Genesis

• How does Genesis link to sexual ethics?


  God created Adam and Eve in his image and part of that was to have sexual relations and reproduce
• how was sexual ethics prior to the fall?


  prior to the fall: Adam and Eve had sex because it was to have sexual relations and reproduce. Adam and Eve walked in the garden with God as part of its foundation
• how was sexual ethics after the fall?


  relationship between man and God changes as does the place of sexual relationship
• what did God say to the women after the fall?


  "i will greatly multiply your pain during childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, an he shall rule over you"
• what does Genesis put forward?


  negative and positive aspects of sex and relationships
• what are areas that were affected after the fall?


  pain of childbirth

  sexual desire- lust and obsession

  husband ruling over wife- sexual dominance
• how was sex after the fall?


  after fall, sex is no longer be intrinsically good, but rather must have an alternative purpose for humanity to pursue: reproduction