Radcliffe Hears Talk On Relations of Sex To Christian Tradition

"The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad sins," the Reverend William Wimer stated during a discussion of "the Christian attitude toward sex" in the Annex Field House at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The program was sponsored by the Radcliffe Christian Fellowship.

"The concept that the flesh is evil and that sex is related to the flesh and is therefore evil is not a part of historical Christianity," he stressed, adding, "Christianity is the most materialistic of the religions. Another misconception concerning Christianity is that 'man shall be conceived in sin'. This is not a Christian conviction; actually the story of Adam and Eve from which it stems was a clumsy attempt of the early Hebrews to explain how sin came into the world."

"Christianity, however, does not accept Freud's creed, that humans should satisfy their drives. It is unChristian to have intercourse outside of marriage. Couples who think 'this is love' even though they express their emotions through intercourse before they marry are really living at a distance from love.

"Sex," he said, "is intended to be used as an expression of the deep love with which God imbued us and is the way in which the race is propagated."