[UA] Re: Blasphemy

[Mario Magallanes]

> I liked most of this post and thought it was very insightful, but I'm
> curious about how people see the NG Cult.  I was thinking about that
> element of UA recently and came up with this little piece of thought...
> 
> To a Catholic Christian, spitting on a cross is blasphemy.
> To a Shi'ite Muslim, defaming the Prophet is blasphemy.
> To some Hindus, killing a cow is blasphemy.
> To some Buddhists, killing any animal is blasphemy.
> 
> So then, what is blasphemous to a follower of the Naked Goddess?  Any of
> the following: Having sex for pleasure.  Having sex for money.  Having sex
> in order to procreate.  Having sex in order to strengthen the bonds of
> marriage.  Having sex as an expression of love and intimacy.

Mmmmmm... that sounds too much strong for my version of the NG. While
the cult think that sex is a way to "commune" with the Goddess, I don't
think that it is necessary blasphemous to have sex in other context. It
should be some kind of "sin", but it probably only means that the
miscarried member needs to be reconduced to the flock (read: brainwashed
:-) )

Well, now that I come to think about it, the NG Cult is pretty scary.
They are after all, a religious sect who brainwash people showing them a
videotape... Maybe they admit blasphemy, after all... Now, something
that could be blasphemous is trying to Ascend as the WECHBY. 

 
> Personally, I think the big potential to make the NG cult interesting and
> engaging is not to go the "tantric sex priestess seductress" route, but
> rather to use it to look at why someone would give up all the positives of
> sex (which is important to a lot of people) in return for power.

But it's power what the Cult want? I thought that the NG Cult was
looking to "enlighten the masses" (of course, since that they are
"enlightened" already they would make good leaders... is THAT what the
cult wants,to create a theocracy?)

> 
> I picture NG cultists carrying around folders with scripts and photos, so
> that when they do have an opportunity to "celebrate the mysteries" they can
> do so in the most accurate fashion possible.

Imagine the characters searching the house of a NG member, and entering
in a room  with candlelights, porn photos covering the walls and a
poster of the Goddess above an small altar. Creepy...

Mario Magallanes.

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