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Aneirin -> RE: Religion and D/s (3/11/2008 6:03:43 AM)
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ORIGINAL: xoxi
My Master is a Christian, and even though I was raised by two agnostics, I do believe in God and believe that Christ was a holy man, son of God, prophet, etc. But lately I've been curious about the Bible, particularly the parts that discuss how to live in a Biblical marriage.
I know that there are neo-pagan groups who worship forms of a Mother Goddess - I don't know much about them, but I wonder if those religions are more likely to proscribe a female role as the dominant head of the family in the same way that Judeo-Christian religion (and Islam too I believe) consider the male to be the leader.
The Bible states clearly that the natural order is for a wife to submit to her husband. That is something that I personally believe...I know there are people who will disagree with me and all I can say is that I respect your right to disagree, but that's not the focus of this thread. What I'm curious about is for the religious people out there, how does your religion view the idea of power exchange in relationships, and how does that affect your own view on it if at all?
I am pagan in belief, but not of a group.Not of a group because I saw the groups that were getting bogged down on what is the true word, nor will I have someone tell me who are what to believe in, I have my own mind,and what calls to me I follow as my path, my personal path which is right for me, and perhaps right for me only.
I see the Goddess as where we come from, the mother, i.e. female,, as is everything in nature, from the female of the species. Not saying that the female is of paramount importance, as without the male, creation cannot exist, so either sex to me is of equal value, though at times the female is the most important and other times the male, both sexes have their role in creation and therefore equality. Males seek out females and females want males from time to time, this being the nature within them, the primal drive.
As to the OP's question, how does religion and D/s exist? I am single, and male, I seek my equal and opposite, the female, but the right kind of female, not just any. I am largely dominant on my exterior, as I am day to day, but my core is submissive, submissive to the goddess that is in the female. I wish to serve the female, but in a spiritual capacity, is why I say I seek the right kind of female. The right kind of female is one who understands my desire to submit to woman is about my spirituality and what I seek in her, not her herself, she is not superior, she is of equal footing, but the Goddess that is in her is superior at the time.
All the things of BDSM, the depravities, I see them as natural, they came to man's mind for a reason, they are a product of man's mind,(man meaning both male and female). I see these things as vehicles for us to journey into ourselves, perhaps reach our core, the spiritual self, a place where we can commune with our maker and learn what we are.
Perversions, if they come naturaly to a person should be followed, they come as perhaps a way sign to lead to other places, places in the spirit and there our wholeness.
Aneirin
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