I appreciate your detailed replies here. A problem may be my reading of Evangelicals in practice. To say that Evangelicals aren't theocrats is just something I can't wrap my mind around. This is a religion that tirelessly says America is a Christian nation, etc.

Evangelicals believe that embodiment itself is the problem. Only by being released from bodies and converted into spirits in Heaven will the "sin" stop, is often the hazy understanding. A scholarly case that God is embodied in the OT is just unfathomable.

That biological functions transfer to the spirit world is likewise unable to be understood. ThatGod's penis is regularly seen in the OT, as are the phalluses of other deities (Ez 16:26 etc), is crazy talk. But there's no reason to think Jesus' penis is inactive, only that it's working on a spiritual level.

Sex by single people in the covenant community is unregulated. The lovers in the Song of Songs are unmarried, and unmarried sex, including with prostitutes and concubines, is often seen. The bride-price is paid for females, like Rachel, of another religion. An exchange is happening between deities (1 Cor 6:20 etc.). I just realized no money is exchanged when Boaz and Ruth marry.

I've had to realize most Christians are fine if you hand them a few traditions that are easily followed and give them some sexual villains to insult. They don't care about the details. The Bible is seen as the means of a power play over fellow created beings.