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We humans think we are so special because, for us, copulation is pleasurable. (I'm sure other sentient species, were they to discover this, would be envious.)
However--and this is just a fleeting thought, I haven't fleshed it out quite yet--what if that is the reason that our lives are consumed by desire? Here, I'm defining desire as a mere want. Buddhism, as a system, turns on this definition; behaviorism does as well.
I'm not trying to retell the story of Original Sin (if only because I've thrown that out of my belief system). I guess I'm just engaging in mental masturbation as to whether the quality of desire is or could be considered to be transferred upon conception. (In other words, I think I comprehend the strange logic that must have required of Protestantism to promote cheerless reproduction.)
However--and this is just a fleeting thought, I haven't fleshed it out quite yet--what if that is the reason that our lives are consumed by desire? Here, I'm defining desire as a mere want. Buddhism, as a system, turns on this definition; behaviorism does as well.
I'm not trying to retell the story of Original Sin (if only because I've thrown that out of my belief system). I guess I'm just engaging in mental masturbation as to whether the quality of desire is or could be considered to be transferred upon conception. (In other words, I think I comprehend the strange logic that must have required of Protestantism to promote cheerless reproduction.)