To all former believers: was sex more fun when you still feared an all seeing, all knowing, wrathful God? For me, agnostic sex is still awesome, but without the fear of eternal damnation, it's not as risky or exciting. I also got a kinky thrill thinking the old guy in the sky was floating on a cloud, judging me. Thoughts?
Just a different brain I guess, but that didn't make it more fun. It terrified me. I took eternal damnation very seriously. Way more fun with only two people in the room judging me.
Sex is probably more fun and certainly more abundant as an atheist. I would love to find someone suitable for a permanent relationship, but until that time I will just continue to enjoy life as I do now. If there was a god, and if I was damned for my proclivities it would be out of jealousy. Hahaha.
I have never been a believer, yet sex, in my opinion , needs to be kept kinky and lustful!
Not even a little. Much, MUCH better without the guilt.
And I’ve never been aroused by kink so... yeah.
I never bought original sin, nor any sexual shame. It was always something natural, healthy and fun*. I can't imagine that my experiences would have been better with some weird psychological hangups attached. I always knew I was luckier than most in that regard.
Really? I never was burdened with that. I barely had a clue about sex when I started dating and both of us were virgins and without the idea of sin - his sister had medical training and we read thru her medical books and figured out how not to get pregnant. We had great fun learning and exploring. I guess our thrill came from outdoor sex since we both were still living at home with our parents so sneaking out of the house undetected had it's own adrenaline rush.
Playground of the mind and all, I don't have to believe in it to make use of it.
Sex is awesome. But it's fabulous if you have someone you really care deeply about to share it with.
The original sin thing is what made me an atheist at age 11. I did not do sex then. So, no to your question.
I got the reverse as a teenager. The JW's came knocking while my mum was out, had a conversation that seemed to make a lot of sense, and left me with a book. I was religious for 3 days after that, and given that meant God was watching me masturbate, gave that up, too. That was actually the deal breaker on day 3. I decided I'd rather have the release than the faith.
There's plenty of excitement still to be found in sex. Perhaps look at expanding your repertoire a little, if you have a suitably broadminded partner. There's plenty of stuff you can get off on the perceived wrongness and shock value of. I won't tell you mine, except that they're all perfectly legal and between consenting adults.
nah...I mean most of my sex has been as a non-believer and is a big reason why I am one.
So I think the opposite is more true for me. I enjoyed sex and thought religion had dumb rules about it...people do too sometimes but sex is awesome and always thrilling.
I don't get a great thrill out of "taboo"...maybe once upon a time but because I try not judging or imposing limits "taboo" for many is not for me.
Had long ago figured out original sin was BS before having sex.
I was never a follower, so it's always been great for me. ???
Honestly no? The Bible teaches that it's something to be ashamed of. I felt free letting go of false pretenses of religion and had better sexual experiences after learning to not feel bad that I was having sex with multiple partners before I was married.
i have been an atheist since i was 15. i was a virgin. but i never believed in original sin anyway, and the god in which i kind of loosely believed was not wrathful. i was raised a secular jew. we don't have any of that. all-seeing, that was the cool part as i was a lonely child.
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