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RELIGION

That's me in the corner, designing a religion.


Observation: Most religions I'm familar with
seem to capitalize on repressed sexual
energy.

Is it possible to design a religion that
captializes on releasing sexual energy?                Like some Indian
By making it safe and acceptable...                    relgions? Tantric
Birth control a sacrament, disease prevention          whatever?  Yet
a ritual.                                              another thing to read
                                                       up on some day.
I theorize that unstructured
orgies would not work for most people.        STRANGER
So what sort of structure is needed?
And is there any way this structure could
avoid being repressive?

I find Sargent (_Venus Of Shadows_)
more realistic than Heinlein: women
begin shrouded, their identities               So shyness is overcome
concealed.  The ritual begins with             by the device of anonymity,
three men approaching three women in           until everyone is sexually
darkness.  They form three couples,            excited enough to no longer
as the men begin to touch the women            care.
over the shrouds... then under
them.  Later the shrouds are                      Notably, this routine
removed and the lights are turned                 doesn't sound like
up, and the couples continue to                   a lot of fun: all
have sex with the rest of the                     personalities are
congregation as an audience.                      concealed by the
                                                  rigidities of the
                                                  ritual.

                                                  There's no
                                                  individuality.

                    Homosexuals are strictly not         It *could* be
                    allowed: there's no room for         that I think it's
                    diversity in this sort of            more realistic
                    structure.                           just because it's
                                                         more depressing,
                                                         more greyed out...

                                                         PROVIDENCE


                  But _why_
                  design a religion?
                  ONERELIGION


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