New Thinking Need in Christian Sexual Ethics

Gizmodo has a video clip: Robots: Love and Sex With Robots Author Daniel Leby on Steven Colbert's show. It's funny. The comments section below the article is a bit crude but absolutely hysterical. Daniel Levy apparently has a Ph.D. on the subject and sees sex with robots as possible in 5 years and falling in love with them in about 40. I know it's not on the mind of most clergy right now. We're too busy trying to deal with the onslaught of tedious, needless justifications for homosexual behavior, premarital sex, etc. But we could potentially be dealing with this very soon. Just think of all the pastoral issues this will bring ... "Is it really adultery if I had sex with a robot?" "Is it really porn if I'm watching two robots have sex with each other?" "Can I have a church funeral for my robot wife?" "My robot husband wants to get baptized and take communion?" "Is it polygamy if I have more than one robot wife? I want a blond and brunette." I have to admit: on the one hand this is really a serious topic that requires immediate thoughtful theological reflection by pastors and scholars so that are people have a framework for thinking about this before it becomes mainstream and our culture frames their values. On the other hand, the whole topic is hysterical and just ripe for countless lewd jokes. I'll try to refrain but it's gonna be hard. On a related note: I just saw this article about the progress scientists are making in creating artificial life. "Artificial life" created as scientist makes synthetic chromosome - Engadget First artificial life 'within months' - Telegraph