At the risk of being anal retentive...
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I personally don't believe that anybody's faith ought to limit them sexually. The reason why I'm saying this is because there's the tendency to confuse faith with religion.
Faith is personal. It is based on our beliefs. Even atheists have faith
because much as they aren't believing in something (deity wise etc), they still believe in something...ie they have faith in there not being any deity. I'm unsure if this makes sense. Anywhoo...since our faith is personal, there shouldn't be any difficulty in reconciling it with us sexually.
Religion on the other hand....
When it comes to religion, in an ideal world (because many opt to follow blindly) ought to be based on our faith/personal beliefs and a community that echoes it (to a large degree). There's the need to really know what our beliefs are so that we are able to identify a group of believers that are "one of mind, heart and faith" as us, for us to join this group, so that we are able to move from personal to community and to bring our beliefs to expression.
As I said, anal retentive. Punish be sexehs! :smile:
I have no difficulty reconciling my faith to myself sexually and I certainly do not feel limited by it because it's who I am and what I stand for. On a religious level, I am able to reconcile all of it together as a Christian believer, but I am yet to find a group of people who mirror my beliefs and for this reason I do not practice or ascribe to any sect of Christianity at present. I do however use the Bible as my compass and means of nourishing my spirituality.