Quote of the day

“Keep it in your pants” ranks right up there with “just say no.”
Professor Blather on November 14, 2007 at 11:32 PM

So, you are admitting you are an animal, with no ability to control your impulses?

Okay.

Reminds me of a story that Rabbi Daniel Lapin tells.

On a plane trip to Israel, a prominent rabbi found himself seated next to the head of the Israeli socialist movement. As the plane took off, the rabbi’s son, sitting several rows behind, came forward and said, “Father, let me take your shoes; I have your slippers here. You know how your feet swell on the airplane.” A few minutes later, he came and said, “Here are the sandwiches Mother sent; I know you don’t like the airline food.” This went on in similar fashion for some time, and finally, the head of Israel’s socialist movement turned to the rabbi and said, “I don’t get this. I have four sons. They’re grown now. But in all my life I don’t recall them ever offering to do anything at all for me. Why is your son doing all of this?” And the Rabbi said, “You have to understand. You mustn’t blame yourself. Your sons are faithful to your teachings, and my sons are faithful to my teachings. It’s simple, you see. You made the decision to teach your sons that you are descended from apes. That means that you are one generation closer to the ape than they. And that means that it is only proper and appropriate that you acknowledge their status and that you serve them. But, you see, I chose to teach my sons that we came from God Himself. That puts me one generation closer to God, and that means it’s only appropriate that they treat me accordingly.”

To adapt that lesson to the topic at hand, if you believe you descended from an ape, you will have little motivation to behave any better than an ape. If you believe you descended from God, you have great motivation to try to live up to his standards.

Those whose self-discipline is weaker than their impulses, will naturally defend their position. “You’re not being realistic,” for instance. “People are going to have sex. Deal with it. That’s the way we’re made. Nothing we can do about it.”

That’s a steaming pile of horsesh*t. Professor Blather (apt name), you’re the one the not wanting to deal with reality. Reality is that God created sex with specific purposes in mind. Reality is that when sex is used as God intended (one man, one woman, in a marriage relationship), it leads to a more intimate relationship, a smoothing of rough edges, and best of all, children. Reality is that physical and psychological harm will result from the misuse of sex; i.e., outside the parameters God specified. Reality is that it is, in fact, possible to control oneself until one gets married, then have all the sex you want with your wife, who has committed herself to your welfare, in and out of bed, just as you have committed to her. Reality is that Professor Blather and his philosophical compatriots are living in a pitiful fantasy world of their own creation, and don’t have the faintest clue how wonderful sex can be.

(Yes, I am speaking from experience. Virgin at my wedding, age 26; married to the same woman for 17 years; sex better now than ever (17 years of refining, and wifey offers more often than I want it); no diseases; no guilt; no regrets; no psycho ex-lovers; no alimony; no child support; no custody battles. Blather, tell me why anyone should respect your viewpoint?)

Splashman on November 15, 2007 at 3:14 AM