This opinion suggests a pretty dim view of men. We should encourage men to master their passions, rather than be slaves to them.

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WTF do you do if you are "gifted" with a high sex drive? Yeah, you can deal with it for a long time, but, gosh, that's rough.

You man up and deal with it, is the short answer.

The longer answer is you pray for grace and develop virtue. You need the virtue to keep sexuality in its proper place so it doesn't dominate you. Acquiring that virtue takes acts of discipline and self-denial in other areas of life, and an ongoing effort to develop properly ordered desires.

The virtuous man desires loving sex within marriage, and literally has no appetite for fornication, adultery, pornography, or masturbation. It's very difficult to get there, admittedly, because our desires start out broken and tending in the opposite direction—hence the need for grace. This kind of self-mastery is certainly possible with God's help.

Yeah. That would be super difficult. And impossible at the moment. But, yes. Grace and moving forward. Hmm...

This cuckoldship is not Biblical.

If a woman does not retain her man sexually she commits adultury and ends the relationship.

I'm not sure I've read that, directly, in the Bible. I'd be interested where you are finding this.

Probably an extension to the, a wife must submit to her husband directive

The other part of Ephesians 5 is that husbands must love their wives as Christ loves the Church. Christ's love for the Church is self-sacrificial to the point of death.

Yep there’s instructions for wives and husbands

Within marriage, spouses have a responsibility to see to each other's sexual satisfaction as much as possible.

Your view doesn't account for single men, except in the implicit assumption that they must be masturbating, watching porn, or fornicating. It's possible to be single and do none of those things.

Sirs, presumably you initial sex 1-2+ times a week. How many times and how regularly are you being denied?

Uh, towards the end of my marriage: 0. And 1-2x a week is... Not acceptable to me in a marriage, barring illness or injury.

When the sex dies, the relationship dies. Man and woman join in marriage and pledge to serve eachother. This is plain as day.

It sure helped kill that marriage, that's for sure

You not married then 😂

I am married. 10 years.

Well that rained on my theory then 😂

I view sex and dating as a responsibility to maintain loyalty within the marriage (both directions). Some call it a "connection".

You don't believe a woman pledges her body to the marriage and a man pledges his labor and leadership? Which version of the Bible are you reading?

Leadership requires sacrifice. My wife and I practice NFP, so we mutually abstain during the fertile part of her cycle when we want to avoid pregnancy.

That requires leadership on the part of the husband to consider the good of the family, and mutual sacrifice on the part of both spouses to deny their passions for a greater good.

The rest of the time, we look out for each other's satisfaction, typically having sex every other day or so.

NFP = Natural Family Planning

You don't fuck her when she is most fertile? That's when I'm clapping cheeks the most. Sounds kinda gay tbh

Do you use a condom?

Fuck no. That takes away all the feeling. And it's kinda cuck like. A woman should be begging for your seed if you are worth a shit.

What if you're trying to space pregnancies so you don't have back-to-back Irish twins?

That's why she breast feeds. Asing as she has milk flowing out her tits your seed won't take root. My wife is legit always either pregnant or breastfeeding.

As long*

Good for y'all

No...

There are over 3 billion men on the planet. Trust me. You ain't special.

Excuse me? This is my highschool photo. As you can see women are literally fighting each other for a chance to speak to me.

I used to be like you, live with my parents, no work. Now I own five hot dog stands and literally make hundreds of dollars a week.

If you work hard you too could have a girl friend. Maybe you can even date one of my ex girlfriends. If you are lucky. One of the uglier ones I banged while drunk. I mean probably not but you can try.

Buddy, you have made my day! 👏👏👏🤣

Lol. This is why I'm an atheist. It's male instinct to adhere to these natural laws. Why attempt to suppress them?

Because you can't give of yourself unless you first possess yourself.

I think we as humans are ultimately built for love. Perfect love gives generously and receives graciously. However, you can't give what you don't have, and if you are slave to your passions, you can't fully possess yourself.

In short, sexual continence actually allows us to love more richly.

All that said, it's good you recognize the reasons for your atheism. I think a lot of people reject religion because they like sex, but hide the fact from themselves behind a bunch of other arguments and justifications.

Abstinence within marriage is not profiting your union anything and is terribly unbiblical.

> Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Clearly Paul would say that to deny your spouse selfishly would be sinful, but he certainly doesn't condemn abstinence when it is for the sake of some higher good.