Dawn of the Chaste

Yesterday morning on the Today Show, author Dawn Eden discussed her book "The Thrill of the Chaste," which explores the rewards of dating without sex (or as the title's postscript reads: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On [exclamation point]).

Dawn Eden: what a lovely biblical-sounding last name! Too bad it's really Goldstein. After Eden found Jesus, she exorcised the Jew and the free love out of her sinful soul. Here is an excerpt from the personal essay she wrote to accompany her appearance.

What was missing was joy. The kisses and caresses I sought, the heights of sexual excitement that I pursued — all served to camouflage the emptiness I felt inside.That emptiness was in fact a God-shaped vacuum, as I discovered at 31 when I had a born-again experience that converted me to Christianity — beginning a journey that would eventually bring me to Catholic faith. But when the initial rush of my newfound faith faded, I had to face some hard facts — namely that, where my sex life was concerned, I had to get with the program

Yes, the Christian program. So she dropped the sex, the Semitic surname and picked up the Bible (but was it solar powered?), expelling the serpent from her Garden of Eden.