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I just thought up a new topic for debate... is sex sacred?
I seems like it is just a animalistic urge to motivate a speicies to reproduce. But our religions want to make it something sacred or something that needs to be blessed by a ritural of marrage and so forth in order to meet moral standards.
And poets and those who sing songs like to inject a concept of romance which takes it out of the scope of pure animal behavorism.
What do you think? Should sex be viewed as a sacred act, is romance a good standard to define mating? Are we hiding the truth about our natural nature as animals in a cloak of darkness? Or should sex really be a spiritual experience?
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Interesting topic Techno.
Sex is not sacred. However, it is not simply bestial either as many have suggested. As a species, we have
a greater mental capacity than any other known beast. One definition of the word sacred is: Regarded with reverence. It is in our nature
to create things and ideas to revere. In some cultures, sex is revered as a result. The fact that sex is revered in certain cultures may, in fact, increase
the experience or importance of the act of sex. Furthermore, the socially accepted definition of what actually constitutes as sex is everexpanding. Intercourse is now
just one piece of the puzzle.