Salvation Army warns against sex robots, which will hit the market THIS YEAR

Sex robots will further comoditize and dehumanize sex.

The Salvation Army is warning the world about sex robots. The Protestant denomination is echoing widespread Christian and ethical concern over the development of these ultra-expensive devices which can encourage people to pursue unhealthy and even dangerous sexual habits.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) -- The Salvation Army has issued a report warning about the danger of sex robots. Sex robots are in development around the world, and at the moment they are little more than dolls. However, industry experts say sex robots will enter the market this year and will become an increasingly popular item. In time, sex with robots may become normal behavior, and it may even be encouraged.

Presently, all sex robots in existence are prototypes and demos. However, there are serious plans to bring customizable sex robots to the market in the near-term. Options will include the ability to select the body type, hair, eye color, and more. Some designers want to allow customers to select the apparent age of the robot, and are willing to make robots that look and act like children.

Child sex dolls are already available, and designers claim they allow genuine pedophiles to act out their fantasies without harming children. But other experts warn it normalized such deviant behavior and can inspire them to seek a real child victim.

The danger of sex robots is much like the danger of pornography. Pornography desensitizes people, provides them with a false sense of expectation in the bedroom, normalizes deviant behavior and unfaithfulness, and eventually makes it more difficult for people to have sex.

Pornography has also turned sex into a commodity, which causes people to objectify others. Sex becomes something you can buy without stigma, which has supercharged the human trafficking and prostitution industries. The end result are broken finances, broken marriages, broken bodies, and broken lives.

Sex robots will simply amplify this trend.

There is also a spiritual impact for people of faith. Most religious denominations eschew sexual activity outside of marriage because it is inherently immoral. Such behavior devalues both the person purchasing the sex, as well as their victim.

Futurists have suggested that sex with robots will be more common than sex with people by the year 2050. This may be widely encouraged as a check on population.

Food supplies are expected to boom over the next decade while lifespans increase. However, the number of jobs available to people will begin to diminish as robots and AI take over an increasing share of human labor. There will be less need for people, and people will be surviving off government assistance instead of work. This provides an incentive for states to reduce population, so sex robots are a viable option, particularly for atheistic states like China.

The Salvation Army, in its report warned that the more sex is commoditized, the more likely people will be to buy other people for sex.