Of course, religion doesn't have to create repression. Religion is just a tool, a set of ideas. Unfortunately the most popular ones are problematic.
I should note that the bible doesn't explicitly say anything bad about masturbation. So it's the current oral myths that make up a religion, whether or not those line up with whatever "evidence" it's supposedly based on. It doesn't say anything about contraception either. These are all interpetations, and require a lot of stretching before they mean what people say they mean.
A religion could have a healthy attitude towards sexuality. And of course people apply the same religion in different ways.
I should note that the bible doesn't explicitly say anything bad about masturbation. So it's the current oral myths that make up a religion, whether or not those line up with whatever "evidence" it's supposedly based on. It doesn't say anything about contraception either. These are all interpetations, and require a lot of stretching before they mean what people say they mean.
A religion could have a healthy attitude towards sexuality. And of course people apply the same religion in different ways.
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