Re: Childless Couple Told To Try Sex...
 

Isn't the the innate knowledge given by the creator the same thing as instinct anyway?

Besides, these people obviously hadn't been reading their bible, just look at all this sex. Anyone would think it was written by Mills and Boon :D

Re: Childless Couple Told To Try Sex...
 

You're probably right, I was being deliberately provocative :D

Before I click that link from my work PC ... what is it? :erm:

Re: Childless Couple Told To Try Sex...
 

Looks ok to me.. no gratuitous nudity.. just a load of articles on Sex in the Bible

Re: Childless Couple Told To Try Sex...
 

Hmm, but stone age man (or whatever period in history before we were really up to speed on Biology) did not necessarily associate the pleasurable act of sex with babies as the two were a good 40 weeks (whats all this stuff about 9 months) apart and I imagine some had fertility problems then, so it happened to some women not others etc.

An instinctive act, historically I would imagine that it was partly learned by seeing others doing it, after all do the apes "get a room"? Or get on with it?

Re: Childless Couple Told To Try Sex...
 

Instinct is defined as :
An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli.
A powerful motivation or impulse.
An innate capability or aptitude: an instinct for tact and diplomacy.

Seeing and learning negates instinct.. the two are incompatible.

Nit-picking aside, I don't know if Towny wishes to begin the whole "stone age man/apes" debate. ;) ... but we'll see.

Re: Childless Couple Told To Try Sex...
 

ohhh don't like the word innate.... i dont think we have any innate ideas.... i think things are habitual..... but that's a debate for another time really