izaaz101 said:
sapphi_snake said:
izaaz101 said:
Yes, only with your spouse(s). Adultery is a sin which is viewed quite harshly, for both sexes.
And yes, religion and culture do tend to overlap, but in many instances, Middle Eastern practices have become synonymous with Islam, to the point where these practices are assumed to be a part of the religion (which then causes people like Joelcool7 to refer to my entire religion as an "extremist group").
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Well, FTR lots of cultural practices have essentially become synonimous with religion over here in Romania (like wedding rituals, rituals when someone dies, honoring the dead etc.), even though they're not actually mentioned in any religious texts and practiced in other countries who practice the same religion. These things tend happen.
As for the sex in Islam thing, I thought that in more traditional societies it's impossible for a man to commit adultery, unless he has sex with a married woman, thus commiting adultery against her husband (you can only commit adultery against men). Of course I don't know much about Islam, so I can't say for certain.
Also, from what I know Abrahambic religions see sex as something dirty and impure. I read somehwere that in Islam, when a male ejaculates he needs to go through several rituals to become pure again, as sperm is viewed as impure. In other words, Abrahamic have a very sex negative attitude (as opposed to religions like hindusim, where sex is viewed as something that uplifts people), so I find it odd that you say that Islam encourages sex often. Also, does this sex have to be for reproductive puropses only?
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Nope, men are bound by the same restrictions - only engage in sex with your wife (however, a man is able to have up to 4 wives, which does allow more sexual freedom, but only for the man). And adultery is what the word translates to roughly (I think the arabic word is "zinnah,") but it does refer to extramarital sex, for both a man and a woman.
Sex itself isn't really seen as impure or dirty, if it's between married people. In fact it's encouraged, and not only for the sake of conceiving a child (for instance contraceptives are allowed in Islam). Sex is described as something that helps a marriage as it brings the husband and wife closer together. There's times of engaging in sex and types of sex that are dirty/impure/prohibited. Pre-marital sex, sex when a woman is experiencing her period, anal sex, and homsexual sex are some that come to mind offhand.
Sperm is an impure fluid, and the man does have to re-purify himself, but it's not really a series of rituals, it's tantamount to taking a shower.
And I didn't know that hinduism is very pro-sex, but I find it odd that India is very...conserved when it comes sex, when hinduism is the dominant religion. I wonder what accounts for that?
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