The Meta-Purpose of Homosexuality?
Sometimes when I am debating with a Christian about The Gay Thing In General I say things like "Assuming, hypothetically speaking, that the Bible has divine origin, even though written by human beings, isn't it at all possible or even probable that God might be dynamic and not static, in other words, that He might see fit to change some of the rules after circumstances warrant it - and that the "changed rules" are being communicated, as they were in Biblical times, to "elevated" minds we think of as prophets when we read their words in the Bible, but that we don't recognise as prophets in these times because it's just assumed for some reason by most Christians that God doesn't ever change anything over time? And that these modern-day equivalents of prophets preach relaxation of sexual taboos because it is simply time for it, given technological, medical and cultural advance? And that it might be time for birth control?
I'd never seen that aspect of it touched on before, but it was hit on here:
The Sexual Revolution of 600 B.C.
The Catholics still forbid prevention of a pregnancy, let alone aborting one that happened already. God - or what passes for same in Mondeavian cosmography, seems to be loudly telling me that homosexuality is increasing because it is a natural form of birth control, and even though population growth in America has leveled off some, it should remain that way or continue to decrease, given the shortages of vital resources we all face in the near-future. I did my part by getting spayed. Maybe the gayness gene or meme--whichever it actually is if either--or the equivalent of same, affects a naturally-fluctuating percentage of the population, according to either divine plan or simple mathematics and physics.
In Biblical times, it's quite easy to see why sex outside of marriage was anathema. One word: syphilis. Curable, treatable, and preventable now. Another word: babies without financial support and/or proper nurturing. Again: preventable now.
I tell the Christians that God gave humanity the mental capacity to eventually discover the cause of syphilis and other sex diseasses and then find ways to cure and/or prevent them from happening. We do have a problem with AIDS but AIDS is preventable if not cureable. I have faith that in time it shall be cureable, too. The point is, perhaps since we have been given this gift, it is our right to enjoy the rewards of it.
I also think it is vital to remember to prevent the diseases and pregnancies from happening for more than just the incredibly-fucking-obvious ones: it shows that we hedonistically-inclined freaks can be responsible for our own bodies and what happens to them if we use them in coitus.
When I ask the Christians "If God hadn't wanted us to have non-procreative sex, wouldn't He have made us only get horny when we wanted to have babies or were able to have them in the first place?"
Post-menopausal women get horny. Gays get horny for each other. "Why did God make us this way if we weren't supposed to fuck for the sheer ecstasy of it?" It leaves them a little stumped, and they usually reply with something canned and defensive.
It was part of the plan that we have a reason to exist other than just making copies of ourselves and then dying. So God (or Nature, the Goddess, Circumstance, Monad, fill in the blank...) made the penis, the clitoris and their mental sexuality matrices work without an annual-seasonal connection in time and also capable of responding to individuals who we did not wish to procreate with - and furtherly, not made to limit to one individual to exclusion of all others. As well, God made there be receptors in the brain to cause various sorts of pleasure and wonder and made various kinds of flora key into those receptors, and made such flora available for our use when chosen. If God has a message for us in these times it is to enjoy our lives to the fullest as they are short in time, not to worry about the afterlife, as it will happen soon enough. But while we're here enjoying ourselves to the fullest, God would want us to make certain that our loved ones and humanity as a whole did not need to suffer burdens from our actions; in short, the Silver Rule: Moderation in all things--including, here and there, moderation itself.
I'd never seen that aspect of it touched on before, but it was hit on here:
The Sexual Revolution of 600 B.C.
The Catholics still forbid prevention of a pregnancy, let alone aborting one that happened already. God - or what passes for same in Mondeavian cosmography, seems to be loudly telling me that homosexuality is increasing because it is a natural form of birth control, and even though population growth in America has leveled off some, it should remain that way or continue to decrease, given the shortages of vital resources we all face in the near-future. I did my part by getting spayed. Maybe the gayness gene or meme--whichever it actually is if either--or the equivalent of same, affects a naturally-fluctuating percentage of the population, according to either divine plan or simple mathematics and physics.
In Biblical times, it's quite easy to see why sex outside of marriage was anathema. One word: syphilis. Curable, treatable, and preventable now. Another word: babies without financial support and/or proper nurturing. Again: preventable now.
I tell the Christians that God gave humanity the mental capacity to eventually discover the cause of syphilis and other sex diseasses and then find ways to cure and/or prevent them from happening. We do have a problem with AIDS but AIDS is preventable if not cureable. I have faith that in time it shall be cureable, too. The point is, perhaps since we have been given this gift, it is our right to enjoy the rewards of it.
I also think it is vital to remember to prevent the diseases and pregnancies from happening for more than just the incredibly-fucking-obvious ones: it shows that we hedonistically-inclined freaks can be responsible for our own bodies and what happens to them if we use them in coitus.
When I ask the Christians "If God hadn't wanted us to have non-procreative sex, wouldn't He have made us only get horny when we wanted to have babies or were able to have them in the first place?"
Post-menopausal women get horny. Gays get horny for each other. "Why did God make us this way if we weren't supposed to fuck for the sheer ecstasy of it?" It leaves them a little stumped, and they usually reply with something canned and defensive.
It was part of the plan that we have a reason to exist other than just making copies of ourselves and then dying. So God (or Nature, the Goddess, Circumstance, Monad, fill in the blank...) made the penis, the clitoris and their mental sexuality matrices work without an annual-seasonal connection in time and also capable of responding to individuals who we did not wish to procreate with - and furtherly, not made to limit to one individual to exclusion of all others. As well, God made there be receptors in the brain to cause various sorts of pleasure and wonder and made various kinds of flora key into those receptors, and made such flora available for our use when chosen. If God has a message for us in these times it is to enjoy our lives to the fullest as they are short in time, not to worry about the afterlife, as it will happen soon enough. But while we're here enjoying ourselves to the fullest, God would want us to make certain that our loved ones and humanity as a whole did not need to suffer burdens from our actions; in short, the Silver Rule: Moderation in all things--including, here and there, moderation itself.