Slog - Comments on Who Would Jesus Flog? (Himself.) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the meetings where evangelicals try to figure out how they're going to condemn BDSM. Not just to watch prudish ideologues squirm while they contemplate The Horror of Sexual Deviance, but also to watch their intellectual contortions as they leaf through their Bibles, trying to figure out what it has to say about kink. There just aren't any theological grounds against people tying each other up, calling each other names, and pissing on each other's heads. They know it doesn't seem very Christian, but they don't know why. So when British... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:05:54 -0800 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:56:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by dbell I'm so glad that article made it to Slog. Talk about credulous hackery:

"a News of the World video...has revealed a more tender face of the supposedly dark sadomasochistic lifestyle."

"Nobody knows how many people are involved in the 'scene'"

I'd expect this kind of wide-eyed sensationalism from the USA Today, but BBC? really?

]]> dbell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073093 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:22:38 -0800 Comment by treacle There are of course a few Christian websites exploring and supporting BDSM relationships. So perhaps the Christians would want to start looking within their own house, before advocating for or against someone else's consensual choices.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073101 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:30:38 -0800 Comment by Giffy I must say they picked the perfect picture. An oddly dressed femdom, having her stilettos kissed by an old portly bald man is pretty much the archetype of BDSM

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073112 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:37:36 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Actually only Roman oppressors would flog Jesus ...

or maybe Homeland Insecurity at GITMO.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073118 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:44:45 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What about those Spanish pilgrims who wear hair shirts and whip themselves as they march barefoot towards their shrine? That seems pretty kinky to me.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073123 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:53:55 -0800 Comment by hello? Thats nice. Cant we just use this space to make fun of Mars Hill some more?

]]> hello? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073138 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:06:08 -0800 Comment by Emily Most intentionally amusing article on Slog in weeks.

]]> Emily http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073153 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:18:53 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @3,

That's more the type of BDSM that doesn't make people barf.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073156 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:20:48 -0800 Comment by CP They don't know why? Howzabout, orgasms are involved? And those dangerous, icky things are only to be experienced in a certain, defined situation? Just ask them, they'll tell you how to live your life.

Man, years too late, I just thought of this joke as soon as I saw that "Passion" screencap. A great pratical joke would be to have your kid, in the theater, stage whisper to you, "Daddy, why doesn't Jesus tell them the safe word?"

And of course,
Coordinator: Crucifixion?
Prisoner: Yes.
Coordinator: Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073369 Sex Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:44:52 -0800 Comment by Vince "Christians" just can't bear to see people enjoy sex. They are so miserable that they seethe with jealousy at the thought that anyone should love their sex lives. You had better feel guilty like their sick religion/minds want you to.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073454 Sex Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:28:15 -0800 Comment by fluffyyBunny Damn, the comments on the story are bizarre. One of my favourite websites has a take on this, mocking the utter insanity of the hordes who say things like 'The BBC is Satanic':

http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2008/07/15/dirty-dirty-bbc/

]]> fluffyyBunny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073461 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/who_would_jesus_flog_himself#c1073461 Sex Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:56:56 -0800