Originally posted by: ricochet
I didn't get that feeling at all (that it's mind control). These people never forced their beliefs on anyone, but chose to apply it to their own life. People come from all walks of life (and of different religions), if we can somehow go through life without degrading and insulting one another over something as minor as averting one's eyes from nudity we might actually be considered civil creatures.
The point is that it's THEIR minds under control.
Getting turned on by naked members of the opposite sex (or same sex, whatever) is biological. Sexuality ellicits a biological response, that's how our species - hell, ALL species - survive.
What I'm saying is that their "religion" has control over their minds by getting them to *voluntarily* relinquish control over this most intimate aspect of their lives. I mean, if they are so afraid/reverent/whatever of their god and religion that in the privacy of their own home with their SO they feel the need to shield their eyes....how many steps is it from there to believing their god/religion/whatever that different types of humans are not worth as much as others? Gays, for example, today? Or, during the Crusades, Muslims and Jews?
Once somebody gives up control of their sexuality to an organization....they own them. Period, simple as that.