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Sex, Lies and Religion is a book that will cause you to think, or perhaps seethe with anger, or maybe it will open your eyes to a new, but not-so-new way of thinking. For sure each reader will respond to this book differently, according to the traditions and baggage that they bring with them, but one thing that I am sure of, it will make you uncomfortable, perhaps in a good way. In this rather compact book Randy tackles issues like nudity, art vs. pornography, masturbation, sexual fantasy and sexual equality. That’s enough for some of you to never want to touch this book, much less read it. But I would encourage you to pick it up and read it with an open mind. Here’s why:

This is not just a book about sex, and it’s not just another book attempting to deal with religion. It is a book that attempts to tackle what is one of the most important subjects in our lives, sex and it’s connection with God. This book suggests that sex is not some dirty act that we can’t keep ourselves from participating in, but instead that sex is part of God’s original creation that is intended to draw us closer to Him. It is a result of religion and it’s inane attempts to control believers that we have turned sex from something beautiful into something dirty. Randy says, “Many of us feel the effects of past religious control, and our immortal longings have been rendered shallow and dirty.” Our eternal longings for God and our inability to fill the hole in our lives has resulted in a society that attempts to fill those longings with pornography, affairs and strip clubs. These things attempt to destroy the beauty of sex that God originally created. Sex, Lies and Religion proposes that “Instead of following the rules of religion and culture, we instead pursue relationships in the Spirit.” We need to return to the Garden where sex was about oneness with our helpmate AND God.

This book is well worth a read.  You can get it HERE.

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