Maybe God isn't the sex police, Richard. Sometimes I think Christians get all hung up on the sex thing because it's easier to worry about sex than to ask yourself, am I a good person? If as long as you don't have sex with a lot of people, that's easy. [:] It makes it easy to be cruel, because as long as you're not fucking around, nothing you do can be that bad. Is that really all you think of God?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Focusing solely on sexual purity can distract from broader moral character development.
- In plain terms
- Worrying only about sex ignores being a good person overall.
- What can you take from it?
- Moral integrity involves more than just sexual behavior.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you measure if you are a good person?
Another view
The critique targets a specific religious stereotype not universal to all.
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