The sexual innocence of Michael Bird
Michael expresses his surprise at a Sydney Morning Herald article on Christian Sex Guides. I’m not quite sure why, since evangelical Christians (the only sort who would buy a separate “Christian” guide) seem to me to have bought fully into a late modern Western hedonistic relational pleasure-giving-and-receiving understanding of sex as a necessary means of human fulfilment – only adding the proviso that it really ought to happen only in marriage (straight of course!) whether it’s your first, second, third or more.
If the SMH article surprised Michael, he should take a look at this site, where you will find advice on the proper place of anal sex, oral sex, rimming, spanking and more. In case you were wondering, the proper place is marriage. While they think divorce ought to be avoided, their argument, if I have them right is that refusing to have sex with your spouse is “porneia” and so included in the Matthean exception as a reason for divorce.
The site says above the menu: “Got Jesus? Please donate.” It does rather make him sound like a disease looking for a research cure.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
well one thing’s for certain- you’re about to get a lot of search hits because of your smutty talk.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:01 am
As for me, my favorite Biblical guide to Christian sex is, of course, sexinchrist.com.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Yeah, this is a good way to resolve the issue of sexual dysfunction. Satiate your desires as much as possible. It would be nice to split the difference between outright repression and taboo on the one hand, and this crap on the other.
July 19th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Doug,
See also: http://sexinchrist.com/
I should say that I think this site is actually a joke or some very sly attempt that a man made at getting his wife to have anal sex with him. The subject matter is explicit, of course, but there is not imagery.
-JAK
July 19th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I’ve never bought a separate Christian sex guide. Does this mean I’m not really an Evangelical after all?
July 19th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I’ve never had an interest in Christian sex guides.
I gotta get out more.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Doug,
Tragically, this is not the first time an anglican clergy man has taken an interest in my sexual innocence.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:27 am
Michael, I’m not at all sure if that comment is meant to be accompanied by an ironic smilie or by real-life tears. If the latter then I can only say sorry for a mis-titling which seemed amusing at the time.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Doug,
It was an ironic smile!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
OK, that http://sexinchrist.com/ website must be satire, right? The author can’t be serious about his interpretation of Scripture.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
You’d like to think so.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
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