Questioning the Reich

This week we're discussing the disturbing legacy of a different Reich in the 20th century. The sexual liberation movement promised to cast off the chains of oppressive morality-to let "free love" reign and hearts fully flourish. In the radical new thinking of figures like Wilhelm Reich, self-control and boundaries were now dangerous repression. But has the new paradigm truly delivered us from evil? Shawn examines the cost of divorcing biblical morality from sex.

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[@ronknapp2370]

I am a baby boomer brought up in a Christian home with moral values. But sexuality was not a topic that was approached in a way that would have helped me understand important principles to guide my life. It was a taboo to speak about and the forbidden fruit that the world offers I took ahold of. Fifty years later regret from having a daughter who doesn’t want a meaningful relationship plagues me. I wasn’t ready for parenthood and she took the brunt of that.

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"Oh I'm just gonna leave/ *put* this here"

[@robertmueller2023]

This would've passed me by regardless. I would've been one of those bespectacled and crew-cutted IBM nerds back then.

[@jeanhall5733]

Wish I had known the principles of the Bible in 1960. What facts you are explaining are too true.