Sexual Moralality

The gift of perfect love will give one the humility he or she needs to understand our Lord’s words: “When you unclothe yourselves and are not ashamed, and take your garments and lay them beneath your feet like little children, and tread upon them, then shall ye see the Son of the Living One, and ye shall not fear.” This is from the gospel of St. Thomas, verse 37. Our Lord reveals here that one should not feel shame in nudity and sex. One should not perceive evil in nudity and sex. Nnor should one see sin in nudity and sex.

Nudity and sex are adult gifts given to men and women by God for them to benefit from in love and companionship, not to exploit and abuse.

Many people are burdened with guilt over past behavior; either some type of display of nudity, some sex act or possibly even an act of adultery or promiscuity. But our Lord reveals that just as little children are not ashamed to undress in public, neither should one burden them self with guilt over some past behavior. One should not feel shame in nudity and sex. It is the pseudo-Christian wolves-in-sheep’s clothing and the henchmen of the evil one who are placing this burden on one's conscience, not the children of God.

One has already seen how our Lord did not condemn to death nudity and sex outside the marriage (Mt.21:31; Jn.8:7,10-11). Thus, it is not a sin unto death. One also has it from the Old Testament that nudity and sex outside of the marriage are not the great evils that many claim them to be.

Juda, son of Israel and ancestor of Jesus Christ, had sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, Thamar. He gave her his ring, bracelet and staff as a pledge that he would later send her a kid from his flock as payment for her services (Gen.38:13-18). At that time he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. But that is beside the point.

The fact is, no one, not even the Holy Spirit, looked upon their prostitution as an evil act. If nudity and sex outside of marriage were the great evils many pseudo-Christians claim them to be then the Holy Spirit would surely have mentioned this at that point in the Holy Scriptures. God does not because nudity and sex outside the marriage are not the great evils many claim them to be.

But this is not to say that there is no sin at all in nudity and sex outside the marriage. Nor does it give approval to the perversion of incest. Sex outside the marriage is very materialistic. Such can potentially paralyze one’s soul and render it impotent. But it does not kill one’s soul.

It is mortal sin that kills an individual’s soul; venial sin only injures a person’s soul. Just as some injuries need more medication than other injuries, and some injuries need more immediate care than other injuries, so also is it regarding sin. Some sins, in order to protect the soul from further injury, need more prayer than others and some need more immediate prayer than others.

Sex outside the marriage is materialism that can lead to paralysis and impotence of the soul if there is no love between those involved. It does not kill the soul but if there is no love and commitment then this could lead to severe injury of the soul. (One should note that hypocrisy is a far greater evil than sex outside the marriage.)

Before continuing, I want to point out that besides incest other sexual perversions would include sexual pathologies, pedophilia, urophilia, coprophilia, necrophilia, bestiality and sex with those who are not mature enough to know what they are doing (mentally handicapped). That is, adult nudity and sex are moral as long as what one is doing is with someone whom one loves and it is safe, consensual and non-exploitive among those adults involved.

Nor are those acts of love performed within the marriage evil and sinful, as many pseudo-Christians claim. This includes adult sex games and toys, role playing and mate swapping, various sex positions, birth control, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood and many other forms of planned parenthood that modern science has developed for the children of God.

Those wolves who believe that these acts are evil and sinful obtain their beliefs from verses in the Holy Bible that appear – on first glance – to condemn such. For example, many obtain their beliefs against birth control from the book of Genesis.

At first glance, this verse appears to forbid birth control. However, one must remember that it is not what one does that brings sin into his or her soul. It is why one does what he or she does that brings sin into his or her soul. Mortal sin entered Onan’s soul, not because he practiced birth control but because of why he did it. His intentions were evil, as a full reading of this passage manifests (v.6-26).

The same is true today. Any act of nudity and sex done for greed or for selfish reasons is wrong. But any act done out of love cannot be evil. Indeed, how can any action done out of love for someone else be evil? (Some actions, due to their nature, may be misguided but if done in love are not sinful.)

Adult sex games and toys, role playing and mate swapping, various sex positions, birth control, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood and many other forms of planned parenthood that modern science has developed for the children of God are not the great evils that the wolves-in-sheep’s clothing claim them to be.

Today science reveals that as long as what one is doing is safe, consensual and non-exploitive between everyone involved, then there is no evil. Science says that there is no shame, evil or sin in nudity and sex, adult sex games, role playing, positional sex, birth control, planned parenthood, ect. and the wolves claim that science is teaching falsehoods. They sound no different from the pseudo-Christians who condemned Galileo and Darwin for their scientific discoveries.

The situation today is the same as it was in their day. Galileo had science defending his views and the bishops had their beliefs in the Holy Bible. Today Catholics have science telling them one thing about sex and morality and the bishops have their belief in the Holy Bible. They are too blind to see that the Catholic Church must be submissive to what science reveals.

Another subject where the bishops are at odds with research is with divorce, for they teach against it. However, today one is learning that it is possible, through no fault to oneself, to end up in a bad marriage. That is, one may enter a marriage that starts off wonderful, the most blissful of nuptials, only to find out later that one’s spouse is a drug addict, an abuser, a criminal or whose love for one has turned to hate.

Here again the wolves-in-sheep’s clothing have placed an unusually heavy burden upon the shoulders of the children of God. They forbid divorce because Jesus Christ said that it was not like that in the beginning (Mk.10:4-5). But they forget that Jesus Christ also affirmed that Moses allowed one to divorce their mate (Mt.5:31-32; 19:7-9). In the Book of Deuteronomy one finds that divorce was permissible if one’s spouse was “unclean.”

Moses permitted one to divorce their spouse in order that one could avoid greater evil. St. Paul even allowed such (1Cor.7:14-15). But the pseudo-Christians cannot allow such, even though they have a commandment from Jesus Christ that allows them to permit divorce and remove the burden of a bad marriage from upon the shoulders of God’s children. In St. Matthew’s Gospel there is a directive that allows them to bind and to lose any law they so choose (Mt.16:19).

They can make it against the law to eat certain foods on certain days and then repeal this law but they cannot remove heavy burdens from off the shoulders of the children of God. They are no different from the hypocrites who condemned Jesus Christ for healing on the Sabbath (Lk.13:11-17).

Finally, many of those who deny divorce to the children of God would claim that an annulment is possible. But an annulment is possible only if the marriage was invalid or never consummated. If the marriage was valid and consummated then to grant an annulment under such circumstances would be hypocrisy. It is far better just to allow the children of God to divorce an “unclean” spouse and be done with it.

Before continuing one should note that divorce should not be entered into lightly. Marriage is sacred and should not be dissolved on a whim. If one is not sure whether or not someone is “right” for one then it is better to just live with that person for a while before entering into the marriage. This way one can come to know the person better and form a more logical opinion on whether or not to get married.

For marriage is sacred and should not be entered into lightly. Divorce should be considered only after much forethought, prayer and counseling. This is especially true if there are children involved. Their needs must be considered and these need to be included in any pre-divorce counseling. There are other factors that need to be considered – such as joint property, careers, families and financial responsibilities – before a divorce can be granted. But these are usually handled by the courts and will not be discussed at this time.

Sex, Nudity and the Law