Sex (and yes, sex was God’s idea) is no different. God created it, and therefore it is reasonable to expect that it is good. But when man distorts it by ignoring God's specific standards, it becomes harmful and destructive. So the question we've asked 'why save sex for marriage' is really a question of understanding God's purpose and design for sex. We can choose to do things God's way, and experience the beauty of His plan, or we can choose to do things our way, and experience harm and destruction (Proverbs 16:25).
Allowing gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders to do things “our way” is wrong because religious people, especially those like Rick Warren, believe we must do it “God’s way.” (Keep your eyes opened for the release of Cosmo’s 123 Ways to Do It God’s Way and the DVD release of Hustler’s “Be Fruitful and Multiply”.)
ChristiansAnswers.net further explains:
Gay activists claim that homosexual activity is nobody's business other than those involved in the relationship. However, this is not true. God, our Designer and Creator, has authority over all aspects of our lives. He makes the rules, and He quite specifically forbids homosexual behavior.
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination” (Leviticus 18:22; see also Leviticus 20:13).
Disobedience of such a clear command indicates rejection of God's authority.
And we cannot have that. There will be no rejecting God’s authority! Not on this Earth. And so, in response to the widespread trend in American culture to be ignorant of God and rejecting of Him, Warren has put together and given a sermon for “affair-proofing your marriage.”
Pastor Warren’s sermon may take you back to the days of high school when your gym teachers engaged in sex education and taught you about the birds and the bees. But, you will quickly see that Pastor Warren goes beyond that and gives humanity the self-help it needs to keep relationships not just holy but healthy.
Warren opens his sermon by stating:
“God is no kill-joy. God invented sex. But like everything it must be controlled. He wants us to use it not abuse it. All of God's gifts have limitations on them. God has given us the gift of water. You can't live without water. But too much of it and you'll drown. God has given us fire. Fire can either warm you or burn you. It's how you handle it.”
You see, sex can drown you and burn you. Like the wind, it can blow. And like the earth, it can rock.
When describing how to manage the mind, Warren says later in the sermon:
“What do Christians do with their fantasies? Deny them? Repress them? I think Scripture tells us we are to turn them into the positive. If you are married, turn that sexual energy into your marriage. If love is the motivating force behind those fantasies the sky's the limit and with God's blessing. If you're single you need to turn your sex drive to creative dynamic ways to serve God and other people. Don't repress your sexual drive, don't release it illegitimately, but rechannel it in a way that pleases God.”
Now, I don’t know about you. But, from what I know, I think the thought of God watching over me while in the act would actually effect my sexual performance negatively. I also don’t know if the wife would want thoughts of lust and yearning to translate into hours of Kama Sutra consultation.
And as a single male, exactly what kind of service to God or other people do you want me to give as a way to control my sex drive? Should I start a soup kitchen? Work at a summer camp? Go door-to-door preaching the word of God?
What if people ask me where I get my vibrant energy? Should I tell them I am doing this because of my drive for sex? And how might that make an omniscient and omnipotent God feel? Would I be sinning?
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