Christianity & BDSM Practices

By Crimson Lord

The teachings of the Master are sometimes lost in the vast and ponderous temporal structures that are erected in the name of him who had no possessions. Many of the bloodiest tragedies in the history of mankind are to be laid at the feet of those in religious authority who claim to speak in his, and the name of God.

The Age of Tribulation in which we live needs a religion of purpose to pit against and, in a sense, to compete with the lures of material comfort and its resultant apathy.

It appears probable that religion itself needs freeing from the theological shackles which impede its mission. The words of Buddha, Mohammed, Lao-tse and of Christ contain all that mankind needs. Perhaps we need to simply return to the source rather than the words and interpretation of what others have said of them. We may perhaps even have to consider sympathetically the other religions of the world apart from Christianity, for at the root their messages are the same.

Mahatma Gandhi once said: "I may say that I have never been interested in an historical Jesus. I should not care if it was proved by someone that the man called Jesus never lived, and that what was narrated in the Gospels was a figment of a writer's imagination. For the Sermon on the Mount would still be true for me."

Perhaps what we need to discuss is how one's belief's in the teachings of whatever form of God, Goddess, deity, or perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe you embrace and how that relates to the beliefs you hold in relation to BDSM, SM, D/s, or whatever favor rocks your boat. How you match the two, or if you don't, or how you compromise, because I think that is the idea behind the question always asked. How the two fit together without it being a contradiction in terms.

CrimsonLord

I posted the above to a mailing list of which I am a member the following was a reply I received which I thought best summed up the reconciling of Christianity and BDSM. I have edited some of the personal parts to keep the bones of what is being said.

The Reply:

'Hmmm, you raise the issue of how one's belief's in the teachings of whatever form of God, Goddess, deity, or perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe you embrace and how that relates to the beliefs you hold in relation to BDSM, SM, D/s, or whatever favor rocks your boat. And how you match the two, or if you don't, or how you compromise.

I can't help myself but post because I was just thinking about this again a week or so ago. I think we are all mental, physical and spiritual beings...and to live fully one should ensure each aspect is nurtured. I am over stimulated mentally in almost all areas of my vanilla life so bdsm is really physical nurture for me and insofar as it is mental and spiritual (*and it is). I try not to overcook things and approach those aspects with a wicked child's simplicity I guess.

So if that is what we are...and dare I say...how we are created...then why would you not follow what you perceive to be the blue print and push the mental, physical and spiritual performance envelopes of your very being? BDSM primarily pushes my physical envelope (as does a few other adrenaline inducing activities) and, to a lesser extent, nudges me mentally and spiritually as well.

Spiritually my personal belief is that they didn't bring in the stunt double for the crucifixion scene etc and that He did what He did to make good for a plethora of shortcomings most of which I am not even aware...but I certainly don't let an institution like the church run interference with that relationship. Certainly don't let the institution inflict guilt when that in itself is one of the shortcomings He addresses. I see JC and try to reflect JC as I read about Him.

Bit of a free basing download and I'm not going to quote references but I read He put relationships with others first, was non judgmental and forgiving, hung with and nurtured friends, including at least one adulteress, a collector of Roman taxes and other assorted non-mainstream people, brilliant political mind (render to Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's *pure genius), obviously a fun guy (*always invited out to dinner sitting near the head of the table), supportive of a celebration in that the first miracle ever was to turn water into wine (and the review was that the best wine had been saved for the end of the evening), felt comfortable expressing pissed offedness by blighting an olive tree outside Jerusalem (so that it either withered on the spot or never bore olives again), was pretty physical for someone who was 5 foot nothing (*no offense meant if you are not tall...just illustrating a point) to single handedly empty a temple of guards and merchants...and given He was perfect yet was capable of such Love then He would have at least undergone the emotional and physical masochism of physical self denial.

So being non-judgmental and considerate of partners seems to be the only constraints and compromise I need to bring into bdsm play...and being capable of asking for and giving understanding and forgiveness if I unintentionally f*** someone up or get f***ed over myself, that too.

As I said at the outset I thought about this three way balance just the other Wednesday evening/Thursday morning a week or so ago as some TV evangelist talk show was on. I didn't actually turn my head and watch because I thought that would be a bit rude. I was listening though because no one was talking. I had just slid my hand out of an exceptionally beautiful cuffed sub and was just absentmindedly playing with her gently to keep her floating down in her space. Her even more exceptionally beautiful Mistress had retired to her couch and had been watching. I don't think either of them were aware what was on TV. Anyway I was...and I was thinking I am in balance: I had communicated on all sorts of levels earlier in the evening, had been just a little physical and now I was getting some spiritual reminder of why I was who I was (by the way...if either of you are reading *thank you *both yet again gorgeous ones *smile).

Hypocritical...I can't see it. Paradoxical...oh, sh** yeah...absolutely.'

wolfgang

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