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who cannot enter into the "kingdom of heaven." Because of the vicious mentality towards homosexuality, which is purported to originate with the Deity "himself," homosexuals were driven to become monastics, in order to "purify" themselves of their overwhelming, "sinful" desires. This penitential sequestration has led to monasteries full of repressed homosexuals attempting to contain their urges but frequently failing, which is understandable considering the temptation all around. In other words, monasteries have served as "communal closets." In fact, this practice was common enough to warrant prohibition in the Secret Instructions of the Society of Jesus, i.e., the Jesuits:

If two of ourselves have sinned carnally, he who first avows it will be retained in the Society; and the other will be expelled; but he who remains permanent, will be after such mortification and bad treatment, of sorrow, and by his impatience, and if we have occasion for his expulsion, it will be necessary for the future of it that it be done directly.

The orthodox Christian position towards homosexuality has been that it is a seductive temptation to be resisted at all costs, an interesting attitude, because homosexuality would in truth only be tempting to those who are initially inclined thus. Furthermore, a number of the Christian historicizers and conspirators also had serious problems with sex and women, such that it would not be farfetched to suggest they were homosexuals, repressed, closeted or otherwise, like the purported secret, rich, closeted homosexual fraternity of today called "Gamma Mu." One can find clues as to the homosexuality within their Christian brotherhood scattered here and there in the various writings of the early Church fathers, in secret gospels and allegedly in at least one unexpurgated canonical gospel, as noted. In any case, it can be argued with 100 percent certainty that monastic brotherhoods have often been the site of homosexual activity.

One of the most notorious of the "closeted" Christian homosexuals was in fact King James I, the patron of the King James Bible, which is so highly esteemed by evangelical Christians. As related by Otto Scott, King James "was a known homosexual who murdered his young lovers and victimized countless heretics and women. His cruelty was justified by his `divine right' of kings."42

Carpenter sums up the attitude and destructiveness caused by the repression and vilification of sexuality, asking:

How was it that the Jews, under the influence of Josiah and the Hebrew prophets, turned their faces away from sex and strenuously opposed the Syrian cults? How was it that this reaction extended into Christianity and became even more definite in the Christian Church-that monks went by thousands into the deserts of the Thebaid, and that the early Fathers and Christian apologists could not find terms foul enough to hurl at Woman as the symbol (to them) of nothing but sex-corruption and delusion? How was it that this contempt of the body and degradation of sex-things went far into the Middle Ages of Europe, and ultimately created an organized system of hypocrisy, and concealment and suppression of sex-instincts, which, acting as a cover to a vile commercial Prostitution and as a breading ground for horrible Disease, has lasted on even to the edge of the present day?43

He continues, contrasting this pathology with the predecessor Pagan world:

When one compares a healthy Pagan ritual-say of Apollos or Dionysus-including its rude and crude sacrifices if you like, but also including its whole-hearted spontaneity and dedication to the common life and welfare-with the morbid self-introspection of the Christian and the eternally recurring question "What shall I do to be saved?"-the comparison is not favorable to the latter.44

Judaism, Christianity and Drugs

Also abhorrent to so-called moralists is the notion of "recreational" or "spiritual" drug use, even though the history of such drug use dates back many thousands of years, with numerous cultures utilizing herbs, plants and fungi for a variety