{"id":3705,"date":"2024-11-13T16:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2024-11-13T16:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:41:49","slug":"supporting-sexual-morality-vs-speculating-about-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/?p=3705","title":{"rendered":"<h4>Supporting Sexual Morality vs. Speculating about Satan<\/h4>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am thinking about dropping my project of  writing a booklet <a href=\"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/?p=2795\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2795\"> rationalizing belief in Satan? <\/a>  and turning to revising <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/confrontingsexua0000kiel\">my book <\/a>book on sexual morality. Would any conceptual scheme I develop in which there is a place for a Satan-like being convince anyone?  Indeed, it would not be the conceptual scheme which convinced me of the reality of Satan if I am so convinced. Is it not more important to convince people of the reality of sexual evil?   That means convincing people of the incorrectness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/?p=1209\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1209\"> Moral Neutrality of Sexuality<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is sexual morality so important? I cite two reasons which I did not present in the first edition of my book. In the October 2024 issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2024\/10\/the-way-forward-after-dobbs\">First Things, <\/a> we can read in Ryan T. Anderson&#8217;s, <em>The Way Forward After Dobb<\/em>s, &#8220;Nonmarital sex is the main cause of abortion. Marriage is the best protector of unborn human life.&#8221; Another is the vast increase in viewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/experimentations\/201803\/4-ways-porn-use-causes-problems?msockid=0a2b20e9441b64ab310434b6451a6527\">pornography<\/a> as examined in Grant H. Brenner MD&#8217;s   Pychology Today article &#8220;4 Ways Porn Use Causes Problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my book, I advocated the traditional , which has been taught by the Catholic Church, sexual morality as an antidote for nihilism. I am still certain that traditional sexual morality is an antidote for nihilism.  Unfortunately, it is being undercut by some leading Catholics. See for instance:  <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2023\/02\/03\/cardinal-mcelroy-inclusion-sexualty-244650\">Cardinal McElroy: Sex and sin need a new framework in the church | America Magazine<\/a><\/em> . Even the current Pope is less than supportive of traditional Catholic sexual morality. See, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=42385e04e9f3f4dbJmltdHM9MTcyNjg3NjgwMCZpZ3VpZD0wYTJiMjBlOS00NDFiLTY0YWItMzEwNC0zNGI2NDUxYTY1MjcmaW5zaWQ9NTI4OA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=3&amp;fclid=0a2b20e9-441b-64ab-3104-34b6451a6527&amp;psq=Pope+Francis+on+sexual+morality&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmNyb25saW5lLm9yZy9mcmFuY2lzLXNleHVhbC1tb3JhbGl0eS1kZXRlcm1pbmVkLWNhc2UtY2FzZS1ldmVuLXRyYW5zZ2VuZGVy&amp;ntb=1\">Pope Francis on sexual moralit<\/a>y<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am thinking about dropping my project of writing a booklet rationalizing belief in Satan? and turning to revising my book book on sexual morality. Would any conceptual scheme I develop in which there is a place for a Satan-like being convince anyone? Indeed, it would not be the conceptual scheme which convinced me of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/?p=3705\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/p>\n<h4>Supporting Sexual Morality vs. Speculating about Satan<\/h4>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3728,"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions\/3728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charleskielkopf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}