As one of their brilliant philosophers said, “I want to *** who I want, when I want, where I want.”  Randy maies have never had it so good.  This is what a society in decay looks like.

I disagreed with so much of the article I decided to try and find an acceptable statement.  It is:

We’re obsessed with sex on television, in music and in advertisements, but we somehow lack the ability to talk about sex as a positive, moral, pleasure-affirming choice that, like any other adult decision, comes with a set of responsibilities.

And even in this quote, “pleasure-affirming” is problematic.  Sex and marriage are about so much more than individual pleasure.  This article (and the follow up comments) does successfully illustrate the gap between the modern secular view and the traditional Christian.

Fork, Britain, some assembly required, but it certainly is done.

Just another illustration of how Christians are to be in the world, but not of the world.

Indeed, #4. But until Christian males (who aren’t consecrated celibates) are expected to embrace the rules and standard as well as females then it’s rather difficult to take seriously. Shoot, men on this very blog said the fault is on women for not being vigilant ‘‘gatekeepers.’’ As long as the double standard remains, we Christians appear as deluded hypocrites.

#4—I don’t disagree with you.  But my feeling is at this point in the 21st century, neither women nor men (Christian or not) are embracing chastity.  See, e.g., http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/relationship/features/28337-the-secret-sexual-revolution .

My feeling is it’s due to several things:  (1) Societal pressure to delay marriage; (2) the present “divorce” culture which has resulted in marriage being viewed as more of a negative than a positive for a lot of folks; (3) the church’s overwhelming failure during the past 50 years or more to support Christian marriage and Christian courtship.

The issue here in not only the abandonment of a natural moral law, but the absolute stupidity of what was said in the article and the more grievous fact that many if not most people would take it seriously.  The author of this article is simply uneducated. By that I don’t mean in a moral sense, but in logic and rhetoric.  She doesn’t know how to use evidence to make a case.  She makes a lot of wild assertions and provides some evidence, but she never connects the two.  According to Sir David Hume she has an “Is-Ought Problem”.  She says was “is”, but makes no logical journey to what therefore “ought” to be.  Moreover, and this is really just sad, many of her assertions are denied by modern psychology.  People are not more “well-rounded, compassionate, and self-assured.”  Study after study shows that people with multiple sexual partners, especially women, tend to be more depressed, narcissistic, and have a poor self-image.  See Jean Twenge’s book The Narcissism Epidemic.  What this woman is peddling is rubbish, both from a secular and Christian point of view and most depressing thing is that based on the comments I read on the Guardian website, a lot of people bought the dung she was selling.  Good night Western Civilization.

#7—I think the Scriptures describe it as “itchy ears” hearing what they want to hear.