Why does God care about buggery and blow jobs?

[barts]

I aware of some of the passages in the Bible about sodomy and homosexuality and prostitution and various sexual practices.

What I can't get my mind around is why God--a being who can create a Universe of infinite size--would care about what body parts human beings put into various orifices.

What is it about two or twenty guys sucking on each that so annoys God?

Or is it just one of God's many mysteries?

[Clementine]

Quote by: barts I aware of some of the passages in the Bible about sodomy and homosexuality and prostitution and various sexual practices. What I can't get my mind around is why God--a being who can create a Universe of infinite size--would care about what body parts human beings put into various orifices. What is it about two or twenty guys sucking on each that so annoys God? Or is it just one of God's many mysteries?

I find this topic humorous concept.
I think these rules stem from the rules of men under the premise of being ordered by god.

[Morality Games]

Quote by: barts I aware of some of the passages in the Bible about sodomy and homosexuality and prostitution and various sexual practices. What I can't get my mind around is why God--a being who can create a Universe of infinite size--would care about what body parts human beings put into various orifices. What is it about two or twenty guys sucking on each that so annoys God? Or is it just one of God's many mysteries?

Various explanations have been offered over time. For example, medieval Jews believed vaginal penetration mimicked the manner in which God created the universe, which made the penis penetrating any other orifice a kind of sick parody of the noblest event ever -- basically mocking God and his accomplishments. Interestingly, that made lesbianism a lesser category sin than male homosexuality, I believe punishable by things other than death, since God was the "penis" of creation and the "vagina" merely a subject. The whole idea is derived from the theme of man being an image of God. However, there is very little evidence, even in biblical text, showing that the human male orgasm is an emulation of the creation of the universe, which is why the idea is no longer popular.

[Jack]

Moved to allow freer conversation and avoid school and work filters that don't understand context.

[barts]

Quote by: Morality Games ...medieval Jews believed vaginal penetration mimicked the manner in which God created the universe, ... since God was the "penis" of creation and the "vagina" merely a subject. The whole idea is derived from the theme of man being an image of God.

Morality, that may be why medieval Jews were queasy about homosexual sex, but why would God care? This is a being who can create a whole Universe in six days, complete with gays with genitalia and orifices. What possible reason can there be for God caring what they do with them?

When some guy is giving head to another guy does the moon wobble in its orbit, or does law and order breakdown in Tokyo, or do children develop measles?

What practical reason is there for God to give any consideration at all to consensual, even loving, human sexual practices of any kind?

Perhaps it's just one of those quirky God things that we can never really fathom.

[Morality Games]

Morality, that may be why medieval Jews were queasy about homosexual sex, but why would God care? This is a being who can create a whole Universe in six days, complete with gays with genitalia and orifices. What possible reason can there be for God caring what they do with them?

Well, presumably the Jewish God does not care to be mocked or parodied anymore than his servants like to see him be mocked and parodied -- he is a jealous God and wants to be respected.

When some guy is giving head to another guy does the moon wobble in its orbit, or does law and order breakdown in Tokyo, or do children develop measles?

No.

What practical reason is there for God to give any consideration at all to consensual, even loving, human sexual practices of any kind?

None, but practicality is not the driving force behind religion.

Perhaps it's just one of those quirky God things that we can never really fathom.

There is no dominant religious way of thinking about homosexuality anymore -- some sects of Christianity and Judaism accept in unconditionally as an authentic kind of sexuality. But normally those against it believe God forbids it because it is psychologically destructive, that is, God and his commandments as Utilitarian, homosexuality as a poison whose negative effects may not always be obvious to humans in the same way they are to God.

[Jack]

Same way I could never grasp the theistic fascination and discomfort with the female breast, or rather, god's attitude toward female breasts. .

Theism (god) supposedly holds breasts in high honor (Mary is usually depicted nursing baby Jesus) but suddenly they become tools of the devil if exposed in a bar or on the beach. Poor Christian and Muslim men. They're supposed to pretend to be offended by the public display of a breast while at the same time are encouraged to notice a girl's breasts in order to find a mate who can properly nurse future children (our human instinct). While they firmly believe that breasts, having been created by god, are a good thing, they are expected to behave as though the sight of any breast other than their spouses and/or Mary (and of course their mother's up to the age of 4 or so) are obscene and an abuse of their divine purpose.

But this topic isn't any more bizarre than many of the confusing and contradictory beliefs theists have. Most historic gods have seemed to have issues with sexuality. The Christian god impregnated a married virgin without her consent in some mysterious manner and Mohammad had a nine year old wife. Yet they supposedly have far different rules for their followers.

[SoylentGreen]

Quote by: Morality Games Various explanations have been offered over time. For example, medieval Jews believed vaginal penetration mimicked the manner in which God created the universe,

I never realised there was a porno version of creationism. Is there a video?

Would they refer to this as the Big Wang theory?

[Maryjane]

What is it about two or twenty guys sucking on each that so annoys God?

Wasteful spilling of the seed?

Same way I could never grasp the theistic fascination and discomfort with the female breast, or rather, god's attitude toward female breasts. .

He's just jealous...or so I heard.

I never understood virgins in the afterlife...Is it a pleasure of the non flesh? Where do they find all these virgins? Is there a sign up sheet or are they sacrificial virgins?

[Cruella]

I never understood the birgin thing either. Virgins are boring.

[GeminiBrian]

Quote by: barts When some guy is giving head to another guy does the moon wobble in its orbit, or does law and order breakdown in Tokyo, or do children develop measles?

Depends on who you're with.

[Nono]

Quote by: barts What is it about two or twenty guys sucking on each that so annoys God?

Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.
-- Monty Python

Seriously, though, I can imagine that what with the humungous infant-mortality rates in those days, they wanted to cut back on the non-fertile fooling around.

[Maryjane]

But, but, but....weren't those infant deaths (and births) part of god's great plan?

[Nono]

Naw, he's just testing our faith and punishing the unvirtuous and whatnot.

Don't forget that social order and cohesion and a strong tribe are among the main reasons for religious belief.

[Cruella]

But, but, but....weren't those infant deaths (and births) part of god's great plan?

Yeah, that God, he's a real misanthrope.

[Nono]

Or has a pretty weird sense of humour.

[GeminiBrian]

Quote by: barts I aware of some of the passages in the Bible about sodomy and homosexuality and prostitution and various sexual practices. What I can't get my mind around is why God--a being who can create a Universe of infinite size--would care about what body parts human beings put into various orifices. What is it about two or twenty guys sucking on each that so annoys God

Only goes to show what a boring place heaven must be if god has to resort to perving over human sexual activity here on earth to get his rocks off.