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How atheism is liberal towards sexuality?
Can "sexuality" be an open matter of talk in our atheist community? As sexuality could be said as natural attraction to an opposite sex. As per human psychology(where most of them are so called GOD fearing elements), "sexuality" can refer to issues of morality, ethics, theology, spirituality, or religion. Also we know that some cultures have been described as sexually repressive. But as per me "Sexuality" can't be said as immorality. It's an individual perception and most importantly a matter of choice. Neither can it be associated with any religion. Though an Indian mystic guru named Osho advocated an open attitude towards sexuality, which actually earned him a name as "Sex Guru" in Indian an International Press. No i don't read any of his crap and neither I believe in any Guru who dissociate themselves from every religion. But their disciples even now try to persuade the people as "sexuality" is an open attitude and a very natural human behavior,so it(sex) should be practiced every now and then, with anybody u like, even can perform group sex or by swapping partners. This eye raising crap data I got from the news I read on today's edition of renowed Indian newspaper, where some Chinese disciples of Osho were trying to encourage group sex and partner swapping in their medication centers in Beijing. I as an atheist feel an atheism is more a liberal thinking towards everything around you (obviously that includes religion first), so what should be our point of view in "Sexuality"??????
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Comment by Sentient Biped on April 23, 2012 at 9:39am -
As long as people don't hurt other people, and understand the consequences of what they are doing, there is no ethical reason to strongly promote having one partner for life, or many, or something in between. I suspect that most humans have multiple partners in their lives, even if their religion requires that it only be one. Not all, but most - at least in Western countries. Sex with multi partners does increase the risk for catching some bad viruses and bacterial infections, and some insects as well. It's responsible for adults to know what they carry, and take measures not to spread their infections to others. It's responsible and caring to take measures not to reproduce carelessly, whether in monogamy or plural sex life. If someone says "I want only one partner, and I want my partner to be faithful to me", then it's caring not to lie to them and have multi partners. If someone says "I don't want to be restricted", then that should be respected too. Self esteem, emotional security, and bonding are all tied up with sex, so we need to be understanding that what works for "me" is not something that will necessarily work for "you". And I agree with John about the "opposite sex" comment. Some people are naturally attracted to their own sex, some people are naturally attracted to both sexes, and some are naturally attracted to the opposite sex. And some people - more than you might think - are intersex themselves, having chromosomal or biological characteristics of both sexes. They should not have to choose one or the other unless that is what they really want.
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Comment by Michael R on April 22, 2012 at 11:30pm -
Liberalism is liberalism. Atheists can be either liberal or conservative. A system of desire satisfaction (liberalism) does not follow from a system of beliefs (atheism) - [atheism is a lack of belief, actually]. Vocal atheists do tend to be liberal. But I don't know whether the general atheist community is more liberal or conservative overall. My point is: don't expect the atheist community to be homogeneous. If it were, it would be more like tyranny than liberalism. Atheists are regular folk, so be aware that you're not going to get along with all of them, and think twice before shoving your sexuality in their face.
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