Reply #129: And therein lies the difference

[AngryOldDem]

>>Dear Pope--no religion will ever convince normal sexual human beings that sex is wrong, or dirty or not to be indulged in. It will impose inordinate and undeserved guilt perhaps, but will not stop one of the most beautiful expressions of the human being --- ever.>>

This assumes that human beings are no better than lower animals -- our urges, while natural, are uncontrollable, and we can show no frame of context in which to express these urges. We do not have any self-control, or self-regulation.

I like to think I'm a little higher on the evolutionary plain than that.

Your above definition of sex illustrates nicely the hedonistic attitude that the Pope is criticizing. In effect, you made his point for him.