Two things that stuck out to me as important and interesting from the readings this week the way they talked about different kinds of infidelity, and the “Sir, we believe in it” response to a question about what Mormons attitude towards sexuality is.
The two different kinds of infidelity are Emotional and Physical. I really liked the progression of Unfaithfulness list that was included in this week reading. It is a good list to refer back to if you start realizing that your going down the slope towards unfaithfulness. I thought the first line was an interesting addition, doing missionary work or helping someone with something seems like an easy thing to look past but if you start to get to comfortable with them things can easily lead to flirting and spending more time with them doing more date like things. This can lead to physical affection and sexual relations if you allow the relationship to grow. I think a lot of people take this to mean that spending anytime with the opposite sex that isn’t your spouse will lead to cheating. In my opinion taking it this far is unnecessary and all you need to do is make sure that it doesn’t get to the point of flirting too much or thinking that it is a special relationship and meeting secretly you will probably never have an issue.
The second thing that stood out to me was the “Sir, we believe in it” response. I think this is a great response. Sexuality is a huge part of our religion especially as President Kimball puts it later in the article “The Bible celebrates sex and its proper use, presenting it as God-created, God-ordained, God-blessed. It makes plain that God himself implanted the physical magnetism between the sexes for two reasons: for the propagation of the human race, and for the expression of that kind of love between man and wife that makes for true oneness. His commandment to the first man and woman to be ‘one flesh’ was as important as his command to ‘be fruitful and multiply.’” In the right time and place and with the right person it is an important part of a relationship.
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