tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317814855786256631.post7322098815997512197..comments2023-09-17T05:23:35.442-05:00Comments on Garden of Holiness: Make love, not idols...Christiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721427445157839191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317814855786256631.post-69910649982219833362011-07-21T07:49:12.420-05:002011-07-21T07:49:12.420-05:00Lots to say here from your equivalent on the other...Lots to say here from your equivalent on the other side of the gender gap. We have no notion of prelapsarian sexuality, except that it probably didn't involve nudity as a stimulus. I sometimes think that, at the Fall, all creation went into panic mode, saying "Aack! DEATH has come into the world! Let's breed, NOW!" So maybe the tool thing is both natural and the legacy of Original Sin. Eventually, testosterone starts running down (I'm 55) and sex is seen more as an option than a necessity. In any case, I'm not sure it's something amenable to direct control, but something to be turned around as a result of other factors in the relationship.<br /><br />And there are worse things than worshipping the male urge; you can worship your spouse as God/dess incarnate. That would be a hard place for Catholics to get to, but BTDT previously...being married to one's High Priestess is not a way to stay married; indeed I'm lucky to have stayed alive. It's just a more sophisticated way of worshipping the sex urge. But women get cold up there on the pedestal.<br /><br />When I returned to Christ, the most remarkable result was sincere and teary repentance for about 9/10 of my past sex life....which is something I never thought would happen. Yeah, the ladies were culpable, and even led (me being kind of shy). But I could have been the adult in the situation, and I realized that there were hoping and yearning for something I wouldn't or couldn't give them.Jeffrey Quicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317814855786256631.post-77032987555978906242011-07-12T09:43:29.746-05:002011-07-12T09:43:29.746-05:00Well, hey!Well, hey!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721427445157839191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317814855786256631.post-75975897172500798772011-07-06T15:50:12.295-05:002011-07-06T15:50:12.295-05:00Loved this post! :) (this is Ambra)Loved this post! :) (this is Ambra)Livinginlilliputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893181844637841149noreply@blogger.com