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The Bible Is Unfortunately Unclear On A Long List Of Moral And Social Questions And Sex Is One Of Them. On The One Hand, There Are Expressions Of Admiration For The Reportedly Virgin Mother Of Jesus, But Other Portions Of Scripture Speak Quite Accommodatingly Of Polygamy.

Consider The Wave Of Revulsion That Floods The Average Person When He Or She Hears Of The Practice Of Human Sacrifice By The Aztecs And Other So-called Primitive Peoples. How Savage And Barbaric Such Practices Seem. But When A Christian Or Jew Comes Across Human Sacrifice In The Bible (see Jephthah's Immolation Of His Daughter In Judges 11:30-40), Is He Or She Repulsed?

Laughter Would Appear To Be A Physical Reflex, Although Even If It Is, This Still Leaves Unanswered The Question Of Why The Human Response To Humor Is A Convulsive Spasm Of The Respiratory Mechanism Rather Than A Crossing Of The Eyes Or A Waving Of The Arms.

The Problem Is That Once The Untrained Mind Has Made A Formal Commitment To A Religious Philosophy - And It Does Not Matter Whether That Philosophy Is Generally Reasonable And High-minded Or Utterly Bizarre And Irrational

I Do Not Understand Those Who Take Little Or No Interest In The Subject Of Religion. If Religion Embodies A Truth, It Is Certainly The Most Important Truth Of Human Existence. If It Is Largely Error, Then It Is One Of Monumentally Tragic Proportions—and Should Be Vigorously Opposed.