How will emerging technologies impact human sexuality? With VR, ectogenesis, and sex-bots becoming reality, what are we to do? Given the mature topic, listener discretion is advised. ----more---- Topics: Sexuality as a basic human drive and motivation Are we in a sex recession? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ by Kate Julian Entertainment, social media, and human interaction The emergence of sexbots https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/calls-mount-for-regulation-of-sex-robots by Steven Nelson The perceived pros and cons Regulations, laws, and sexbots CREEPER Act in the United States (H.R. 4655) https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4655/summary The Campaign Against Sex Robots and ethics professor Kathleen Richardson Sexbots and simulated sexual deviancy https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/31/child-sex-doll-imports-expose-previously-unknown-offenders Possible AI consciousness and robotic romantic partners Foundation for Responsible Robotics https://responsiblerobotics.org/ Deep Fakes Virtual Reality New presentations of the self and virtual sexual experience Black Mirror’s Striking Vipers Ray Kurzweil on altered experiences in VR Ectogenesis and the abortion debate Artificial wombs https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/04/artifical-womb-women-ectogenesis-baby-fertility by Helen Sedgwick How ectogenesis may change, but not end the abortion debate https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/06/our-outdated-debates Jessica Keating, director of the Office of Human Dignity and Life Initiatives in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. Are Christians sex-obsessed Christians and the sexual ethics of ancient Rome Sexual Revolution and the religious response Purity Culture and “sexual prosperity gospel” Sex and biblical imagery Jesus on lust and marriage Legalistic excuses and the heart of the matter Looking Ahead: Multi-legged pharmaceutical micro robots https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180926082724.htm Verses Referenced: Matthew 5:28 Philippians 4:8   Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast   Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ ) “For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )