Well, according to you, in order for sexual intercourse not to be a selfish act it does.
Indeed.
How is it not?
The sexual act is pleasure.
(A pleasure I like very much, btw
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Pleasure is selfish. it is true that when you have sex, hopefully, you try causing pleasure to your partner, yet the pleasure is still a selfish act. selfish in the sense that you enjoy sex, meaning you get something for yourself.
Giving life, makes the act non selfish rather an act for giving the most valuable thing we can give.
In other words, in order for sexual intercourse not to be a selfish act it must be done with the intent of procreating.
Yep.
Ergo, " every act of sexual intercourse must have procreation as its goal.''
Nope. fix it to this:
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every act of sexual intercourse must have procreation as its goal
in order to not be a thing of selfishness.''
So what? Being omniscient god knows when the life of a fetus will end in miscarriage, and in as much as he is omnipotent and has the ability to stop it, but chooses not to, he therefore elects to kill it.
It seems you think of God is a human
it is not.
It is not a living breathing creature that waves its hands and "kills" the unborn child.
Everything works in a specific way. we lack the information of why and how it works, yet the fact is it still works that way.
Sometimes people die, sometimes they don't.
Sometimes people should die, and they don't.
Trying to figure out what happened why is not something we can achieve.
Well, he could remove the onus selfishness from sex for pure pleasure, which would give people permission to use contraceptives and have guiltless sex for a change.
What would be the point of that?
It can take the pleasure out of everything that we shouldn't do, yet it will render useless to us to live in this world.
The entire point of our existence to feel pleasure. the trick is to realize what is the right pleasure and what is the wrong one.
There is pleasure that doesn't benefit us, there is pleasure that hurts us and there is a pleasure that brings joy and value to everyone.
Pick what type of pleasure you want to live by... its up to you.
Most of what we do is try to get through life as happily as possible.
Exactly.
So just where do you draw this selfishness line?
Any act that is motivated from selfish reasons, has no benefit, not to yourself and not to others (obviously).
Is there anything you won't give up in order to derive personal satisfaction? I bet there is. I bet you won't give up your car, home, and good food just so those less fortunate than yourself may have it a little better.
You are right, and that's one of humans biggest problem. I as many others, care for my family and self. I am selfish, i won't deny it.
One shouldn't harm himself in order to help others, but if i was a better person, i without a doubt donate more to those in need. I fail to do so and I am in the middle of the learning process of how to become such a person.
I'll bet good money your not some ascetic who uses a library computer and begs for food on the corner.
Nope. you shouldn't bet any money, you can just ask and i'll tell you
Nope, I bet there a lot of "selfish" things you do.
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Most of them, unfortunately.
At times i cover it up with stupid excuses. many times I say to myself, how can i do this, i cant afford it and things like that.
It is a hard fight to fight to become a less selfish person.
I don't think there are many such people in the world.
This, however, doesn't mean it is not wrong.
I do many things very wrong. I've hurt people before (not physically that is), I am sure i will hurt people in the future.
The only thing I can do now, is realize what i do wrong and try my best to become better.
I envy those who dedicate their lives to help others, and I am sure they have a much more satisfying life than mine.
