Sex is like fire: Necessary for life, very powerful, but very dangerous if misused. Religions, however, reflect and often distort life's various realities.
In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the double reality of sex is reflected in the high and central view of marriage, which is meant to be like the hearth at the centre of the home in an old-style homestead: The place of warmth, the place of cooking, the place where the fire can be enjoyed and effective without burning the house down.
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