Instead, these communal people were more focused on the benefits to their partner
of engaging in sex, such as making their partner feel loved and desired.
Romans 1,2, & 3 if you'll read them again, is talking about people engaging in sex just for the sake
of engaging in sex and I agree with it 100 %.
Not exact matches
One said her driver «pulled out his penis and masturbated during the ride,» while another recalled waking up
in the back seat
of the vehicle as the driver was «
engaging in oral
sex on me without my consent.»
The suit, brought by three ex-
sex workers, a client, and the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Educational and Research Project, says California's current laws violate the rights
of people to
engage in consensual
sex.
So, at the end
of the day, whether someone
engages in casual
sex or not isn't the most important thing when it comes to feeling regret afterward.
Had his peers refuted the premise
of his question with a reasoned defense
of the freedom
of consensual adults to
engage in physiologically dangerous
sex - acts, then they would have been
engaging in informative social influence through positive rational or rhetorical persuasion.
His enemies were right that Rasputin was some sort
of sex maniac, and much was made
of the fact that the name Rasputin sounds as if it were derived from the verb rasputnichat», to
engage in debauchery.
But Claire reminds me, now and then, that it is precisely events like these — well - intentioned educational initiatives that explicitly remove
sex from the purview
of family and religion — that promote the idea that
sex can be
engaged in without the consequences
of sexually transmitted diseases, hurt feelings, and (by the way) children.
To buck the system and
engage in sex outside
of the institution
of marriage challenges the system and the religious system needs derogatory terms for such people.
If you look at the high - profile history
of the Roman Catholic
sex abuse cases, for example, I would guess that some smaller portion involves the priests who actually
engaged in the abuse, while some larger portion is the cover - up.
The loose use
of evangelicalalso results
in frequent headlines declaring that evangelicals divorce,
engage in extramarital
sex and do other un-evangelical things at more or less the same rates as the general population.
This means that any decision to
engage in sexual activity outside
of such a union is wrong; both for people attracted to the opposite and the same
sex.
Thus, verse 22 and 23 are parts
of Molek Worship: a heterosexual man having
sex with a male temple prostitute; and a heterosexual woman
engaging in sexual acts with an animal (most likely the stallions dedicated to an area's version
of the sun god).
The Jewish organization alleges religious discrimination and unfair business competition, on the basis
of several California statutes, including the state's civil rights act, which prohibits the refusal to
engage in a business transaction on the basis
of race, creed, religion, color, national origin or
sex.
80 %
of people who self - identify as evangelical have
engaged in premarital
sex.
People who
engage in casual
sex outside
of marriage are not philanderers.
Those who have been abused sexually, or those who have for whatever reason
engaged in casual, albeit consensual,
sex, still deserve the love and respect
of others.
And there is no higher risk
of transmission between two men
engaged in anal
sex than there is a man and a woman
engaged in anal
sex.
It may be possible for people
of the same
sex or for larger groups to
engage in sexual activity together, but such unions are not comprehensive: They do not work together toward the common biological good
of reproduction.
The four men who brought lawsuits this week
in DeKalb County, Georgia, State Court claim that Long took them on overnight trips to various locations within the United States and outside
of the country, sharing a room and
engaging in sexual contact with them, including massaging, masturbation or oral
sex.
The Lord's Resistance Army, a cult guerrilla army
engaged in an armed rebellion against the Ugandan government, has been accused
of using child soldiers and committing numerous crimes against humanity; including massacres, abductions, mutilation, torture, rape, porters and
sex slaves.
There are lots
of other
sex acts
in which people
engage other than penetrative
sex which all carry less risk
of disease transmission (
in differing degrees).
Brooks warns contemporary Christians that when we try to
engage in public life, we are perceived as prosecuting a «culture war,» one that has «alienated large parts
of three generations»
of Americans, turning «a rich, complex, and beautiful faith into a public obsession with
sex.»
It is a good thing indeed that men as well as women, young women as well as matrons, and talented older people
of both
sexes have also been
engaged in the teaching enterprises
of the churches.
If you truly believe that homosexual
sex is against the will
of your imaginary friend, you better not
engage in it.
I propose the following as a proper image
of evangelizing: a minister seated along with a group that is more than one other person but small enough to
engage in discussion — and with the members
of the group being quite varied as to age,
sex, color, and other characteristics.
Whatever gives both pleasure — this is the one criterion for deciding whether or not to
engage in various forms
of sex play.
So far as is known, most
of these women, after group
sex is left behind, seldom if ever again
engage in homosexual activity.
The recent
sex scandals play a relatively small part
in the story and are represented as indicative
of larger dynamics created by the mistakes
in implementing Vatican II at a time when newly affluent and confident Catholics were
engaging a culture that was
in the process
of self - destructing.
However, just as with premarital
sex, there are lots
of long - term and destructive consequences for
engaging in adultery.
If we are
engaged in chastity education rather than giving information about
sex, it is easy to show that such education, is part
of the character building for children that finds its natural place
in the home.
«
In the past, women secured the chances of lasting love by forming a kind of cartel: they had an implicit agreement not to engage in premarital or extramarital sex with me
In the past, women secured the chances
of lasting love by forming a kind
of cartel: they had an implicit agreement not to
engage in premarital or extramarital sex with me
in premarital or extramarital
sex with men.
A couple
of weeks ago, I
engaged in an interesting conversation on Twitter with my friend Ben Moberg and several others about Christian leaders who hold their cards close when it comes to their positions on same -
sex relationships and LGBT people.
The idolaters who
engaged in shameful
sex rites were a perfect illustration for the seriousness
of turning from God, a way to get his audience agreeing with him before he unexpectedly turned the tables on them.»
These reflections can help solve an apparently new moral question that has recently arisen: whether spouses can licitly
engage in condomised
sex when their motive is not contraceptive but simply to protect one
of them against possible HIV infection.
A decade ago many mainline churches were
engaged in articulating the virtues
of the sexual revolution, formulating significant and far - reaching theological pronouncements on the central issues
of sexuality, and experimenting with some new and imaginative programs
of sex education.
Gary Bauer, undersecretary
of education and chairman
of a White House task force on the American family, has been quoted as saying that his group's goal is «to tell children [that premarital
sex] is wrong and explain why it's bad for them — not to teach them so much about
sex that they can
engage in it
in early adolescence.»
The most common forms
of same -
sex behavior
in the Greco - Roman world, Matthew notes, were pederasty and
sex between masters and their slaves, and the majority
of men who indulged
in those practices also
engaged in heterosexual behavior with their wives.
If he took the passive role, he was derided for
engaging in «unnatural»
sex for supposedly playing the role
of a woman.
This year, hundreds
of LGBT Christians, family members, friends, ministers, and more will come together
in Portland for the singular purpose
of transforming how we
engage with both Side A Christians (who support same -
sex relationships / marriage) and B Christians (who pursue or encourage celibacy) across the church aisle.
As has already been shown, same -
sex relations
in the first century were not thought to be the expression
of an exclusive sexual orientation but were widely understood to be the product
of excessive sexual desire wherein the one
engaging in same -
sex behavior did so out
of an excess
of lust that could not be satisfied.
Thus, it is difficult to construe Paul's statements as applicable to acts
of committed love
engaged in by persons for whom same -
sex orientation is part
of the givenness
of their «nature.»
Restate what they did, and it sounds like the worst
sex life you could aspire to: frantically trapping people
in a room, people who are disgusted to be there, while you
engage in the most arid form
of sexual pleasure possible.
Allegedly the Pentecostal bishop - pastor
of the Cathedral
of the Holy Spirit
engaged in sex with several parishioners over a period
of years.
Britain's Daily Telegraph reports that researchers are calling for
sex education to reflect the increasing range
of sexual activity
in which young people are
engaged.
In the past, I've been critical of his bullying tactics and his views on sex and gender, but lately it seems the influential Seattle mega-church pastor has made plenty of news on his own, as it was recently revealed he plagiarized, used church funds to buy a spot on the New York Times bestseller list, and engaged in other alleged misappropriation of fund
In the past, I've been critical
of his bullying tactics and his views on
sex and gender, but lately it seems the influential Seattle mega-church pastor has made plenty
of news on his own, as it was recently revealed he plagiarized, used church funds to buy a spot on the New York Times bestseller list, and
engaged in other alleged misappropriation of fund
in other alleged misappropriation
of funds.
After an extended discussion
of why the Corinthians should glorify God with both body and our spirit, Paul tells the Corinthians
in 6:15 - 20 that having
sex with a prostitute is not simply a sin
of the flesh, but also
engages the spirit.
Engaging in premarital
sex is sometimes seen as equal to losing all worth as a human being, and yet we claim to base our faith on the Gospel
of grace.
During that time, Rose allegedly tried to pressure her to masturbate
in front
of him, allow him to have
sex with her friends and
engage in group
sex with strangers, all
of which she says she refused.
Studies confirm that graduates
of the program wait longer to
engage in sex; have fewer partners; and are more willing to talk about HIV with peers and relatives, take an HIV test and stay on treatment if they test positive.