The Chocolate Chip Cookie Theory of Human Sexuality

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 3:06 pm by Rebecca Frech

The Chocolate Chip Cookie Theory of Human Sexuality 2015-01-13T15:06:50-05:00 Rebecca Frech

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This is how I explained to my 10 year old what was wrong with homosexuality, living together before marriage, and pretty much any other sexual sin. It’s G-rated and easy to understand, so here we go-The Chocolate Chip Cookie Theory of Human Sexuality.

Imagine for a moment that I have baked chocolate chip cookies to make ice cream sandwiches for you because I love you. You have walked into the kitchen as the cookies are cooling on their racks, and you are alone. It’s just you and the cookies.

You inhale deeply that intoxicating aroma of fresh-from-the-oven chocolaty goodness and sigh in appreciation. Then you look at the cookies all around you and think to yourself, “Those are some mighty fine looking cookies. I’ll bet they taste great.” There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying the sight and natural attractiveness of my creation. You’re right, I make a mighty nice looking cookie.

Then you inhale the aroma again and close your eyes and imagine the way they would taste right now all hot and gooey from the oven. You can feel the warmth in your mouth and the way the cookie would melt on your tongue. You need to stop right there, because now you are lusting after my cookies, and lust is not a good place to be.

You don’t stop there, but go on to consider taking one and going off to eat it by yourself. Ice cream sandwiches sound good, but this mouth-watering goodness seems as if it would be enjoyable too. I really wouldn’t mind, you reason, since I made those cookies as a sign of my affection for you. Why should I mind if you take one and eat one ahead of time? (You do realize that you are coveting and contemplating theft…don’t you?) After all, I love you and I want you to be happy, and eating a cookie right now will make you happy. There’s no need to even ask me, you know that I made them to be eaten and that’s exactly what you are going to do with it. Eat it. It doesn’t really matter how it is eaten as long as you enjoy it right?

WRONG! It absolutely matters. Those are not your cookies. I made them. I made them with a specific purpose in mind. Yes, I made them for your pleasure, but I had plan for how I wanted them to be eaten. I planned it out so that each one had an intended opposite partner. If you just start grabbing willy-nilly, then you disrupt the order of my plan for creation.

You can not just assume that because you want something your way makes it okay. I did the planning. I did the work. I made the cookies. If you want some to eat cookies any old way, then YOU make them.

[Please note that when the two halves are joined by their creator and filled with good stuff (grace) then they stick together and are a joy to everyone, especially the one who made them and then put them out there for the world to appreciate.]

SO that’s what cookies have to do with it. Now go get yourself a cookie and a glass of milk and ENJOY!

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