Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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Such a complete about-face has been caused by the
devastating effects of AIDS. It has forced the west to
re-think the whole question of free sex — a
development which seems little short of
miraculous. “Swingers of all persuasions may
sooner or later be faced with the reality of a new era
of sexual caution and restraint.”
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People had been delighted at having discovered
the key to unlimited enjoyment in freeing
themselves from the curbs of religion, for,
according to divine law, a sexual relationship
between a man and a woman was permitted only
within the bonds of marriage. But now the
realities of nature are finally forcing man to
forsake the path of free love and follow the path of
sexual restraint. It has taken the fatalities of the
final quarter of the twentieth century to convince
people that divine law and the law of nature are
one. Too late, it has dawned on “free lovers” that
promiscuity could be a killer.
Time’s
cartoon
showing a man and a woman encircled by a
deadly snake, epitomizes one of today’s major
human dilemmas.
