Seeing Sexuality at Church

We live in a society that is obsessed with Religion, or the lack of it. Whether it be Christianity, Islam, Agnostic (if you call that a religion), or Wiccan it is obvious that our religious beliefs form our relationships with people in one form or another. Even if you do not recognize yourself with any type of religion or teachings, the lack of that input will shape the way that you view and go about your relationships.

As a Christian, born and raised in the Church, I know first hand the horrors and joys of shaping your love life around Christianity. Probably one of the largest issues the Christians face, especially teenagers, is the issue of having sex before marriage. This subject is so large, that there are several immense organizations whose sole purpose is to keep the genitals of their young and impressionable teenagers away from one another (even away from themselves).

If we look back in History, from the very beginning of the Christian religion, we will find that abstinence from others and from yourself is a subject that has been taught with great conviction. The Church was the organization that introduced chastity belts, The Church was the organization that stated masturbation causes many different types of diseases (Hairy Palms is my personal favorite). The Church has single handedly changed the way that society views sexuality. They are the ones who instated the notion of things being "Taboo".

Of course, if you are Gay in the Christian Religion, along with several others, you are Hell Bound. Their is nothing in your life that you will be able to do to escape the firey pits of the abyss. This, by now, is an out-dated notion to many, but in my experiences, the Gay = Hell equation is still in full swing in religious organizations.

If you were to sit down and try to calculate the number of lives Religion has harmed due to its view on Sexuality and Love, the numbers would be in the BILLIONS. But, not everything dealing with Love and Religion is negative. Their are many positives about have Religion play a role in your love life.