Must we have sex to reproduce? There sure could have been other forms Jehovah could have devised for human reproduction, after all, not every living thing has sex in order to reproduce; some plants, for example. Apart from humans and many others, not even every animal reproduce sexually. Consider those species of sharks and species of female turkeys, which are noted for not having sex but still reproduce – asexually. So, why did Jehovah allow sex to be? Or to be specific, why did He make sex to be such an exciting experience?
Come to think of it, humans could possibly just have a drab sex without any form of sweetness, especially that pleasure that comes with ejaculation on the part of the male and the titillating climax on the part of the woman, which give us the urge to go for sex. We could just have sex where the man ejaculates normally without any form of pleasure, as if he is just reading for an exam or something, and then the whole activity comes to an end. Next thing, pregnancy follows.
But, no, Jehovah made sex to be so enjoyable! He wants humans to derive pleasure before reproduction. The child labour? Ho, it goes with the territory, at least, on the part of the woman who the Bible tells us has to labour during childbirth on behalf of Eve. Or does the man not labour for the family income on behalf of Adam?
never been the case since the advent of humans. We have totally corrupted sex. We have destroyed its values. And sex is now a plaything, a tool for manipulation and means of income.
Teenagers are not patient to wait till marriage before indulging in sex; a man and a woman engaged to be married dare not question the sexual past of each other because they have done it countless times and with countless partners in the past before their meeting. Even parents do not have the guts to question the authenticity of their children’s virginity, because majority of these parents never took their hymen to marriage. A few of these parents are even involved in adultery.
The pastor weds a man and a woman with the deep knowledge that these are people who have despoiled sex, both with previous partners before their meeting, and as fiancé and fiancée before their wedding. But does the pastor have a say? He or some of his colleagues are also engaged in the devaluation of sex, by dating their female members, whether single or married. Some women offer sex for money while others for favours. The men – yes, the men – who demand sex in exchange for favours or demand it as a condition for favours are certainly more than those who do not.
We all are involved in the devaluation of sex and it happens everywhere: on campus, in the corporate world, in the corridors of power, and even in holy places. Or do you not know of the Holy Fathers who take our confessions but sometimes confess they have fallen short of their religious calling by indulging in sex?
And we are no longer satisfied with straight sex. Everybody, from the inquisitive teenagers to the adventurous couples and parents, wants to discover new methods of deriving maximum sexual satisfaction. Now, there is oral sex, anal sex and artificial sex machines and even phone sex, by the use of explicitly erotic monologue. Some are no longer satisfied with trading on sex. They now act on sex and they call it pornography. What about homosexuality? Do not let us go into that, please. Sex! Ho, Sex! What are we doing to you, you that is Jehovah’s precious gift to humans?
Some day, Jehovah will take away sex from us as a punishment for destroying sex. Mark it. Similar things have happened before. Remember the story of the Tower of Babel? The people of the earth recognised they had knowledge but failed to realise it was from Jehovah. And they wanted to rival Him by engaging in building a tower high up to the Holy Place. Jehovah had to take away co-operation from them by giving them different languages, which set confusion among them and caused them to abandon the sacrilegious project.
What about the story of Noah? Because humanity was filled with too many sins, Jehovah had Noah build the ark and ensured Noah’s family and pairs of every species of animals were saved from the destroying rains. Humanity had to start afresh with Noah’s family and the surviving pairs of animals ensuring the continuation of the animal world.
We will all wake up one morning and discover sex is no longer how we used to know it: no thrill, no fun, no excitement and no need for it. We will reluctantly engage in sex only as a means of reproduction. Teenagers will dream of marriage without any anticipation of sex because they hear it is a dull thing that is only meant for reproduction. Female students who use their bottom power will work hard because there are no longer teachers to be offered sex for favours. Sex traders will look for other commodities to trade on because no man will want to pay for sex. Randy male bosses will insist on merit and hard work from their female subordinates because sex is no more worth requesting as an exchange for favour. Ho, how our life will be excitingly different without sex the way we know it!
This is not just sermonising. Of course, Jehovah can do it. Similar things have happened before. For defiling sex, Jehovah can take it away from us. It will happen some day, considering the rate and manner with which we are going on with sex. Mark those words!
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