{"id":365,"date":"2011-02-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fun-friday-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-biblical-sex-but-were-afraid-to-ask.html"},"modified":"2011-02-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T09:00:00","slug":"fun-friday-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-biblical-sex-but-were-afraid-to-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fun-friday-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-biblical-sex-but-were-afraid-to-ask.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Biblical Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of reporters and bloggers have been covering the new iPhone app for Confession<\/a>, but it just feels like a retread of last month’s Fun Friday, about Penance, a similar app.<\/a> Then again, you may need several silly, painless ways to seek absolution after reading the sexy stories about the sexy Bible this week!<\/p>\n

Newsflash: The Bible has lots of sex in it. (Also, rape, incest, slavery, polygamy, infanticide, genocide… good times.) The latest coverage of this angle was prompted by a new book out on the subject,<\/a> whose timing coincides nicely with preparations for St. Valentine’s Day (unless you’re Russian Orthodox<\/a>, among others who do not approve of the commercial turn the holy martyr’s feast day has taken).<\/p>\n

Episcopal Cafe has a nice roundup of links<\/a>, including CNN <\/a>and Newsweek<\/a>. The latter launches right into the steamy Song of Solomon, summed up in a more family-friendly way(Solomon and his bride are married in real life!) in this kitschy video from His Place Community Church, an evangelical congregation in my neck of the woods<\/a>:<\/p>\n