Spanky.

Satanism has a negative approach to sex.

It says: "I have been bad and I deserve to be punished."

It is spanky.
It is madame lash.
It is sado-masochistic.

It is not better than religious prudery.

In fact it is the flipside of religious prudery.

The worst manifestation of this is the idea that all sex is of the devil and therefore anyone who has sex goes to hell.

This, of course, is ridiculous.
But these ideas are becoming more and more prevalent in our society, mostly through rock music.

Satanism saturates our popular culture.

So don't be fooled into thinking their ideas are more sensible than religion.  In fact they take the worst of religion and glorify it.

They romanticize damnation.

And they lie; they deceive everyone.


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Its Proper Place.

What is the proper place for sex?

Sex is a natural part of life.

Sex is the source of life itself.

It is very strong in adolescence when it is mixed with feelings of love and desire for union with another.

It could be said that the feeling of finding a personal partner with whom to consummate our love is the strongest feeling we have.

So notions of disapproval and negative attitudes to sex are highly inappropriate.

Religion is largely responsible for these negative attitudes.

If St. Paul had his way the human race would die out altogether.

The time has come to find a proper place for sex that is not ruled by fear or disgust.

Sex is good.

Sex is Life.

Sex is Love.

So do not be afraid of sex.

It is a blessing.

It is a gift from God.

And it is everyone's right to enjoy it.


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Sexual Liberation.

It is O.K. to liberate sex from guilt and fear.

It may not be O.K. to liberate sex from love.

To engage in sex as a kind of hunt is not good for the hunter or the hunted.

Sex without love hurts people.

And it is this which is undesirable.


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Halos and Hearts.

We are used to seeing depictions of saints and angels, the holy family, and even Jesus himself with halos around their heads.

This leads us to believe that sainthood is about what we think.

But what we think is a secondary factor.

Sainthood is about the heart.

It is about Love.

Even the depictions of Jesus' and Mary's hearts have thorns and daggers around them which suggest suffering and pain.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus should not be surrounded by thorns and pierced by daggers.  These represent the passion and suffering of Jesus not the unconditional love which Jesus showed to everyone.

So, in the future, representations of spiritual people should show an open heart giving Love.


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The Teaching.

God is Love.

There is no fear in Love.

God does not punish us.

Let go of your fear.

Open your heart.

Love God.

Love your neighbor.


This is the Teaching.


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Rationalizing Fear.

What people do is act according to their fear and then rationalize their religion to suit.

This is why much of the Church is inadequate but no one ever admits it.

People have a fear of those who are different or those who have greater needs.

But, rather than confronting their fears, they hide behind a facade of respectability.  They may even say they are helping when they are not.

And what makes them do this but fear.
Fear of being overwhelmed, fear of failing to cope.  Fear of being seen to transgress God's commandments, fear of being ostracized by their peers.

So they lie.
They lie to you and they lie to themselves.

Then no one will ever know.


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The Zeitgeist.

The zeitgeist is a German word which means the prevailing winds of popular oipinion.

At present the zeitgeist in the westerm world is controlled by corporate plutocrats and media moguls who have turned us hard and tough.

Whenever  a serious crime is committed they scream "Burn in Hell!" and "Rot in jail forever!"

It would seem that no criminal should ever be released from jail.

This is in direct contradiction of God's reconciling will.

God tells us to pray for those in prison and to visit them.

God tells us to forgive.

God tells us to reform and be reconciled to the community.

This is God's mercy acting in our world.

We would do well to follow it.


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