Whether or not castration has played any part in the strengthening of the Christian religion I have absolutely no idea. There is no doubt, however, that the principles of chastity, and self sacrifice when it comes to one's own empowerment over normal sexual desires has become an obsession in the Christian faith.
Self mutilation seems contrary to the belief that our bodies are holy and vessels containing the Spirit of God. Castration could however play an integral role in relieving the satanic desires of many priests/ministers/sexual deviants in society from preying upon young boys. As I do not believe in the death penalty, castration may indeed be the answer! Perhaps Christianity can play a role in promoting castration for it's own deviant hierarchy and save it's church.
Well, that's the nuts and bolts of it for now.
Just thinking out loud, perhaps too loud for some....
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The appearance of the practice of castration determined the moment, when religion took a different orientation and eventually resulted in Christianity. On the one hand, castration was integrated into ancient religious forms and was evolving in compliance with the conditioned reflex principle, by means of associated images. On the other hand, castration was a level, which was used to introduce the majority of moral principles that are still actual, useable, rational and logic in our times. The following peculiar features of the phenomenon can be found at the first stage of its evolution: homosexual priests, insane castrates, insane self-mutilation. The second stage can be described as: chaste priests, mystical impassibility, asceticism, sanctity, a distinction between lustful and spiritual lives and social predominance achieved with the help of sacrifice. Two new rituals appeared: the ritual of castration and the sacrament of holy orders. The rituals spread the following ideas: self-denial, abstinence, self-sacrifice, nobility and sexual morality.
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