I never understood why people always say "love is love", "love wins", and "love is blind" then call it incest or a mental illness depending on your age, relation to that person, etc. If you understand the emotion "love", I m sure you would know it s not incest. Love is an emotion, uncontrolled and therefore normal. Preferences and fetishes are according to certain people as their personal feelings. Why are people called the scums of this earth for simply experiencing uncontrolled attraction and loving who they do?
All hat2018-12-27T15:08:58Z
Love and lust are two different things. Love is nurturing and principled. It does not incline people to molest children. I don't know about fetishes, but genuine love just wants gentle body touch. Doesn't seem to require accessories. But I don't know about that.
Why is consensual incest love considered to be wrong? I don't know.
Lots of people will use the Bible as their moral compass and as the ultimate authority on "sin" (i.e., bad things)... but lots of stuff in the Bible is contradictory. Fanatics will loudly use whatever verses they agree with, and then quietly ignore the contradictory ones.
Yes, the Bible does say this: " ... do not have sexual relations with your sister... " Leviticus 18:9
OK, then what about this stuff???
"... a woman who isn't a virgin on her wedding day shall be stoned to death..." Deuteronomy 22:20-21
"... whomever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be put to death; the whole congregation shall stone the blasphemer... " Leviticus 24:16
"... if a man commits adultery with another man's wife; with the wife of his neighbor, then both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death... " Leviticus 20:10
"... you shall not allow a woman to live who practices sorcery... " Exodus 22:18
"... anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death for they are guilty of a capital offense... " Leviticus 20:9
"... you have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest; anyone who works on the Sabbath day must be put to death... " Exodus 35:2
"... your male and female slaves shall come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves... " Leviticus 25:44
"... a woman should learn in quietness and full submission; do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent... " 1 Timothy 2:11-12
"... if a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death... " Leviticus 20:13
"... if a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father's holiness, then she must be burned to death... " Leviticus 21:9
"... do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.... " Leviticus 19:27
"... if you hear that in one of your cities... that certain worthless fellows are saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’... then you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to death, devoting it to destruction, all who are in it and all of their animals, with the edge of the sword.... " Deuteronomy 13:12-15
Question: If even God manages to get His Word so screwed up, then how in the hell does He expect us to make total sense out of it???
Answer: It's essentially impossible.
Personally, I don't see any problem with incest or homosexuality as long as it's consensual.
Years ago, my sister and I did enjoy doing lots of really fun sexual incest activities with each other in our teens and into our twenties. Am I sorry, or do I feel ashamed, or do I feel guilty? Absolutely not; I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. Why? Because I loved my sister and still do love her; she feels the same way. The fact that we were raised as semi-Muslims in the Middle East (we were never serious Muslims; we're not Muslim today) and we had virtually no contact with anyone of the opposite sex who was our age was no doubt a huge contributing factor. Anyway, I've posted a couple of links (below in my comment) that you might find interesting.
The Bible often warns people of self control in regards to the various aspects of love. The limits that the Bible sets is for the ultimate good of that person. The Bible warns people not to marry a person who is closer in relation than a cousin. Science supports the Bible in this fact. To marry closer than a cousin can yield offspring with health issues. The Bible warns people to marry at the earliest age of 20 years old. Science supports the Bible in this fact as well. To marry before 20 years old can lead to health issues in pregnancy. Etc.
Incest is not good for the species as it creates stupider children often with strange disorders. Perhaps consequently, every society that has been okay with incest has not gotten out of the dark ages.