Idea for a New Religion - Chapter 26 - The Human Body & Celebrating The Season Of Menses

THE HUMAN BODY A 1) Human self loathing - Demons wish human beings to loathe their own bodies because this creates suffering and because they are enemies of nature; life and all that is good in life, such as love, pleasure and birth. It is for this reason that man, perversely, considers nudity and sex obscene but glorifies violence and death and why there is so great a prejudice towards natural processes such as physical aging and menstruation. 2) Celebration of the body - To love the body is to love God for all bodies are a part of the anatomy of God. God wishes us to celebrate physical diversity and the seasons of the body like menstruation and menopause rather than being ashamed of them. Nothing that is not hateful or harmful should be called obscene. 3) Contraception and abortion are beneficial - With overpopulation comes famine, disease, war, crime and poverty which cause immense suffering and devestation. Abortion causes little suffering and contraception, none at all. God has lived with the suffering of humankind for thousands of years and our suffering is gods own suffering. It is God who first inspired the invention of abortion and contraception as a means of controlling the population and reducing the pain of the world. 4) Eugenics is an evil - Another positive aspect of contraception and abortion is that they are freely chosen. People choose for themselves wether to use contraception or have an abortion. Eugenics is the sterilizing or neutering of the powerless and the poor by the ruling classes. Eugenicists wrongly believe that they are superior to others and have a superior right to reproduce. It is artificial selection rather than natural selection; man deciding what only fate and nature have the right to decide and Eugenicists, though they masquerade as philanthropists, are only guided by an irrational hatred. THE HUMAN BODY B 5) Homosexuality - Symmetry or sameness is part of the design of nature and homosexuality is merely sexual symmetry. God loves all love and if a gay or a lesbian person is kind and loving and hard working for the greater good then they are, like other kind and loving souls, favoured friends of god who have the same right to marry and raise children as do heterosexuals. 6) Is sexual pleasure obscene? - God, who made the clitoris, expects us to enjoy all pleasures but not to become addicted to them. Enjoy all pleasure as much as you are able to but do not become a slave to pleasure. Live a life of moderation rather than abstinence. 7) Beyond Natural Selection - It is time for homo sapiens to leave the ways of their ape ancestors behind, Human beings are intelligent, they fly to the moon and back and need not be subservient to the laws of natural selection particularly when contraception minimizes the risk of pregnancy. Physical attraction is an unreliable way of finding a suitable partner since physical attributes cannot tell you about the heart or soul of a person. The demon would like us to cling to our primitive instincts rather than being rational and open minded because our primitive self is the root of all prejudice and hate and the demon craves the suffering which these cause. It is the will of God that we enter a new stage of spiritual evolution and become more enlightened beings 8) Physical pleasure as an offering - Just as God feels the pain and misery of every living thing, so too does God feel their joy and pleasure, and angels, who are the friends and helpers of god, feed upon humanitys enjoyment, thus all pleasures which cause no harm should be considered sacred and the practice of them as an offering to God. THE HUMAN BODY C 9) She who is semi-veiled - Our body is the beautiful body of God and God is never fully veiled, like a catholic nun in a habit. She is both the seen and the unseen; the covering night and the revealing day; white robed winter and summer, shamelessly displaying itself; the seductive veil of mystery and the nakedness of truth; the death shroud and the naked infant; the invisible afterlife and the tantalising glimpse of heaven. Dress to suit the climate and the weather; cover yourself up in the winter but in the spring and summer, when it is warm and bright, wear clothing that reveals the body or clings to it; show off God's own flesh and fertility with pride. 10) Make up - God wears makeup, God is the bright flower that attracts the bee and the bird with bright plumage to attract its mate. God is also the beautiful painting that draws our eyes to new ideas. 11) God does not approve of fashion that damages the body - Do not wear heels that are so high that they cause pain and damage to the body. Do not wear clothes that constrict or contort the body too much because this is merely self harm; it creates long term suffering and it is disrespectful to the body which is the body of God. 12) Transvestites and transsexuals - God, the ever changing; who is both male and female has only love for her transvestite and transsexual sons and daughters. 13) All people of all physical forms are a part of Gods great and wonderful diversity, wether they have some facial deformity; some disability, some growth defect or some other physical peculiarity they should be respected, praised and celebrated as all people should and only a person of distorted vision would see ugliness in them. CELEBRATING THE SEASON OF MENSES 1) The human body has its seasons and every season serves a sacred purpose. Celebrate the coming of menstruation. It is an important time; the body is preparing itself to receive the gift of life and life is a precious and wonderful thing. It should not be a time for tears but a time for courage and rejoicing. Give the menstruating girl gifts that are red; rose gold and rubies, red flowers, a red dress or red shoes or even just a red ribbon to wear in her hair so that she can wear those things with pride. 2) Prayer Of Menses (spoken at sunset)- Robin red breast sweeps out her nest; must look its best for her egg guests. Autumns red broom sweeps out lifes room for the bright blooms of aprils loom. Pretty maiden, do not weep; here's a crimson gift to keep. Each red season has a reason; red makes room for life that's golden. The sun sets within you, so that it may rise within you. God! Mother of all mothers! Today you have blessed this girl with new maturity; bless her also with courage and strength and help her through all the years of her life. 3) It is the duty of mothers, sisters, aunties and female cousins to throw a party to praise and instruct the menstruating girl in how best to cope with and relieve the pains and problems of menstration, puberty and womanhood. They should pass on their experience to her and instruct her not to be ashamed of her body which is God's sacred gift to her.