Christian Seberino wrote:
On Mon, March 26, 2007 12:43 am, Ralph Shumaker wrote:
You didn't answer the question..unless you think Christianity teaches one
to be sexually repressed, superstitious and unreasonable? Can you show
me
where in the New Testament it says that? I'm not sure your own comments
are, to use your words, "conclusions of reason".
Chris
Paul doesn't specify "sexual" repression, but he *definitely* speaks of
the repression of strong desires:
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not;
but what I hate, that do I.
I'm not sure what parts of that quote you are referring to so I'll just
pick out one and comment on that. You are right that Paul does tell us to
control strong desires. We have some idea what strong desires he'd have
us control from other passages..... strong desires like the desire to be
lazy, to lie, to cheat on your wife, to cheat on your taxes, etc. That
still hasn't shown me any sexual repression unless you consider the
admonition not to cheat on your wife as "repressive".
The part you snipped was Paul going on about how we should suppress our
"desperately wicked" hearts (so labeled elsewhere) but that such
suppression makes the desires that much stronger. Paul was no
psychologist but modern psychology has affirmed that this is the case.
But, Paul doesn't leave it there. He goes on to explain that we must
master those desires or they will master us.
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