Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2014 10:27:32 GMT -7
I read about men who struggle with homosexuality, getting married, then leaving their wives for another man. This terrifies me.
Yet, I understand so much of who I am has been worked on by the devil since I was so young, some of my desires are at the core, seemingly of who I am.
I have fought and fought and fought. I just want to be normal.
In the Bible, it talks about circumcision of children, and in the OT, it was considered mandatory to be sanctified by God. If you were not circumcised, you were a "Heathen", so to speak.
It has been discovered that the foreskin has nerve endings that enhance the pleasure of sex. (Yes. I am aware of what Paul says about it now.)
Was the purpose of circumcision to, in a way, dull the enjoyment of sex? Did God do this so that we would be more focused on Him, and less on worldly pleasures?
That in mind... And this is a serious question. I read the article on "Docking" on a Christian website that deals with women and sex.
Is it okay for a man who struggles with a desire to be... The female- sexually speaking with someone of the same sex, if he finds the woman God has for him, to ask her to do this for him? (Docking)
Skirting around desires we have and not dealing with them is always dangerous. (Saying, "Oh God, take these desires from me!" And not resisting them.)
But could it also inflame the desire to be with an actual man? Such as the use of phallic sex toys?
I used to own a few of those sex toys, and while they curbed desire for a time, I feel like they only made it worse, later. Like it told my body it was okay to satisfy that urge.
While the answer is not to bottle up your feelings and pretend they do not exist, is the sexual act of docking a viable alternative? Or is acknowledgment of our errant desires, and pure abstinence, resistance, and submission to God the only acceptable answer?
Yet, I understand so much of who I am has been worked on by the devil since I was so young, some of my desires are at the core, seemingly of who I am.
I have fought and fought and fought. I just want to be normal.
In the Bible, it talks about circumcision of children, and in the OT, it was considered mandatory to be sanctified by God. If you were not circumcised, you were a "Heathen", so to speak.
It has been discovered that the foreskin has nerve endings that enhance the pleasure of sex. (Yes. I am aware of what Paul says about it now.)
Was the purpose of circumcision to, in a way, dull the enjoyment of sex? Did God do this so that we would be more focused on Him, and less on worldly pleasures?
That in mind... And this is a serious question. I read the article on "Docking" on a Christian website that deals with women and sex.
Is it okay for a man who struggles with a desire to be... The female- sexually speaking with someone of the same sex, if he finds the woman God has for him, to ask her to do this for him? (Docking)
Skirting around desires we have and not dealing with them is always dangerous. (Saying, "Oh God, take these desires from me!" And not resisting them.)
But could it also inflame the desire to be with an actual man? Such as the use of phallic sex toys?
I used to own a few of those sex toys, and while they curbed desire for a time, I feel like they only made it worse, later. Like it told my body it was okay to satisfy that urge.
While the answer is not to bottle up your feelings and pretend they do not exist, is the sexual act of docking a viable alternative? Or is acknowledgment of our errant desires, and pure abstinence, resistance, and submission to God the only acceptable answer?
