sexuality outside of marriage is wrong, harmful, degrading to the individuals involved, ruinous to the illegitimate children born by "accident", and the resultant broken families ruin society.

People should be taught that instant gratification and "if it feels good, do it" are not only completely ungodly but false philosophies that lead to personal despair, emptiness and misery. People should be taught that "as you sow, so shall you reap" is not a sectarian dogma, but an eternal law that applies to everyone, whether they "believe" it or not.

Yes, churches, synagogues, temples and all houses of worship of every denomination, sect and religion should teach the truth about sex.

6 posted on 02/12/2010 9:24:29 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: ComeUpHigher
It took me less than 2 seconds after going to the website of the so called "Religious Institute", the organization responsible for the study mentioned in the article, to see what they are up to. Make no mistake: the Great Deceiver is at work in many of the churches in this country so that the lost hear what they want to hear and not what they need to hear.
7 posted on 02/12/2010 9:27:06 PM PST by ThomasSawyer (Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
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To: ComeUpHigher

Mark Driscoll, a very conservative Calvinist preacher at a Seattle megachurch has done a recent sermon series on marital love and the Song of Solomon. It was a truly great series on the joys of sex in a Christian marriage ... or, as he calls it, “hot, hetero, covenental monogamy”.

The headonists have hijacked sexuality, and proliferated the lie that Christian marital monogamy is stuffy, lights-off, restricted, and only for procreation.

Its long past time for us Christians to start a PR movement for fantastic monogamous martial hetero sex.

SnakeDoc


8 posted on 02/12/2010 9:29:59 PM PST by SnakeDoctor (I am Jack's smirking revenge.)
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To: ComeUpHigher

Not what I am interested in hearing about at church. And I am not interested in any church that is obsessed with sex.


9 posted on 02/12/2010 9:36:24 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: DJ MacWoW

I didn’t until you asked ... so I did .... and ?


10 posted on 02/12/2010 9:44:51 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

Do you really think churches need sex ed on being inclusive?


11 posted on 02/12/2010 9:46:59 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: ThomasSawyer

4 chicks and a guy make up the staff.


12 posted on 02/12/2010 9:49:24 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: ComeUpHigher
Sex seems to be nearly all that we do talk about in our society. As a pastor, it is impossible not to talk about sexual issues. It is NOT that we do not talk about human sexuality, but it is that we disagree about human sexuality. The premise of this article is that we are not talking about sexuality unless we accept and promote homosexuality and bisexuality as natural and normal sexuality.
13 posted on 02/12/2010 9:52:27 PM PST by Nosterrex
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To: DJ MacWoW
I think you misunderstand my original comment.

I don't necesarily mean talk about this in church, rather .. not be silent within and as a society.

14 posted on 02/12/2010 9:53:01 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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Well the gays certainly aren't silent. But they are trying to silence churches that speak the truth.

This isn't because no one spoke up. It's because the homosexuals have made themselves look like victims.

15 posted on 02/12/2010 9:58:11 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: little jeremiah

What you said.....


16 posted on 02/12/2010 10:00:36 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: SnakeDoctor
Its long past time for us Christians to start a PR movement for fantastic monogamous martial hetero sex.

Or as my hubby is fond of saying, "And God made sex, and it was VERY good!" ;o)

17 posted on 02/12/2010 10:01:44 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Salvation
they probably should

Of course they should. Good catch.

18 posted on 02/12/2010 10:15:14 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: ThomasSawyer
It took me less than 2 seconds after going to the website of the so called "Religious Institute", the organization responsible for the study mentioned in the article, to see what they are up to.

I'll bet it was this pic that clued you in...

Anyway, in the report as described by the article http://www.statesman.com/news/local/not-enough-sex-talk-in-churches-or-seminaries-233513.html it seems they are criticizing churches for not doing enough for LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) persons, rather than saying that these churches don't talk enough about the sexual aspect of the husband/wife in a normal heterosexual marriage.

LGBT persons would be better off joining a church more freindly and accepting of them such as the MCC or Unitarian churches, rather than trying to get get the more conservative traditional-family oriented churches to accept them.

19 posted on 02/12/2010 10:16:49 PM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Luke 22:36 "Then said he unto them...he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.")
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You should attend my parish here in Hollywood. Every other mass they make everyone feel guilty because we dont have “gay friends’ and that we should ‘have gay masses”.

Everytime it’s gay week, they show up in droves, If it’s NOT gay week, they are nowhere to be seen. In other words, gay first, Christian second.


20 posted on 02/12/2010 10:26:37 PM PST by max americana
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