XPost: alt.horror.cthulhu, alt.evil 
 From: csstrowbridge@shaw.ca 
  
 Canadamike wrote: 
  
 > Don't Covet/Thinking of sin is as bad as sin = If you don't banish certain 
 > thoughts from your head, you may be more likely to do something that harms 
 > others. 
  
 I've got to disagree with you here. Having thoughts about committing a 
 'sin' is normal. Calling them a sin is very likely to cause 
 psychological distress, which could lead to an increased likelihood of 
 committing the act in reality. 
  
 Take the Sailor Suit Fetish in Japan, which I've heard described as 
 Pseudo-Pedophila. I read about it from a link from Fark.com, apparently 
 a lot of men in Japan have fantasies about underage girls, (there's a 
 whole sector porn industry dedicated to this, (18+ year old girls 
 dressed up in High School / Sailor Suit uniforms)) but they only have 
 relationships with woman their own age. I remember one quote from the 
 news story in which the man said, 'In the fantasy the girls represent 
 innocence and exuberance, but in reality they are just immature.' 
  
 However, the actual number of child molestation cases in Japan is 
 actually very low when compared to the population size. Certainly lower 
 than it is in Canada and the U.S. where that kind of porn would be 
 (nearly) universally condemned. 
  
 So having an outlet for destructive thoughts may help prevent 
 destructive actions. 
  
 > There are hundreds of others that have certain logics to them, but I can't 
 > remember them all.  (oh an interesting note, the Bible only says man may 
 not 
 > sleep with man, but it says nothing about woman sleeping with woman...) 
  
 Lesbianism is mentioned once in the Bible, and not in a good way. 
  
 Romans Chapter 1 Verse 26 
 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women 
 exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 
  
 C.S.Strowbridge 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)