Western culture has rejected the Biblical sexual ethic.
This has been in process for a long time, beginning with the enlightenment but especially escalating with the sexual revolution of the 1960s which has continued up until today. The Biblical sexual ethic which has been rejected would include:
So what is the postmodern sexual ethic? If there isn't one, then why is everyone up in arms about "sexual misconduct"?
This has been in process for a long time, beginning with the enlightenment but especially escalating with the sexual revolution of the 1960s which has continued up until today. The Biblical sexual ethic which has been rejected would include:
- Sex only within the confines of marriage
- Sex inextricably connected to the having and raising of children
- Sex between one man and one woman
- Sex as a vehicle of service, intimacy, and commitment rather than an act of self expression and self fulfillment
- Deviance from the Biblical norm understood to be sin and in need of repentance
So what is the postmodern sexual ethic? If there isn't one, then why is everyone up in arms about "sexual misconduct"?