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    Why put animals off-limits?

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    Why does the Bible condemn bestiality? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

    23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

    As we continue through this section, we see this verse and it led me to thinking more about why some actions are condemned in our society today and why some aren’t. Our culture is becoming more of an anything goes culture and I don’t doubt that within a few years, bestiality will be being protected by some of the elite in our society. Time will tell if I’m right.

    When I was married, my wife did tell me about a girl who made videos where she actually talked about sex with her dog. I think her name was Whitney, but while trying to find out, my search engine blocked out the results. Thus, I cannot guarantee this, but such a person did exist.

    Now I did ponder this some yesterday about why our culture condemns this, but the verse before, we don’t have a problem with homosexuality. If sex with someone of the same sex is one of those barriers that we think needs to be taken down, why not go further and say the species doesn’t even matter. We’re already moving into pedophilia after all.

    Now some could say that an animal cannot give its consent, as consent seems to be one of the main points today in sexuality. Whatever goes is okay provided you have consent, but why should this stop with animals? We who love our animals still treat them in ways that they definitely do not consent to. I can assure anyone that when I put Shiro in his kitty carrier to go to the vet, he does not give me his consent.

    To go even further, every pet owner dreads the time when they have to go to the vet to say good-bye and have their animal put to sleep. As Shiro is getting older, I am dreading this time more and more when I think about it. If we can let our pets die without their consent, then why not go the step of bestiality?

    From a Christian perspective, bestiality is the crossing of the species and going against the design of our bodies and nature. Humanity was made to be with humanity. We are lowering ourselves from rational animals in bestiality to just animals. Again though, I am sure before too long there will be defenses of bestiality being more present and honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some out there right now.

    A question now asked is how many of these laws apply to us today. That is an important hermeneutic question as when these verses are brought up, before too long someone brings up mixed fabrics or dietary laws. I plan on addressing this when we continue in this series. We’ll see you then.

    In Christ,
    Nick Peters
    (And I affirm the virgin birth)

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    Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix View Post
    Why put animals off-limits?

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    Why does the Bible condemn bestiality? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

    23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.
    Yeah. The Bible even says that anyone, male or female, caught having sex with an animal must be killed, as too must the animal. Unfortunately, these edicts don't come with any explanation as to why it's so bad. But this is fairly typical of god's pronouncements, seldom are they explained. Just, "Don't do it or else!"


    As we continue through this section, we see this verse and it led me to thinking more about why some actions are condemned in our society today and why some aren’t. Our culture is becoming more of an anything goes culture and I don’t doubt that within a few years, bestiality will be being protected by some of the elite in our society. Time will tell if I’m right.
    Well, it's certainly becoming less restrictive and more open to equality and fairness. Just ask any woman.


    When I was married, my wife did tell me about a girl who made videos where she actually talked about sex with her dog. I think her name was Whitney, but while trying to find out, my search engine blocked out the results. Thus, I cannot guarantee this, but such a person did exist.
    Oh, they exist alright. In fact, no doubt if you lifted a filter or two on your browser you'd be directed right to such videos in a sec.. I've seen a couple, and my reaction has always been, "Eh, so what." One just has to put it in perspective: Odd to be sure, but harmful or even detrimental to either participant? Not that one could tell. In fact, both seemed to enjoy the act. Would I watch it again? Most likely not. Other than being an oddity, it wasn't that interesting---no different than watching a sword sallower: interesting at first, but just not entertaining enough to watch again. However, if your interested: I'm willing to pass along a link. . .


    Now I did ponder this some yesterday about why our culture condemns this,
    Because our culture is fairly well molded on Christian values and mores, which in this case does condemn bestiality.


    but the verse before, we don’t have a problem with homosexuality. If sex with someone of the same sex is one of those barriers that we think needs to be taken down, why not go further and say the species doesn’t even matter. We’re already moving into pedophilia after all.
    Well, as you're no doubt aware, pedophilia comes with a whole lot of psychological harm that homosexuality and bestiality do not. In fact, homosexuality has a whole lot going for it for the homosexual, and nary a thing going against it, except for a few little old ladies in Pasadena.


    Now some could say that an animal cannot give its consent, as consent seems to be one of the main points today in sexuality.
    And they'd be wrong; witness any broken horse.


    Whatever goes is okay provided you have consent, but why should this stop with animals? We who love our animals still treat them in ways that they definitely do not consent to. I can assure anyone that when I put Shiro in his kitty carrier to go to the vet, he does not give me his consent.
    Your point being ???


    To go even further, every pet owner dreads the time when they have to go to the vet to say good-bye and have their animal put to sleep. As Shiro is getting older, I am dreading this time more and more when I think about it. If we can let our pets die without their consent, then why not go the step of bestiality?
    You don't think a horse, or a dog, or a sheep remain passive because they're not giving their tacit consent? As told by others, dogs can get very aggressive in wanting to "mount" a woman.


    From a Christian perspective, bestiality is the crossing of the species and going against the design of our bodies and nature.
    What, exactly does " crossing of the species" entail? And a lot of what we do goes against the design of our bodies and nature. Simply consider what's involved in conditioning the human body in order to go to the moon.


    Humanity was made to be with humanity.
    Which is fine, but mankind was obviously made to interact with other animals as well, otherwise it could not..


    We are lowering ourselves from rational animals in bestiality to just animals.
    And why is this necessarily lowering ourselves?


    Again though, I am sure before too long there will be defenses of bestiality being more present and honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some out there right now.
    Not that I have any horse in this race, but . . .BOO!


    A question now asked is how many of these laws apply to us today
    Looking them up, bestiality is legal In Wyoming, New Mexico, Kentucky, West Virginia, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia, and in quite a few other states it only amounts to a misdemeanor offense. As for practicing homosexuality, this is legal in all 50. Seems the Bible is losing its grip on people and their mores.
    Last edited by Storm Warning; 02-23-2022, 05:54 PM.

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