>>21 it is not only selfish but also inconsiderate for the pain of the unborn. childbirth is bad not only because of overpopulation (if anything, that'd be the lowest argument against it on my list. earth needs no saving, it can save itself.) but mainly because it forces someone to suffer when there never had to be a someone there to begin with. what i hate to see the most is how coveted of a commodity infants seem to be in the society around me. everyone wants to have babies, everyone congratulates endlessly those who have them, like an infant is a wholly good thing in and of itself. oftentimes couples will have babies almost casually, like it's no big deal, something that'll just work itself out. no consideration is ever shown for the pain that the infant has to go through, first simply from being born, and then from growing up, experiencing feelings and wasting away. that right there, is true evil. the worst genociders and torturers don't even come to the heel of reproducers in terms of ill will.
>>21 It MAY lead to a transfer of an STD? Obviously, if you have STDs you should not be having sex with people who do not have STDs. But that's not immoral because "all sex is immoral". It's immoral because giving people STDs is immoral. You choose to have feelings of shame and guilt. You choose to react and respond to your surroundings in an unhealthy or a healthy way. Shame and guilt over a consensual activity that should otherwise be entirely positive for both people involved is a skill issue that can be changed. It's not an innate property of those people who experience it. And it's certainly not the other party's fault.
>>21 Sex is the dance of trying to coordinate the animalistic and spiritual wills, in that even a thought or lapse of judgment by either individual makes such wills conflict, thereby damaging both individuals psychically and/or physically. In the case of a perfect coordination, which is impossible as humans are flawed, such acts only repair while not damaging both individuals and their potential offspring. For example, the incidence of sufferings and diseases caused by sex are highly correlated with how much of the acts prior to them were done to only satiate animalistic urges. Sex can be overall good and used primarily as a tool to increase love but often is not causing many issues we see especially today. It is understandable and surely wise to avoid it if you know you cannot handle the damage it can cause you and/or others. Good thing sex energy can be poured into productive endeavors besides procreation, namely anything involving effort and creativity.
it is not only selfish but also inconsiderate for the pain of the unborn. childbirth is bad not only because of overpopulation (if anything, that'd be the lowest argument against it on my list. earth needs no saving, it can save itself.) but mainly because it forces someone to suffer when there never had to be a someone there to begin with. what i hate to see the most is how coveted of a commodity infants seem to be in the society around me. everyone wants to have babies, everyone congratulates endlessly those who have them, like an infant is a wholly good thing in and of itself. oftentimes couples will have babies almost casually, like it's no big deal, something that'll just work itself out. no consideration is ever shown for the pain that the infant has to go through, first simply from being born, and then from growing up, experiencing feelings and wasting away. that right there, is true evil. the worst genociders and torturers don't even come to the heel of reproducers in terms of ill will.