Have the major religions warped human sexuality?

Question

Eveyone must agree, something is wrong. Look at our major issues: abortion, overpopulation, homophobia, pedophilia...

Answer 1

I do not think that religion has warped human sexuality. I think humans have warped human sexuality. There is no biological reason for sex for any other reason than producing offspring. The fact that human sex is pleasurable (dolphins are the other other species that mates for fun), has made pleasure that focus of sex. Different people have found different things pleasurable and that has led to the things you listed above.

Answer 2

Wow, what a generalization. You've clearly never read the any of the Hindu Scriptures, have you? When the Vedas mention the hairy organ, guess what it is referring to. There is also the Kama Sutra - a whole sutra devoted to kama, i.e. pleasure (and a particular kind of pleasure). And don't forget the Song of Songs in the Bible, too! But the Biblical literature was produced in a patriarchal honor-shame culture that was fanatically concerned about female virginity, and then passed under the influence of Greco-Roman philosophical ideas that tended to devalue the body. You should see the stuff that didn't make it into the Bible, like the Acts of Paul and Thecla: "Blessed are the chaste...", or the Acts of Thomas, in which he persuades a couple on their wedding night to forego intercourse!