Talking of Gods - what of heaven?
These days not much is said about life after death, at least not in my world. Heaven and hell seem to have lost favour. The idea of us all meeting our loved ones in heaven, after we die, has always seemed fraught with potential problems. As an old roué there were several factors to consider. First I had to get there, not as easy as it may seem, I've not always been a really good boy. Then having passed through the gates there would be those loved ones, waiting. Presumably there would be those that I loved, and those that loved me about whom I had never felt quite the same. Then what would be done of those that I had loved, or desired at least, but for whom ardour had waned?Choices would have to be made, for emotions tend to be ranked; a wife being more important than a lover, even though the male mind seems capable of loving more than one person at a time, women seem to have a different outlook. I recall some research, conducted years ago, on the male gay population in California, where 1,000 sexual partners was found not to be so unusual (this was pre-AIDS, and that must have changed outlooks). The researchers concluded that males who are not laden with responsibilities are promiscuous.
Our society used to place demands upon young males. Getting a girl in the 'club' was socially unacceptable, and the pair were expected to get married, for the good of the child and for society.
Today that has changed. The male can walk away, leaving the woman, and the tax-payer, to pick up the tab. It may be useful to bring back guilt.
It will make it simpler when we do get to heaven.
posted by Suffolk Notes @ 10:40 am
2 Comments:
"Fools rush in..." (meaning me not you)
For starters you must remember any heaven refers to a place for souls not bodies (a difficult leap particularly for guys)
And a study of California gays tells us nothing about a random sampling. They're typical of nothing, not even other gays.
As for men's responsibility for children....women must understand that they can't allow their bodies to be breeding grounds for children THEY can't support because even without the degenerates who breed from lust, there is always the natural loss of partners that will make them a burden on society.
Enough of my US logic of radical sociology.
Thanks Nan, but the Californian gays are interesting, if only because they have no association with women, and tend to have economic independence, so they have choice: a factor not available to many of us. As for making women understand, I'll leave that to better minds than mine. Souls or bodies they'll still be lined up looking for approval - won't they?
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