*Its all about me me me me me me me me*

Not so Runner. Its about the fact that sexual urges are
quite natural and normal, hormonally induced and not
evil, as some of you churchies seem to want to claim.

You haven't told us what you used to do about your erections,
before you got married.

and the online opinion orgy continues
[oops look out for the wet spot;...spot/on]
location procation position..[its about the angle of the dangle]

anyhow lets attack this issue of
the every sacred sperm is scared
[this directly relates to thou shalt not murder]
[murder is an intent to injure..other wise its just man..[sorry sperm]..slaughter]

it can also be about mass genocide for those
who have failed...to pro-create

[or how about when we drug the poor things
..just like mums shouldnt drink while with child
so too should a man be cautious..with sending..drunken spermozoa
out there to do 'the job'..]

i must admit feeling guilt..sending the soldiers out there to die

its worth recalling
it takes 13 sperm to simply gain entry
sems the eggs membrain needs to be taught..[tight]..
so as to give the winning sperm..its gracefull landing within the egg

have you noticed how iq drops when your....excited?
ywet also how devious we can become..[some say succeptable]

anyhow the thoughts are wandering
but respect ammonia's suggestion of just
egsactly..how could religion make sex better

simply be knowing when you look into your lovers eyes
you see god looking back at you..[in the dark..'bit' that mask's our logic]

yeah i know im making little sense
but its not about whats normal or logical...or even sensable

its about opening up
stiffening ya backbone

taking it like a man?
realisation if it is succesfull
your making out with a granny/or a 'mother'

and knowing from then on
you can only be her second love

sorry about the jerky flow
if i had more rythem...i would be out there
doing the boggie..instead of blogging a log..out into the aether

Oh, I certainly understand that part of it, AJ Philips...

>>...guilt can very much be a male thing too when religion is involved. It is, after all, one of the core methods religion uses to keep its followers coming back for “salvation"...<<

But the OP talked about "a study that showed that Atheists felt less guilty about having sex than their religious counterparts".

That would indicate that some of them felt some guilt at some point in time, otherwise the "less" would be misleading.

So my question was directed more at my fellow atheists, wondering whether there were non-religious reasons to feel guilt.

And sorry, Jewelly, avoiding the wet patch is no reason for guilt.

>>Manoeuvring so the wet patch isn't where I'm going to sleep sometimes makes me feel a little guilty<<

That's like feeling guilty for winning a tennis match. You both (I'm assuming just the two for the sake of this example) have the same objective, but only one can win.

Oh, okay, Pericles. That would explain pelican’s response then.

In that case, I would agree that most of the guilt is probably on the female side. And maybe it’s a result of some evolutionarily ingrained reluctance to engage in the act with just anyone since they are the ones who have more at stake.

What I found interesting was that atheists/agnostics scored as high as they did. There could be some who had the guilt of taking advantage of someone in mind when they answered the question but I wouldn’t think that explained a 4-point-something result.

Even more interesting was the fact that those who identify as “agnostics” scored a tad higher than those who identify as atheists. Co-incidence? Or is there some strange psychological correlation between a sexual guilt and the potential/tendency to be religious?

Sex is a gift of pleasure designed by God for mutual love and for reproducing species in the image of ourselves. THERE IS NO GUILT IN SEX IF IT IS PURE! The guilt lies in - with whom you have sex. Casual Sex with a person with whom you do not mutually share a life commitment to love exclusively is an undercover act. Ask the wives of husbands who have one night stands with a work colleague, or who pay for sex if their husbands should feel guilty. A person who has Sex with children should feel guilt as they have taken away the innocence of a child and spoiled the opportunity for the child to experience genuine love before sex.

GUILT IS MEASURED IN THE SOCIAL DAMAGE CAUSED.

My wife is friends with a non religious girl sexually enticed at 14 by her step father that destroyed her and their relationship. Since she was no longer a virgin she began having sex with her school friends till she suffered with infection. She sought medical help after many tears, she has returned to casual sex with any male she fancies and has now discovered she has cervical cancer. A young life destroyed as she believed sex was merely about pleasure. She will have a normal family life surrounded in secure love and children.

Yabby, I can't for the life of me understand why Runner won't answer your' very serious question? Lol !

I would imagine that some atheists felt a little guilt after sex if they had at one time believed in a God, because those sorts of ingrained ideas/fairytales drummed into our brains as kids can be hard to get rid of.

I honestly don't believe that it is mainly a 'female thing' to feel some guilt after sex, because for many religions the sexual taboos are similar for both sexes. Although of course it is the woman who has the most at stake if she falls pregnant.

I have heard some religious people say to me that they would never have sex in any other position than the traditional missionary position, because any other sort of sex '...is only for deviants'!

I have heard these sort of comments from couples who have come to prenatal classes I gave for pregnant women and their partners, when I dared to suggest a different position during sex that would be more comfortable for the pregnant woman.
In fact, with some of these couples, I wondered how on earth they got pregnant in the first place!