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Biblical-sexuality

The Biblical View of Sexuality

February 10, 2016

Understanding Biblical sexuality

When one reads across the Bible, a wide range of topics are presented throughout is chapters. It primarily contains teachings that guide the human race on how to morally live. One human fundamental topic that has been explored throughout the scriptures book is sexuality. The Bible gives teachings on how human can exist morally as far as sexuality is concerned. There are those scriptures citing that talk of sexuality in great details. According to the Bible, sex as a practice is mainly viewed as a reproductive practice through which God, on the creation time intended for man to use to feel the Earth. Apart from reproduction, sex was also a manifestation of love between two married individuals and was sacred.  Here down is how the Bible views sexuality.

According to the Bible, Genesis, sex was supposed to be practiced by married individuals, who after becoming husband and wife, became one flesh. This infusion into one flesh or soul was enabled through making love. Gen 2:24, 25 reads, “A man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh”. Sex, as portrayed in the Bible, is, therefore, a tool for bonding a husband and wife into a lasting relationship.

Sexuality in the Bible is also viewed as a manifestation of marriage. Couples, according to the Bible, become married through an act of making love to each other. In the book of Exodus, the Bible says that having sex is in its self a form of marriage. It says, in the book of Exodus 22: 16, 17, “If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins. So the bible’s view on sexuality does differ greatly with the view taken by the contemporary world.

The Bible also portrays sex as a Godly gift that should be treasured and shared between two individuals who love each other and most importantly, husband and wife. Genesis talks of making love as a show of a man’s love to his wife, and the joy the two get as a result of doing the act. Gen 24: 67 say, “Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and her married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.”

Biblical sexuality

The Bible, therefore, emphasizes the purity of people and should therefore only be practiced when and only if one is married. Meaning that pre-marital sexual activities is not encouraged by the bible. And even those who get married are allowed by the Bible to practice fidelity in marriage. So married couple should only have sex with their marriage partners. Sex, therefore, had two purposes mainly, having children and for pleasure in marriage.

Sexual vices such as rape are also talked about in the bible. The Bible condemn such acts and just like in the contemporary society, the scriptures also provide for penalties subjected to those commit such offenses. In the ancient society, rape was punishable by death. The book of Deuteronomy clearly spells out the penalty. In Deuteronomy 22: 25, 27 we are told that, “But if out in the country a man happens to meet a girl pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die, for the man found the girl out in the country, and though the betrothed girl screamed, there was no-one to rescue her.” The book also in different chapters, speaks strongly against other sexual immoralities such as pre-marital sex, and cheating among the married.

Prostitution is also condemned very strongly in the Bible. Viewing sex as a sacred gift given to man by God purposely for pleasure and reproduction after marriage, the bible is against prostitution as a practice. In the book of Leviticus, God gives Moses set of rules to help the Israelites live with high morals. One of the immoralities they are warned against is prostitution. In Leviticus 19: 29, it reads, “Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.”

Sexual immorality is also advised against in the Bible. In the book of first Thessalonians, the Bible advice humanity to desist from sexual immorality. 1 Thessalonian 4: 3-5 says that ” It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God.” This sums up sexuality as viewed by the Bible.

Understanding Biblical sexuality

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Buddhist sexuality

Buddhist And Their Reasoning On Sexuality

February 8, 2016

Understanding Buddhist sexuality

Buddhism just like, Christianity, is a religion or philosophy that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices that are based on the teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha or famously known as “the awakened one.” The religion traces its roots to India, but has, over the years spread to other countries like; China, Burma, Tibet, Japan and other nations in the southern Asia. Buddhists, as is with Christians, have some principles or guidelines that govern on moral living. These are referred as the precepts, which are identical to all the Buddhist traditions. Undertaking these precepts is practiced by both lay Buddhist initiations and lay Buddhist devotionals. The precepts are five in number and do include; commitments to abstain from harming living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct lying and intoxication.

Buddhist sexuality

To the Buddhist, the five precepts are supposed to act as some guideline for the betterment of the purity of the soul. Just like in Christianity, there are the Ten Commandments against which if a person leads a life, they are considered sinners, Buddhism also find the five precepts there pathway to explain meditation and life’s enlightenment that ends all suffering.

However, as Christianity uses commandments as laid down rule to be followed, the precepts in Buddhism are not rules that must be followed. They are just provided for them to use in training for enlightenment, and it is upon each and every Buddhist to either choose to follow them or not. They believe that it is upon each person to develop their constructive attitude. We now need to understand the third precept into much detail.

Just like in every society and religion in the world, Buddhists also do have some views as far as sexuality is concerned. Sexuality is the third of the five precepts that this religion was provided with by their founding father, Gautama Buddha. On the precepts, Buddhists are urged to desist from sexual misconduct. The sexual misconducts include; rape, paraphilia, adultery, sexual pervasions and promiscuity.

Buddhism does not see the sexual practice as a bad thing, but rather what happens after the sexual act. For the Buddhists, the sexual act can have a possible of three consequences. There is the constructive impact, destructive and neutral effects. The sexual pleasure in itself is not evil, but the desire or craving for sexual desire that is in itself wrong and needs to be fought for one to be free of. When one is engulfed by such desires or attachments, they need to work hard to get rid of them, that is, renunciation.

A sexual act in Buddhists is considered destructive when one is driven by greedy desire and attachment. For example, when a person rapes a woman. It focuses on the impact this will have to the rapist. It believes that the rapist will suffer emotionally and should, therefore, consider renunciation to get rid of the desire that drove them to commit the rape in the first place.

Buddhist sexuality

Another destructive attitude the Buddhist believe is the seeking for a perfect partner in a relationship, or even perfect orgasm. When a person haves sex seeking for a perfect orgasm or perfect partner, there is the possibility of dissatisfaction rising. The attitude of dissatisfaction is considered to be destruction because of the unfulfilled desire within the person. This causes frustration and makes the person miserable. In this case, the person should get rid of the feeling of the perfect partner or perfect orgasm to enjoy sex.

There is also the case of extramarital affairs and the sex out of marriage. According to Buddhists, having sex with another person’s partner is also destruction. The sexual act is not condemned, but the consequences. It is viewed that extramarital sex is fuelled by the attitude of dissatisfaction by a partner in a relationship. It is the Buddhists take that extramarital sexual relation cases a lot of unhappiness to the partner, which can destroy a marriage. It is, therefore, important for the individual to fight such desire. Or, to avoid hurting a partner, one should keep their affairs very secretive. When such affairs take place, the perpetrator should be aware of the consequences, which also include divorce.

There is also sexual practices that involve unmarried individuals. This is also blamed on dissatisfaction that arises from the sexual desire for attachments. Buddhism is also against this for the consequences that may occur. Sex within non-marriage is also destructive given Buddhism. This kind of sexual practice may cause unwanted pregnancies or even diseases. Also, abortion is also a possibility.

Understanding Buddhist sexuality

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Digital-sexuality

Digital Revolution and Sexuality

February 4, 2016

Just how much has digital revolution impacted on sexuality?

The world has come a long way regarding the way information is accessed, received or even passed on. This is concerning the time it takes and the efficiency with which one takes to get or pass on a piece of information. Thanks to the digital revolution, information access, retrieval, and dissemination have become quite efficient. On the pre-digital era, it would take considerable effort for one to get a piece of information and yet still, to pass on that same information to the intended recipient. However, with the great revolution that has taken place in the recent years, information access is now a click away.

Digital revolution has seen the emergence of computer technology as the main form of searching for, accessing, retrieving and sending of information from one point to another. The Internet has emerged and with it the social media; WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter among others. It is, therefore, a common knowledge that this development in information availability has some profound effect. The article now talks of digital revolution and sexuality.

Digital revolution and sexuality

Sexuality has, since the ancient times, been treated as sacred. It is sexual feeling or behavior that surfaces when two people are intimate, a state that is now under threat. Thanks to the digital revolution, the sacred value of sexuality is quickly becoming extinct. The emergence of so many digital gadgets and platforms has made in practically impossible for sexuality to be between just two people.

Sexual morality in public and private has been greatly jeopardized through the digital revolution era. The internet is full of sexual contents ranging from nude photos of celebrities and even unknown individuals who post them there for attention from the public. Apart from the nude photo, the internet, and many social media platforms are full of sex tapes and pornographic videos. Exposure to this kind of information has led to great moral decadence. Prostitution has become the in thing as people now tend to pay for sex and others willing to get paid for sex. These are just ideas people who were previously morally upright have got from the digital world.

The digital era has also brought about bad habits like child sex abuse. Teenagers get exposed to sexuality at a very early stage in their development due to the technological advancement, or digital revolution. From the erotic videos they get exposed from the Internet and other networks with explicit sexual contents, teenagers develop the inappropriate urge to explore and experiment on their sexuality. They, therefore, end up having sex at a very early age.

Revolution in the digital world has also brought vices like sexual harassment and violence in sexual practices. People watch those commercial erotic videos and porn posted on the internet, and because of the violent nature of some, they want to put into practice the same. This also leads to addiction in sex as one would get aroused every time they think of porn or watch.

Sexual satisfaction with their partners is also affected by this digital revolution. When someone is addicted to watching porn and the sexual videos available over the internet, they ran the risk of experiencing some dissatisfaction when they have sex with their partners. This is because they will want to put into practice what they watch and because their partners do not have the same experience will not meet their expectation. Apart from that, they may also feel dissatisfied with their bodies. Sexual dissatisfaction with one partner will drive the porn addict to find other partners ending up practicing dangerous sexual practices. Having multiple sexual partners may lead to sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Digital revolution and sexuality

The sexual dissatisfaction caused as a result of too much exposure to the internet pornography, and the unmatched expectations may also lead to practices such as masturbation. This come as a result of the desire for sex that is developed by the individual but is unable to have sex for so reason such as lack of presence of a partner or poor socializing habits that are also developed due to over indulgence on porn watching.

In cases where one is over indulged or addicted to porn viewing, such medical conditions as erectile dysfunction do arise. Victims of porn watching may suffer from the above in that it becomes so hard for them to achieve a normal erection without depending on those videos. It, therefore, make personal relationships for them hard to keep, for whereas one partner will normally function, the other would need some stimulation.

Just how much has digital revolution impacted on sexuality?

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Teen-sexuality

Teens Sexual Disturbance in Digital Age.

February 2, 2016

Teens, Digital Devices, and Sexual Problems

We are in a whole new era; the digital age. The implications of this are both positive and negative depending on what perception one views it on. On teenagers or adolescents, the digital age has caused quite a disturbance on their sexuality.

Access to information has been eased as a result of this new era. Anyone anywhere is now capable of searching, accessing, retrieving and transferring information from practically any location within the globe and teenagers are no exception. The digital age has provided the teens with that platform to access information through personally owned gadgets such as; laptops, iPhones, smartphones, etc. However, it is a common understanding that the information the teenagers seek over the digital platform more so the internet is sexually aligned.

This has led to what can be termed as sexual disturbance or unhealthy sexual behaviors by the teenagers. Before getting to these sexual problems experienced by the teenagers, let us first of all look at the activities the teenagers get involved in as a result of the exposure to the digital platform. Teenagers, as a result of being exposed to the digital platform, has the tendency to watch sexualized videos that are readily available on the internet. Some of them go as far as joining these video chat rooms where they get exposed to nude pictures and videos.

There is also the aspect of sexual exploration. From the experience they get from the chat rooms or networks, teenagers get to explore more about sex, and being teenagers, there is no trusting them that they will be responsible in their exploration. This kind of exploration will usually lead them to pornographic contents on the internet from where they acquire such contents and use them from their gadgets.

teen sexuality and digital age

Social media groups such as those formed on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram among others are some places teenagers get to find or access sexual contents. As a result of being a digital savvy generation, teenagers join such groups in large numbers and end up getting exposed. A part from the social media, there are the smartphone applications such as the “hook-up” apps that these teenagers can easily access due to the digital platform.

The fact that teenagers have gadgets such as smartphones readily available to them has made it possible for them to get engaged in sexting. They therefore get to exchange sex messages with lots of sexual contents.

Effects of Digital Age on Teen Sexuality.

This large exposure of sexual contents to the teenagers has some profound effects on them. Their general development as proper persons with morals and integrity is greatly curtailed.

Teenagers who use or access pornographic contents over the internet,  encounter problems when it comes to interacting with other on a face to face interaction. That is to say that they suffer from social isolation and loneliness. They get captivated by their smartphones or laptops to the extent that they lose that aspect of socializing with others because they tend to have no time for such activities.

There is also the aspect of forming relationships. Teenagers who to get sexual information from the internet tend to encounter serious problems in having relationships with others that actually work. Normally such teenagers will get ideas from the internet gathered across such media as chat rooms and networks and want to apply them in their relationships. For example, they would want to apply what they watch on pornographic contents in their sexual activities with their partners. This kind of adventure normally fails due to lack of satisfaction from the high expectations raised by porn.

effects of digital age on teens sexuality

Sexual addiction is also one problem a teenager is likely to suffer from as a result of exposure as use of digital gadgets. Exposure and accessibility to porn will make a teenager get some sexual inclination which if not controlled lead to sex addiction. He/she will want to put to practice what the watch hence leading to a teenager having too much sex. Again there is the possibility of potential multiple sex partners which is also enhanced by the fact that a teenager can now easily communicate with many partners they meet on social media.

Loss of self-esteem and focus in life among teenagers is also a problem that ca be attributed to the digital age or era. Any teen who gets indulged with watching porn or sexualized video chats will general become reserved and distanced to the outside world. Too much exposure to porn leads to some self-indulgence activities as masturbation which make teenagers loss self-esteem and focus in general.

Teens, Digital Devices, and Sexual Problems

 

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Alcohol kills

Points of action when faced with alcoholism

December 14, 2015

Points of action when faced with alcoholism: How can I avoid drinking?

Alcoholism

Points of action when faced with alcoholism will help you make the right decision towards your ultimate addiction recovery from your alcoholism problem.

Our children often find it very difficult to say no when offered a drink by their friends and this is not doing them any good in the fight against addiction. That is why it has become necessary for us at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center to share with us some few points of action when faced with alcoholism and even other substances. Before we get to that, it will interest you to note that AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is the brain child of doctor Dalal Akoury who is also the MD, President and founder of the same. Doctor Dalal Akoury is a veteran addiction expert who has offered quality and relentless addiction treatment to millions of people across the globe and is still delivering real time solutions to people to date. If you, your child or any one you know is struggling with any kind of addiction, then you can consult with her today by scheduling for an appointment right away. Otherwise for the young people we appreciate that if you are keeping friends who drinking or using drugs are, you may be willing and desiring to let go the drink but their influence won’t let you. That is why we are tailoring this article to suit your individual situation as follows.

Doctor Akoury agrees that even though you inner-self may be saying No, it can be very hard to say “no, thanks” boldly and openly. This happens because we always want to safeguard our relationships and to avoid the risk of feeling rejected or being left out. Even with those challenges, it is still important to stand firm and say no and stick to your No, this can be done in several different strategies. Like for instance you may want to turn down alcohol work for different people without letting them see you as being difficult or distancing yourself from them. For this reason, some people will find it helpful to say no without giving an explanation while others may think that detailing their reasons works better e.g. (“sorry I’m not into drinking,” “sorry I ‘am sitting an exam tomorrow,” sorry I am taking part in a very important game tomorrow,” or “my parents died from drinking and I am not following their footsteps” these are some of the example you can give and still remain relevant to your friends.

Besides the above points, If you still find it difficult to say no to your friends when they offer you alcohol, you can as well shift the blame to your parents or another adult for your refusal by saying that “I am sorry my parents are coming to pick me up soon,” “I ‘am sorry I have already gotten in serious trouble for drinking once with the authorities and I can’t do it again,” or “better still you may say that “my coach would kill me if I drink before the game,” these are some of the better ways of communicating your refusal to your friend and because they too (teen) experience the same challenges, they will surely excuse you without any form of victimization.

Points of action when faced with alcoholism: Marry making and outings

Marry making and outings are serious threats to sinking into alcoholism and therefore it is important that as an individual, each time you’re going to a party where alcoholic drinks will be served, it is important that you up your game plan by coming up with a working strategy towards escape in advance. You and a friend can develop a signal for when it’s time to leave. Besides that you can also make sure that you have plans to do something besides just hanging out in someone’s basement drinking beer all night. Plan a trip to the movies, the mall, a concert, or a sports event. You might also organize your friends into a volleyball, bowling, or softball team any activity that gets you moving. Self-esteem is a factor to consider it therefore means that girls or guys who have strong self-esteem are less likely to become problem drinkers than people with low self-esteem.

Points of action when faced with alcoholism: Where you can get help from?

If you think you have a drinking problem, getting help as soon as possible is very necessary. The best approach is to talk to an adult you trust. If you can’t approach your parents, talk to your doctor, school counselor, clergy member, aunt, or uncle. It can be hard for some people to talk to adults about these issues, but a supportive person in a position to help can refer students to a drug and alcohol counselor for evaluation and treatment. In some states, this treatment is completely confidential. After assessing a teen’s problem, a counselor may recommend a brief stay in rehab or outpatient treatment. These treatment centers help a person gradually overcome the physical and psychological dependence on alcohol.

Points of action when faced with alcoholism: What if I’m concerned about someone else’s drinking?

Because we owe one another the duty of care we must show concern to our friends who are strongly into alcohol and drugs. It is normal to be living in a home with one or both parents who are abusing alcohol and not just parents even other relatives. This can be annoying and in the process may make you angry, scared, and depressed. Even though this is a possibility it is important to appreciate that many people can’t control their drinking without help and that is why we all must show concern because alcoholism is an illness that needs to be treated just like other illnesses. One important point about alcoholism is that people with drinking problems many at times can’t stop drinking until they are ready to admit that they have a problem that needs to be sorted out professionally. During this period of denial, many family members and loved ones have a feeling of depressed and helpless. However the good news is that we have experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury who can help you get well in the most human way with a lot of dignity and high standard of confidentiality. All you need to do is to schedule for an appointment with doctor Akoury and you will have your life back and live it to the fullest.

Points of action when faced with alcoholism: How can I avoid drinking?

 

 

 

 

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