EDP 363 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Review on Tantric YogaII. BuddhismIII. Note on religionIV. Lau TsuV. Judaism Outline of Current Lecture I. Judaism (review/continuation)II. New Testament III. Dates to RememberCurrent LectureI. Judaism (review/continuation)a. The first major religion that separates spirituality from sexuality. Practices were ordered to have sex in (but only in) the state of marriage. A persons greatest curse is to be barren/sterile (not able to have children).b. All heroes are married. II. New Testament a. A complete separation of spirituality and sexuality (much greater than any religion before).b. Pauli. 60 AD (no gospels had existed yet)ii. Never met Jesusiii. Wrote two thirds of the New Testament by himselfiv. Thought to be the first writer in the New Testamentc. 1st Corinthians (Paul)i. It is a good thing to remain single but if you can not control your sexual urges go ahead and marry, although this is the secondary path (marriage is the B track while chastity is the A track). This is why priests/nuns take vows of chastity.ii. All heroes are single and there is not even one sex story in the New Testament.1. There are no stories of Jesus (the male hero) experiencing any lustor engaging in sexual activities of any kind; was not even tempted These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.by sex. The Virgin Mary (the female hero) is important because she is a pure and innocent virgin (experienced no lust).d. 1st Galatians (Paul)i. The flesh and the spirit are at war with each other. You can’t belong to Jesus if you crucify all of your self indulgences/lust.e. Book of Matthew (Matthew)i. Some are born sterile and some choose to be virgins for the kingdom of heaven. ii. Divorce is allowed if your wife or husband cheats. BUT you aren’t allowed to remarry another person. If you want sex or to remarry than you must remarry your original, now ex-wife/ex-husband). The penalty for adultery was stoning to death.f. Book of Luke (Luke)i. Roman Catholics interpret brothers (i.e., Jesus’s brothers) to mean any relative, as they believe that Jesus didn’t have any siblings.g. Role between men and womeni. 1st Book of Timothy (Paul)1. How women should act in an assembly:a. Women are to dress quietly and modestly without gold or jewelry, braided hair, or expensive clothes (as these things are meant to attract other people to you and takes others minds off of god and onto self).b. During instruction women should be quiet and respectful.c. No permission to teach or tell a man what to do (which is why a woman can’t e a priest and why nuns can’t lead services).d. Women ought not to speak.2. Reasons:a. Because Adam was the first form and Eve came afterwards and the lead him astray.b. Women can be saved if they have children, hence why the church doesn’t allow birth control (the sole purpose of sex is to have children, NOT LUST).ii. 1st Book of Peter (Paul)1. Wives shall be obedient to husbands like Sarah to Abraham and call him “My Lord”.2. Husbands must consider their wives, while they may be the weaker partner.h. Book of Revelations (the last book in the New Testament)i. The redeemed are the ones who kept their virginity (speaking to men) and have not been defiled by women.ii. The virgins follow Jesus wherever he goes and will be redeemed as the best.i. Gospels vary, leading to disputes between groups. i. None of Paul’s writings (or Mark’s writings or the gospels of John) mentioned a virgin birth of Jesus. Only Matthew and Luke mention the virgin birth story.ii. 400 AD – the church decidedIII. Dates to Remember (don’t need to memorize the dates, but do know the chronological order)a. 313 – Constantine (the Roman emperor) converted to Christianity  the Roman empire becomes Christian over night and people were prosecuted for praying to Roman gods.b. 354-430 – Saint Augustinei. Tried to rid himself of lust and sex but failed and had sex with both men and women.ii. Claims that the original sin (Adam and Eve) gets passed down from generation to generation through sex/lust, and therefore all people are born in a state of sin. iii. If Jesus is perfect, he can’t be born through lust  must have been a virgin birth!iv. So how will we have children when Jesus comes back (and there is no more lust)? “The City of God”1. The penis is moved by the command of the will and will have sex without lust and only with the innocence of the mind, therefore the body will remain pure. Orgasms will also result from commandof the will.c. 570 – Birth of Mohammed: Qu’rani. The Muslim god (Allah) is still the same god as the Jewish god and the Christian god.ii. Believe and accept the Old Testament as well as the New Testament.iii. Do not believe Jesus had a virgin birth.iv. Believed that Mohammed is the last of the great prophets.v. Teachings on sexuality are very similar to that of the Old Testament1. Men can have 1+ wives if they can care for/support them.a. Mohammad had 9 wives and concubines.2. Sex is allowed but only in the state of marriage.3. Women were thought to be more sexual than men (which is why they are separated during prayer).vi. Always pray toward the Kaaba (Mecca).vii. Frown upon masturbation.viii. Women thought to be temptresses  have to wear full dress (and sometimes a hijab) to cover themselves.d. 1225-1274: Thomas Aquinas (priest)i. Had access to ancient bibles n their original/historic languages and could translate.ii. If a woman gives birth to a male she is unclean for 7 days; if she gives birth to a female she is unclean for 14 days. Her blood is impure (and therefore she cannot go to the temple) for 33 days for a male child and 66days for a female child.iii. Influenced Catholic feelings on abortion.iv. Note: neither the Old Testament nor the New Testament mentions abortion.1. When a woman is first pregnant the spirit is not yet present. It is once god’s spirit enters the womb that the child is alive and abortion is no longer allowed (although it is allowed before this period)a. For males this happens during the 4th-5th weekb. For females this happens during the 8th-10th week2. A woman must go to the priest to ask for an abortion (as god is the only one who knows the gender of the baby, and if the priest asks god he will tell him). The priest will ask for a donation in order to help clear his mind