(Ron) Catholic sexual ethics

Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Wed, 08 Apr 1998 00:06:16 -0700 (00892040776, 2.2.32.19980408070616.007226d0@midwest.net) 

At 11:20 PM 4/7/98 -0400, Brian Dean wrote:

>LARRY

>

>Perhaps I missed something.

>

>What specific evidence do you have to suggest that Atheists become 

>such because of sexual convenience? I assure you that I was far more 

>sexually promiscuous before I became an Atheist. Now, I am Atheist, 

>happily married with two children and utterly faithful to my wife.

>

>Since Atheists make up such a small portion of the population, I would

>venture that a far larger number of Christians are sexually promiscuous

>than Atheists. Does this suggest that Christianity causes someone to be

>sexually promiscuous or that people 'choose' Christianity because of 

>sexual convenience? Certainly not. What it does suggest is that it is 

>unnecessary for someone to become an Atheist in order to become or 

>justify becoming sexually promiscuous.

>

>Larry D. Enger

>Although there are many things I do not know, there is nothing I cannot

>know, given the time and the interest to learn it.

>

>RON

>  As I said before, this is based on the atheists I have known. Granted 

>it is a limited sampling, but there you have it. 


TILL
But your original assertion was that most atheists become atheists because
they don't want to accept the sexual restrictions of Judeo-Christianity.
You didn't say that just the atheists you have known do this.

By the way, I can't keep from wondering why the atheists you have known just
happen to be so different from the ones I have known.  Also, I know many
believers in the Bible who lead immoral lives.  Can I therefore conclude
that believing in the Bible will make people immoral?

Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net