Sorry I was having problems seeing all the posts and got off topic. I hope you find what I posted on your facebook link about ancient religious leaders using women as the scapegoats for sexual immorality, and how women were punished more so than men.
I apologize for the rather off the topic post. I'm having trouble with this page for some reason and not getting all the replies and what everyone is saying.
I'm curious about sexually transmitted diseases during the dawn of Christianity, and perhaps that's why priests, and spriritual leaders...
I thought I posted this already, but I'm still learning how to navigate this web site.
Anyway, I agree that priests/pastors/ preachers/ spiritual leaders all use sexual taboos, and morality as a means of control. But if they were truly teaching in best interest of their congregations, they would...
In today's society, along with the moral dangers, responsible spritual leaders also need to warn of the physical/health dangers of unsafe sexual practices. I think people would be more afraid of HIV, syphilis and Herpes than they would hellfire and damnation.
I am a Libertarian, and a Christian who does not support organized religion. I believe in the
Christian principals this nation was founded upon, yet I also believe an issue can be immoral, but legal at the same time, based on separation of church and state.