nickpsecurity's post is currently flagged so I can't reply directly, but I think it's important to clarify that traditional Christian sexual morality aims to ma

nickpsecurity's post is currently flagged so I can't reply directly, but I think it's important to clarify that traditional Christian sexual morality aims to maximize population growth. The full list of sexual sins includes one that nickpsecurity missed: sodomy. Sodomy traditionally includes oral sex. The only logical reason to ban oral sex within marriage is to encourage reproduction. Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid birth control, this interpretation is consistent with the demand to "be fruitful and multiply", and forbidding non-procreative sexual activity is mainstream Catholic doctrine. We've staved off the Malthusian crisis so far, with the Green Revolution and the various social and technological changes that triggered the demographic transition, but evolution does not stop. We already see higher population growth in the highly religious, and religiosity is heritable, especially in adults. This study found 44% heritability for adult religiosity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15745438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15745438/ It would be a great mistake to assume that overpopulation is no longer a risk, and considering the role that religion plays in it I think traditional Christian sexual morality is a great threat to "stable, prosperous, and peaceful societies" in the long term. (And even outside marriage oral sex is objectively safer than penetrative sex, although I can understand Christians rejecting the harm-reduction argument.)