Pray For Japan. Or Maybe Do Something That Actually Helps.
I’m getting sick of seeing “Pray for Japan” signs and slogans everywhere on the Internet. How is praying for Japan going to help? If god actually cared about Japan in the first place he wouldn’t have allow the earthquake and tsunami to happen so why ask him now to help people he obviously was intent on destroying in the first place? Unless he didn’t want the earthquake and tsunami to happen, then he is not all powerful so why bother asking him to intervene? If he didn’t have the power to stop it in the first place what makes you believe that he can do anything to help now? Ah, you say, the earthquake and tsunami were his will. Well then, if it was his will, the why try to get him to do anything since whatever is going to happen is also his will so prayer wouldn’t make a difference anyway.
Prayer by its very nature is an attempt to get god to do something that we want him to do, or in other words, to try to get him to change the outcome of a future that he has already planned out anyway. In this case then, prayer is useless. God has decided what will happen and asking for things to work out differently than what he has planned is useless, so therefore prayer is useless. The only reasonable course of action in a universe with an all-knowing god is to just go with the flow. If you pray and it works out how you wanted, it was going to be that way anyway so your prayer effectively had no effect. If you pray and it doesn’t work out the way you wanted then it wasn’t god’s will and again, your prayer had no effect. Praying does nothing to help or change anything because god has already decided what is going to happen anyway. Of course all this assumes that an all-powerful, all-knowing god even exists. You all should know by now how I feel about that.
If you really want to help Japan, donate time or money to organizations that are actually doing something to help. Pray if it makes you feel better, but don’t assume that your prayer will in anyway help anyone.
The Shame of the Shame of Sex
I had an amazing, day-long conversation on FB with an old, dear friend and a new friend of hers that she introduced me to. The conversation was about sex. It ranged from the innate beauty of the penis, the importance (or lack thereof) of penis size, the the sensitivity and depth of the vaginal canal, female ejaculation, what constitutes real intimacy, the consciousness shattering of shared mutual orgasms, to my new friend (a woman) giving me male masturbation advice that included interesting and clever devices.
There was mutual agreement that the shame associated with sex in our society is almost always motivated by males trying to maintain their supposed privilege where they feel that they have control over women, especially their sexuality. This we all also agreed is complete and utter bullshit.
I’ve said it before here, anything that happens between consenting adults, regardless of gender, orientation, or numbers of people involved, is perfectly OK and, more importantly, perfectly natural.
In the end, intimacy, both physical and emotional, come down to the following: openness, honesty, and respect. One of these lovely women mentioned to me that she had problems with men because they viewed her openness as a invitation to hit on her. She said that she never could figure out the rules. I told her that I have three rules, which are stated above: openness, honesty, and respect. And those rules apply to all relationships of all types, not just sexual ones.
It was one of the most fascinating and stimulating (pun intended) conversations I’ve ever had. I found it so refreshing to be able to talk to women who were so comfortable with their sexuality and so confident in themselves. They are both also very articulate and intelligentand they showed great respect to myself and each other. I find these traits in a women to be irresistibly attractive.
The problem with many men is that they find these traits in women to be highly threatening. They can’t deal with a woman who is so secure and comfortable in her sexuality. I believe it truly frightens them. It is because they have this false sense of privilege that leads them to believe that they must control the women in their lives.
Personally, I find it liberating, fascinating, and beautiful.
Oh and I learned something else very interesting in the discussion yesterday. One of the women has studied the sexual practices and mores of ancient societies. Did you know that women in ancient Greece loved small penises? They considered large penises grotesque. As Spock would say, fascinating!
How comfortable are you with your sexuality? How about with the sexuality of others? Comments are most welcomed and encouraged.
Fuck You Very, Very Much. Music for The Secular Crowd.
Here is a wonderful song to all the conservative douche bags out there who love to tell everyone else how to live their lives.
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