Kissing in Different religions and traditions

Muslims may kiss the Black Stone Alhajar Al-Aswad during Hajj during pilgrimage to Mecca.

In the gospels of Matthew and Mark (Luke and John omit this) Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss—an incongruous instance of a kiss intertwined with betrayal. This is the basis of the term 'the kiss of Judas'

The holy kiss or kiss of peace is a traditional part of most Christian liturgies, though usually replaced with a handshake today in Western cultures

The pope will kiss the ground on arrival to a new country.

Visitors to the pope traditionally kiss his foot. (The ring of a cardinal or bishop, hand of a priest.)

Jews will kiss the Western wall of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and other religious articles during prayer such as the Torah, usually by touching their hand, Tallis, or Siddur (prayerbook) to the Torah and then kissing it. Jewish law prohibits kissing members of the opposite sex, except for certain close relatives. See Negiah.

Eastern Orthodox Christians often kiss the icons around the church as entering, they will also kiss the cross and the priests hand in certain other customs in the Church, such as confession or receiving a blessing.

Catholics will kiss rosary beads as a part of prayer, or kiss their hand after making the sign of the cross. It is also common to kiss the wounds on a crucifix, or any other image of Christ's Passion.

Hindus and Sikhs sometimes kiss the ground of a temple.

Kissing quotes

Kissing may not spread germs, but they certainly lower resistance. - Louise Erickson

A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth ... and endures all the rest. - Helen Rowland

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.

Some women blush when they are kissed, some call for the police, some swear, some bite. But the worst are those who laugh.

It's impossible to kiss someone unexpectedly - only sooner than you thought. A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's the basic spelling that every woman ought to know. - Mistinguette

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop? - Robert Browning

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom. - E. Cummings

We turned on one another deep, drowned gazes, and exchanged a kiss that reduced my bones to rubber and my brain to gruel. - Peter De Vries

I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. - Ernest Hemingway

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. - Mistinguett

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her--when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? - Helen Rowland

A kiss can beautify souls hearts and thoughts.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. - Rupert Brooke

A lawful kiss is never worth a stolen one. - Maupassant

Definition of kiss by professors of different subjects

Professors of different subjects define the kiss in different ways:

A kiss is a few bits of love compiled into a byte. - Prof. of Computer Science

A kiss is two divided by nothing. - Prof. of Algebra

A kiss is the shortest distance between two straight lines. - Prof. of Geometry

A kiss is the contraction of mouth due to the expansion of the heart. - Prof. of Physics

A kiss is the reaction of the interaction between two hearts. - Prof. of Chemistry

A kiss is the interchange of uni sexual salivary bacteria. - Prof. of Zoology

A kiss is the juxtaposition of two orbicular ors muscles in the state of contraction. - Prof. of Physiology

A kiss is infectious and antiseptic. - Prof. of Dentistry

bullet A kiss is a credit because it is profitable when returned. - Prof. of Accountancy

bullet A kiss is that thing for which the demand is higher than the supply. - Prof. of Economics

A kiss is an event whose probability depends on the vital statistics of 36-24-36. - Prof. of Statistics

A kiss is the persecution for the child, ecstasy for the youth and homage for the old. - Prof. of Philosophy

Uh, What? I'm not familiar with that term. - Prof. of Engineering

A kiss is a noun that is used as a conjunction; it is more common than proper; it is spoken in the plural and it is applicable to all. - Prof. of English

Avoid risks involved in French kiss

Kissing and hugging are natural ways of showing love and affection between friends and family. Deep french kissing is a natural way to show love and affection on a deeper and more personal level with a boyfriend or girlfriend, and is a natural stepping stone to more sexual behavior. It is the way to express passion and intimacy beyond the words.

'Light Kissing' would typically be closed-mouth kissing that doesn't involve the tongue, or as they say, 'swapping spit' (how romantic!). 'French Kissing' which is the 'Deep Kissing', is done with the mouth slightly open and with the tongue reaching into the opposite mouth. Slang terms for French kissing is, 'swapping spit' and 'tonsil hockey'.

Negative Consequences:
Even casual and light kissing carries some risk to it, simply because it puts you in close, intimate contact with another person and all their germs, though this is not generally much of a deterrent unless you know the other person is currently sick. Also, even light kissing carries a slight risk for catching Herpes and Scabies if kissing someone who has open sores or cuts immediately around their mouth. Before anyone completely panics about kissing anyone, as long as you don't kiss someone who is known to be sick (like the flu, or who has mono, etc.), and don't kiss someone with ugly, dripping, oozing, puss-filled sores right around their lips then light kissing is actually considered to be a safe behavior.

Passionate and intimate french kissing carries the same risks as light kissing, plus the exchange of fluids (spit-swapping) increases those risks. It also allows for other sexually transmitted diseases to pass, such as Herpes Simplex Virus-2, Hepatitis B and Syphilis. The trick to dramatically lowering your risks is to really know your partner well, to know their sexual history, and to know their current health status (the couple who gets tested together doesn't get a disease together.... something like that).

Avoiding Risks involved in kissing:
Very few if you avoid kissing someone who is currently ill or has open sores around their mouth, and if you know your partner's sexual history.

French Kissing risks more than other

French kissing is the best preferred as the intimate kiss between loved ones. However the UK research shows that french kissing puts teens at greater risk of contracting meningococcal disease than their lip-pecking counterparts. The intimate kissing or passionate kissing or french kissing is the kiss involving tongue and exchange of saliva, which increases the risk of infection.

The study, published this week in the British Medical Journal, involved about 300 teenagers aged 15 to 19 who had been admitted to hospital with a meningococcal infection.

Intimate kissing with multiple partners appears to increase the risk of contracting the disease, a religious event was associated with a low risk. The microbes that we normally carry in our throats are readily transmitted to another person through intimate kissing.

When microbes that cause meningitis are transferred from one person to another, the body's immune system is normally able to repel them and they don't do any harm. If by chance you have a sore throat because of a smoky atmosphere or an existing virus, you can get caught by the disease.

But teens that avoid smoky parties and don't kiss with a sore throat may still be at high risk, the study suggests. University students are a high-risk group. The passionate and intimate kisses are practiced in universities more.

He speculates that teens with a religious lifestyle may have fewer opportunities to exchange saliva, thus putting them at low risk of the disease. Believers might prefer to account for this particular finding as the power of prayer.