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 %SEXLESS DISEMBODY SOUL PLEASURE HONESTY INTEGRITY 910411

     When  a  community  regards  its  members  as  having
disembodied sexless  souls,   it separates sexual pleasure
from prayer, worship,  and the intimacy of everyday normal
meetings and affection.

     When  a  community  regards  its  members  as  having
disembodied   sexless   souls,     it  objectives   sexual
relationships  and finds  it impossible to acknowledge the
presence  of sexual pleasure  in all but the  most  hidden
human meetings.   Then the  community  as  a  whole   does
not   witness   together  regarding    personal     sexual
pleasures    as    actually experienced by members of  the
community,  for the admission of actually yourself  having
such  pleasures  is inconsistent with the  accepted  dogma
pertaining to sexless souls.

     When  a  community  regards  its  members  as  having
disembodied   sexless  souls;    it  is   philosophically,
theologically   and scientifically  reasonable  for   many
of  its  members  to objectify   their   own   and   other
people's    personal  relationships,     as  part   of   a
systematic    scientific  enterprise   to  view   all   of
reality    as   essentially objective,   even at the level
of souls.  In the absence of the  experience of and honest
dialogue regarding sexuality as  an  essential  ingredient
of   healthy   inter-personal relationships,      it    is
possible     to     regard     the  objectification     of
inter-personal    relationships   by scientists as  normal
and  proper;    something to which there is  no ground  to
object,  for even objections are supposed to be based upon
objective considerations.

     When the word for an impersonal thing,  "object",  is
the  same   word  which is used to protest  against  being
greeted  and   treated as if one's soul is  an  impersonal
thing,    an "object";   then communication is bound to be
"objectified"   and   bound  to be confused regarding  the
essence   of  real meeting,   really saying "hello",   and
really   being   open  and  honest  in   intimate   I-Thou
conversations,   all of which are essential to  meaningful
communication.

     When  a  community  regards  its  members  as  having
disembodied  sexless  souls,    it seems  proper  to  play
dishonest  games of mutual  self  deception  regarding the
sexual   aspects   of everyday  meetings,    and  intimate
acknowledgments  of   each  other's   presence:    and  to
minimize  the sexual aspects  of everyday   meetings   and
intimate   acknowledgments   of   each  other's   personal
presence---through   objectification   of   all   personal
relationships; so that life loses its spirit.

     When  a  community  regards  its  members  as  having
disembodied  sexless souls,   its members learn to  regard
the  absence of sexuality  as  a sign of the  presence  of
the holy  spirit; and  to seek the holy spirit in rituals,
times   and  places  from  which  the  acknowledgment   of
sexuality  is banned.   The life of the spirit  becomes  a
life  without  passion,  without honesty,    without  real
meeting,   and without really saying hello  to each  other
as whole beings.   Real honesty is not possible in such  a
community.

     It    is    important    to   take   note   of    the
consequences     of   regarding    the    respected    and
respectable    members   of   a  community    as    having
disembodies  sexless   souls.   The  consequences  include
personal  and   communal  disintegration  due    to    the
disintegration    of   honesty,    intimate conversations,
and self-esteem.

     It    is    important    to   take   note   of    the
consequences  of regarding  sexually  active people as not
worthy of respect, conversation,    and acceptance because
they  are  open  and honest  about  their own real  sexual
experiences   which    do   not    correspond    to    the
community's   dogmas  about   the disembodiment  of  souls
from sexuality.   The  consequences include  personal  and
communal disintegration  due  to   the  disintegration  of
honesty, intimate conversations, passion and self-esteem.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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