Friday, April 4, 2008
Chap 18
Chapter 18 was a discussion about a number of topics including love, sex, marriage, and how all three are related to one another. The main thing that struck out at me when I was reading this chapter was how strikingly similar much of the chapter had to do with relation to the book Sex God that we were reading for class. I felt as the though the short three-page chapter was really close to what a concise synopsis of Sex God would be. One of the more interesting points I enjoyed in the reading was that sex was originally unprofound and simplistic, but then God associated affection and love between the two people. Further, God makes offspring dependent on their parents and gives parents the impulse to raise their child. Looking at nature, all species simply use sex as a means of reproduction and then a large portion of these species then go on and do not raise their offspring. A lot of times they allow them to fend for themselves. So in a sense, I agree with the fact that God could have gifted love and affection to two sexual partners, uniting them as "one flesh", which is another topic mentioned later in the reading. The other profound point that I felt really connected with what Sex God was all about was the quote, "The truth is that wherever a man lies with a woman, there, whether they like it or not, a transcendental relation is set up between them which must be eternally enjoyed or eternally endured" (pg 96). This sentence really was a concise way of summing up the overall main point that I felt Sex God tried to develop. Did anybody else see any other strong connections between the book Sex God and the reading in the Screwtape Letters?
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The two texts certainly cover imilar topics but what's even more interesting to me is that some of the potentially optimistic topics covered in Sex God are not surprisingly absent in SL. The story that comes to mind is the couple who wanted to adopt the child with the most problems that no one else wanted. I guess beyond the obvious topics of the books there are even deeper and more important lessons that are easily overlooked whether the perspective taken is positive or negative.
Tylor, I really enjoyed reading your post this week because you did point out how the two texts are very similarly related. I didn't make that connection until you mentioned that, so thanks!! Also, I really liked how you summed up the chapter on how sex was almost complicated when God threw in affection and love. I'd have to agree and say that before when sex was simplistic, things were way easier, and that makes me kind of feel as though God wanted more out of us. I really liked your comments, they really made me think!!! Thanks
I really liked your connection to Sex God. I think the quote you chose relating to Sex God was ideal. Also, I liked when you said, "but then God associated affection and love between the two people." I thought that was good insight and made me thing that it's almost a challenge that God proposes to us. I think you had some really good thoughts this week and agree with you on the connection to Sex God.
I really like your point about the association of God and relating sex to love and affection. It is very interesting and makes a lot of sense. A specially in college where people do not care about sex and are indeed like animals in their sexual routines because they do not associate it with love and affection it is just an experience.
I agree with you about the main point. I also agree with you concerning the comparison between "Sex God" and "Screwtape Letters." God means for the union between man and woman to be a blessing, a good thing. Satan wants it to be lustful and a sex object. The "transcendal relationship" is the spiritual, intimate connection that bonds the man with the woman that can only be approved by God which creates the marriage. This is why God is the one who marries, not primarily anyone else. Love is the binding tie with all things that is to be pure and only from God.
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