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%CLARITY SEXUAL EVIL SIN PLEASURE DESIRE EXPERIENCE+950402
 %PERSONAL COMMUNAL HONESTY OPENNESS INTEGRITY GOOD 950402

     If  we  are  to  enjoy  both  personal  and  communal
integrity we need to be clear about what is sinful  and/or
evil in  regards to  human  sexual  experiences,  desires,
pleasures, fantasies, visions, lives, etc.

     Is  human  sexual desire  inherently  evil?   Always?
Sometimes? Never?  How can we tell?   To whom?  Safely?

     Is  human sexual pleasure inherently evil?    Always?
Sometimes? Never?  How can we tell?  To whom?   Safely?

     Are   human   sexual  experiences  inherently   evil?
Always?   Sometimes?  Never?   How can we tell?   To whom?
Safely?

     Are human sexual fantasies inherently evil?   Always?
Sometimes?  Never?  How can we tell?  To whom?  Safely?

     Are human sexual mistakes inherently evil?    Always?
Sometimes?  Never?  How can we tell?  To whom?  Safely?

                Is it evil to:

     Ask the above questions?

     To seek answers to the above questions?

     To talk about the above questions?

     To  try  to  answer  or give  answers  to  the  above
questions?

     To examine the assumptions we make in considering the
above questions?

     So  long as we are kept confused and/or silent  about
the  above questions and the issues to which they point---
so  long we will be unable to enjoy personal and  communal
integrity.

     People who are preoccupied with issues of control are
not interested in clarifying the issues to which the above
questions  point---or  they oppose  the  clarification  of
issues  to  which the above  questions  point.    Confused
people  are  more easily  manipulated,  coerced and  taken
advantage of---than are people  who  are clear,  open  and
honest in  their dealings with each other---so controllers
prefer confused people to people who are clear about  what
is  essential  to the enjoyment of personal  and  communal
integrity.

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