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From: aeq@pucc-h (Sargent)
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Subject: Re: "sexist" surgery (plus some trivia)
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Date: Sun, 15-Jan-84 16:16:00 EST
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From Brad Brahms:

> I'm glad your not a theologian because neither am I.  Judaism does
> NOT believe that sex is bad.  On the contrary, sex is a very natural
> and loving act.  Christians, on the other hand, believe that your are
> born in sin and must be saved.  Does this mean that sex is bad?  How
> can one be born in sin for something that is natural act?  But since
> neither of us are theologians i will go no further.

It appears that many under the Christian nameplate believe that sex is bad.
I'm also no theologian, but (as I think has been remarked in net.religion not
long ago) the idea that sex is no good is largely due to Thomas Aquinas, who
acquired it from beliefs he held before he converted to Catholicism.
Apparently Aquinas missed the significance of the fact that the first recorded
miracle of Jesus was performed at a wedding reception; surely his presence at
the wedding and the reception indicated his approval of marriage, including
the sexual aspect (or did he think that that particular couple was just going
to shake hands? :-) ).

-- Jeff Sargent/...pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq