You see, I do understand.
First of all, this is an entirely different statement then you've made previously. You seem to be shifting your words to suit the moment and it makes you appear inconsistent to me.
Also, I thought you were a Catholic and believed there is some divine plan behind and purpose for everything. How does your seeming acceptance of evolution and use of it to defend your position fit into that?
It doesn't matter whether you're talking about nature's order as being a result of "God's will" or simple chance as ordained by practical feasibility. It is ultimately the same thing.
Assuming that God actually exists in the first place, and was the creator, and therefore designer, of the physical universe, it logically follows that nothing in that universe would have occurred without his knowledge or foresight. In short, if the world works a certain way, it is only because he
made it that way in the first place.
Lastly, we are more highly evolved creatures today then we were at (assuming you're right) whatever primitive level of our evolution we may have been at when we were driven purely by instinct. As higher functioning animals we have the capacity to override our instincts (ie: dieting, suicide) So the argument that at some point some kind of base instinct was driving our sexual behavior and there was no pleasure present seems irrelevant when arguing why more evolved humans seek it out today
Okay, but what does that change?
The simple fact of the matter is that the vast majority of people don't really think about
why they want sex one way or the other. They seek it out more or less innately.
They do so, because they are being driven primarily by instinct and biological programming which is almost completely beyond their control.
A person can think whatever pretty thoughts they want. At the end of the day, however, they are still ultimately beholden to their physical body, their physical mind, and all the intrinsic wants, needs, and limitations that come along with them.
In this case, it simply happens to be an objectively observable fact that the primary reason why the human body and human instinct so strongly desire sexual activity in the first place, is because the act serves a reproductive function which ensures the survival of the species as a whole, and of an individual's own genetic lineage in particular. Sexuality wouldn't exist at all without that greater purpose. It would simply be a waste of time, energy, and resources that could be better spent elsewhere.
Frankly, that's exactly what "recreational" sex is today when one removes the reproductive element as well.
I mean... Really, do you not see the intrinsic irony of suggesting that human beings are "evolved" enough to overcome their animal instincts, while, at the same time, lauding the virtues of messily smooshing up against one another for basically no other reason than instinctual drive and the natural chemical "high" that goes along with it?
You are advocating a lot of things here. However, I wouldn't say that dignified and restrained "conquest of nature" is really one of them. :lol: