Horny Church Fathers

Ok, so in Human Sexuality class on Wednesday night we were talking a bit about sexuality and the church. We got to the thoughts of some of the Church Fathers; specifically Origen and Augustine. Both of these dudes were pretty horny and dealt with it differently. Origen had himself castrated (aka became a Eunuch) and well, we all know about Augustine's rocky past and all the wild oats he sowed - well he said that sexual intercourse was inherently bad. These are both ways to deal with the desires of the flesh. But my point in that one post was that it was perfectly ok for Auggie and the Big O to think/feel this, but that I don't have to adhere to their ways of thinking just because they are Church Fathers.