Shakira: Sex More Important Than God (Video)

Colombian songstress Shakira thinks sex is more important than religion, which may not go over well in her deeply religious home country. But the “She-Wolf” singer insists that sexual desire has more  impact on the world than religion and believes people need to give in to their natural urges for the good of humanity.

“I do think libido is the engine of the world. Forward or backwards. For good or ill. Sometimes when we repress our libido we regress. When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself,” she said.

“We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression,” she added.

From time to time, artists have expressed similar opinions about religion and have touched off an uproar. When Beatle John Lennon said during the 1960s that he thought the band was more popular than Jesus, he drew a rebuke from the Vatican.

The 32-year-old Shakira, who is known for her sexually suggestive dancing, says she is becoming increasingly comfortable with herself and her desires as she gets older.

“Every day now I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side, in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can,” she explained.

Shakira also believes society is changing to be more accepting, but admits even she was surprised when she got positive feedback from an elderly nun over the raunchy video for her single “She-Wolf.”

“Not too long ago my mum ran into one nun at home, who’d known me, and the nun told her, ‘Oh my God, I watched the ‘She-Wolf’ video, and Shakira looks phenomenal in it! I love how she looks, how she does the splits, and how flexible her legs are.’ This was an 80-year-old nun. Times are changing,” she told Britain’s Observer newspaper.

Shakira wore a little black mirrored dress and big hair, as she belted out her newest single, “Give It Up to Me,” at the American Music Awards on Sunday (Nov. 22) in Los Angeles. The singer shook her hips and danced in skintight dresses and heels.

The Colombian songstress’ sassy dance number definitely set the tone for a girl-power kind of night, MTV.com reported.