Do Baptists have sex with their clothes on?
My wife attended a wedding recently. I got out of going by the fact that we were told that no kids were invited, although the bride's family was apparently an exception to that rule. Her father is the pastor of the church. Anyway, being a man who is prone to uttering inappropriate comments, every 20 minutes after my wife came home I wondered aloud, "Hmm... I wonder what she and her husband are doing now?", knowing very well what they were likely doing, but wanting to embarrass my wife just the same.
I began to ponder the issue. No, nothing lewd. I just wondered how a woman and a man who have been brought up believing that sex is off limits, having abstinence instilled in them from the very beginning- how do they go about suddenly flipping the switch? Now they're allowed to see each other naked? Now they're allowed to grope and moan? Sex is just not talked about in fundamental Baptist circles. They obviously have it- the plethora of kids running around at the end of every service testifies to that- but do they enjoy it or just tolerate it?
Stay with me here- there's a point to be made. I spent several years as part of a couple of fundamental Baptist churches, and the point was hammered home every other Sunday- we do not live by our experience, we live by the Word of God. Quite often people who enjoyed certain experiences were talked about as if possessed by Lucifer himself. No guitars or drums- can't have that sensual beat enticing our senses. So how do they turn the page when the tie comes off and the bodies go horizontal? Do they know that they're allowed to like it, that it's a good thing?
Experience is woven into the fabric of life. Roses have color and scent. Anchovies have taste. (Oh, do they!) And sex is not merely functional. If it was merely for procreation, then a man could just fill some test tubes and keep them in the freezer. Procreation is obviously a function of sex. But oh, is it so much more. The experience is the key. When you don't have the experience you consider yourself to have failed at it. Men who don't have orgasms take drugs. Women who don't have orgasms read magazines, get therapy and talk to their girlfriends about their dissatisfaction. The orgasm is part of the package, thereby proving that God approves of pleasurable experiences- He created them.
Do Baptists have sex with their clothes on? I wonder. Maybe some Baptists out there can enlighten me.
I began to ponder the issue. No, nothing lewd. I just wondered how a woman and a man who have been brought up believing that sex is off limits, having abstinence instilled in them from the very beginning- how do they go about suddenly flipping the switch? Now they're allowed to see each other naked? Now they're allowed to grope and moan? Sex is just not talked about in fundamental Baptist circles. They obviously have it- the plethora of kids running around at the end of every service testifies to that- but do they enjoy it or just tolerate it?
Stay with me here- there's a point to be made. I spent several years as part of a couple of fundamental Baptist churches, and the point was hammered home every other Sunday- we do not live by our experience, we live by the Word of God. Quite often people who enjoyed certain experiences were talked about as if possessed by Lucifer himself. No guitars or drums- can't have that sensual beat enticing our senses. So how do they turn the page when the tie comes off and the bodies go horizontal? Do they know that they're allowed to like it, that it's a good thing?
Experience is woven into the fabric of life. Roses have color and scent. Anchovies have taste. (Oh, do they!) And sex is not merely functional. If it was merely for procreation, then a man could just fill some test tubes and keep them in the freezer. Procreation is obviously a function of sex. But oh, is it so much more. The experience is the key. When you don't have the experience you consider yourself to have failed at it. Men who don't have orgasms take drugs. Women who don't have orgasms read magazines, get therapy and talk to their girlfriends about their dissatisfaction. The orgasm is part of the package, thereby proving that God approves of pleasurable experiences- He created them.
Do Baptists have sex with their clothes on? I wonder. Maybe some Baptists out there can enlighten me.
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