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The Christianity/Sado-Masochism Connection

© Alison Randall

In this article, my wife Alison gives us some insight on the masochistic nature of Christian physical and intellectual submission. Enjoy!

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I find consensual BDSM to be morally superior to "True Christianity," that elusive philosophy promoted by the likes of Jack Chick and Robert T. Lee. The former activity is consensual; the latter, ostensibly, is not.

Rules of Safe S&M: First of all, the dominant and submissive are considered equals. The submissive must be able to trust his dominant completely (but of course, there are always exceptions). Each party must agree to the "scene" or the "play" as they call it. The dom takes her responsibility seriously and tends to see the "covenant" between sub and dom as sacred. A "safeword" is agreed upon between the two; a special word (not "no," or "stop," as this would be used in the drama) such as "red" or "linoleum" or "potato" is used to put a stop to play that simply is not fun or sexy anymore-or is more dangerous than is wanted.

What turns on a sub is this release of responsibility, the fantasy that one does not know one is coming, the feeling of being low and dirty. Many play scenes do involve humiliation; the dom verbally abusing her sub, calling him say, "a very dirty boy." However, when the scene is over, it is over (unless one is involved in a live-in slave situation), and the sub and dom go back to relatively normal lives. This is evident in the many instances of subs being men of corporate power, as some dominatrices report.

How is "True Christianity" like S&M?

"Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal."
Job 5:17, 18

In "True Christianity," the sub-human gives himself completely over to the dom/Yahweh. The sub knows he is scum and knows that at any time the dom/God will use and abuse His Children in any manner He wishes and that they will darn well deserve it. Problem is, YAHWEH MAKES HIS OWN RULES. TO HELL WITH "SAFEWORDS." One technique of doms is to threaten their victims with descriptions of the torture that might befall them. A delectable thought for some. How erotic is the idea of the application of a red-hot poker on said sub's fanny, administered by a worker-demon, amid Torquemada-torture devices and the piteous screams of the damned? However, God-belief breaks the safe S&M rules and enters the domain of the criminal, the abusive husband, who brainwashes His victim into believing that every horror in his or her life, illness, tragedy and loss, is caused by Him and that He has No Other Choice but to inflict this calamity because of the Sins of the captive.

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