God.
(What’s up?)

Can we continue our chat?
(Sure. What’s in your mind this time?)

Bu Hao Yi Si.
(What?)

It spells S E X.
(Nothing is taboo to our chat.)

Thank you.
(Bu Ke Qi.)

Why would you design such a thing?
(Everyone detests it?)

Oh no. Everyone salivates for and loves it.
(So what is wrong with it?)

The problem is that sex becomes too good a commodity.
(A commodity?)

Yes, a commodity. It is traded actively all the time.
(Tell me about it.)

You see, sex sells.
(It appears that few things sell well without a sex appeal.)

Just look around. We are bombarded with it and cannot seem to let go of it from sunrise to sundown.
(And especially so from sundown to sunrise).

True. Why would you design us in such a sexual way?
(OK. I take that you can name a few biological and biblical reasons.)

I know sex enables procreation in a mutually enjoyable manner.
(Uh-huh. Take away the joy factor, human race need not worry about population explosion.)

I know sex enhances diversity of human traits due to gene recombination.
(That is a biological consideration in my design.)

I know sex symbolizes the loving intimacy of two souls in a marriage.
(Yes, but people are edging out the bond of marriage, or trying to redefine it.)

By the way, what can you say about same-sex sex?
(Abominable perversion!)

What about heterosexual fornication, adultery and prostitution?
(Equally abhorrent!)

So sex is strictly confined within the first marriage bond?
(That is the biblical mandate.)

But few people these days measure up to your high standard.
(It does not change an iota of my moral code on sex.)

What do you say to a couple who cohabit?
(Only if they refrain from committing this cardinal sin before marriage.)

Cardinal sin! What an ironically meaningful name!
(You got it. I have said judgment starts from my household.)

But cohabiting couples argue that they are in de facto marriage.
(If only they mean that for a lifetime commitment.)

So you approve cohabitation if they intend for a lifelong marriage?
(Not so fast. It was sanctioned in the days without formal civil marriage license.)

In other words, modern day couples ought to secure a marriage certificate first.
(Why not? What’s the hurry not to secure it first?)

I am puzzled by the heterosexual couples who downplay this marriage certificate.
(All the while, homosexual partners are rushing for it, regardless the legality.)

The world has really turned upside down.
(Oh well. The world is very much like the days of Lot and Abraham.)

Does this foreshadow the second coming of Christ?
(Be vigilant about it.)

Alright. A parenthetical aspect of sex.
(What?)

If sex is such a good thing, why is sex nonexistent in heaven?
(Mind to take a guess?)

No longer need to procreate offspring?
(Certainly true. There is another dimension to the answer.)

There will be far better joy than sexual joy?
(Human mind cannot conjure up that brand new prospect, can’t it?)

So meeting dozens of virgins at the pearly heavenly gate is pure fancy?
(It is taught by certain false religions. There is no shred of truth in it.)

Then can people get the most out of sex while in this life?
(I permit mankind to experience delightful sexual fulfillment within the boundary of a valid marriage.)

Is that a tacit approval of colorful sexual adventure in marriage?
(I forbid only the degrading and harmful acts. Remember the mind is the key here.)

You mean a fully engrossed body with a pure mind?
(Well put. Purity has no room for inappropriate sexual fantasy or perversion.)

That is harder than sex per se.
(You are not alone on this. But flee from sexual sins at all cost.)

Is sexual sin greater than other sins, such as idolatry, murder, and jealousy?
(Any sin is a breach of my commandment. No sin is small in my sight.)

But the bible equates sexual sin with idolatry, worship of a false god.
(Yes. Sex symbolizes a type of worship.)

As if sex is worshipped as the goddess.
(Besides, sexual sin violates one’s own Temple of the Holy Spirit.)

I see. So even our body has eternal value.
(Provided that the body is here to serve an eternal purpose.)

A final question: will our resurrected body lack sex organs?
(A logical corollary. But wait and see what really will happen.)

OK. Thank you very much for the candid chat.
(Sex has its pleasure and purpose, but it is fleeting and transient. Do not dwell on it.)

(June 8, 2004)