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Ideal prayer of a young Christian girl to the Virgin Mary

joke · Christian/biblical · retold in 3 talks

'Oh thou who conceived without having sinned, let me sin without having to conceive.' Illustrates the perverse logic of institutional Christianity: religion as safeguard allowing enjoyment with impunity.

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“oh thou who conceived without having sinned let me sin without having to conceive”
57:21 God Without the Sacred2010-11-09 · 1:40:54
“"Oh thou who has conceived without making love, allow me to make love without conceiving," you know. Always—and it works!”

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57:21 God Without the Sacred2010-11-09 · 1:40:54
'Oh thou who conceived without having sinned, let me sin without having to conceive.' Illustrates the perverse logic of institutional Christianity: religion as safeguard allowing enjoyment with impunity., illustrating fake/institutional Christianity,Christianity and enjoyment
An Italian friend told Žižek that Italian Catholic girls pray to the Virgin Mary: 'Oh thou who has conceived without making love, allow me to make love without conceiving.' The joke captures how Christian prohibition enables enjoyment rather than blocking it., illustrating Christianity as frame for pagan freedom,desire (Lacanian ethics)