Ray

,

Darrel W.

1950-

,
Freethinker

Sexual desire does not disappear with increased religiosity and activity.  Instead, it gets redirected but the thoughts and incoming stimulation continue.  The result is a constant distortion of the thought process.  A person whose sexuality has been confined to a religious box will soon come to see people who are not as restricted as immoral or evil.  It is easy for the religious person to label others as sexual deviants, promiscuous, as somebody who cannot resist temptation or has no self-control.

Sex & God, p. 225

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