Religious people still have sex, they just feel worse about it

[Amby 490]

The results of a massive study on sexuality and religion has produced some interesting statistics. Researchers Darrel Ray and Amanda Brown conducted their study, "Sex and Secularism," on a group of 14,500 adults, investigating the result of religion on the participants' sexual satisfaction.

It seems that both religious men and women and atheists have sex at roughly the same rate. Both groups also reported watching pornography, masturbating, even pursuing affairs, at roughly the same rate. The main difference between the religious and the non-religious was that the devout felt guilty about it.

But, of course, all religions are not created equal. As in, some guilt-trip you far more than others. Mormons were the most likely to feel bad about sex. Their average "guilt score" was an astounding 8.19 out of 10. Jehovah's Witnesses came in second. Catholics, in a surprising departure from stereotype, came in sixth, with a 6.34.,

There's some good news though. If you're religious and disappointed in your sex life, all you have to do is become not-religious. Those surveyed who had left their beliefs reported that their sex was "much improved" and rated their newly secular sexual experiences an average 7.81 out of 10.

http://www.nerve.com/news/love-sex/study-religious-people-still-have-sex-they-just-feel-worse-about-it

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How does one leave their beliefs? It's not that simple. That would be like me consciously deciding to believe in God. It doesn't work like that. Belief leaves you. Believe creeps up on you. You don't decide to leave it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Baloney, or it must not include sexually repressed Catholics, an oxymoron if I ever heard one. Oh, wait, there it is:

Catholics, in a surprising departure from stereotype, came in sixth, with a 6.34.

[웃 910]

Most blacks are Christian

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

I'm a dyed in the wool atheist. Nuff said.

[Amby 490]

I never feel bad after sex...well maybe bad as in sore if it was really rough. I am obviously not religious.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Sex can be a religious experience. If not, you are not doing it right.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Sex can be a religious experience. If not, you are not doing it right.

That level of activity require a certain amount of physical endurance. You know you're past your prime when you go at it like two walruses.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

That level of activity require a certain amount of physical endurance. You know you're past your prime when you go at it like two walruses.

I know too well what it's like when one of you is like a walrus and the other a svelte and frisky gazelle. It ain't pretty.

(NB: Unlike John Lennon, I am NOT the walrus.)

[Zero Sum 305]

Sex can be a religious experience. If not, you are not doing it right.

Indeed. I thank God for all the great sex in my life.