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sirguym -> RE: Christianity & BDSM (4/30/2008 7:06:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: DungeonWench
A favourite quote of mine...'The crucifixion is the ultimate manifestation of divine sadomasochism'. Not only in the bible, but throughout the history of christianity, BDSM in all its forms has been implied (both implicitly and explicitly) and utilised by the church, particularly the Roman Catholic Church. The symbology, the penances, the rituals - all have embodied some element of D/s and sadomasochism. In monasteries, nuns and monks were trained to obey their superiors without question, no matter how illogical the superior's request. As penance, various orders have required their Religious members to flog themselves, wear course hair-shirts under their habits, publicly humiliate themselves in various ways (for example, begging food from the other Religious, kissing the shoes of their superiors), adopt various submissive positions for varying lengths of time as punishment (kneeling, prostration etc). I could go on for hours, but you get my point. I totally agree with your original post - 'My belief that the entire concept of the Bible is the very foundation of the correlation between dominance and submission is what has compelled this post. '
Jess
Absolutely; but I would go further and say that this is because the whole society, before, during, and perhaps after has BDSM intertwined in its DNA.
That is why the bigots hate us so much.
It is not because we're doing different stuff from them; (though we do it safely, sanely and with consent and not with minors - where they do it unsafely, insanely, without consent, but with minors), but because we're doing it for fun, with full knowledge and understanding of the context and content of the play and explain it to others.
That undermines their authority structure and makes the hypocrisy of their leadership so obvious!
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