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           Theonlywayinwhichtheoddinterrelationsofthevariousaspectsofwhatpurportstobeamonotheoscanbereconciledwiththepreceptsofthereligiontheretoisbyassumingthattherulesinthesemattersfordeityarenottherulesforordinarymortals.Ofcoursemostpeopledon’tthinkaboutit;theycompartmentitoffintheirmindsandmarkit:‘Holy–DoNotDisturb.’

           "ButanoutsiderefereeisforcedtoallowMikethesamedispensationgrantedallothergods.Therearerulesforthisgame:onegodalonesplitsintoatleasttwoparts–maleandfemale–andbreeds.NotjustJehovah–theyalldoit.Lookitup.Contrariwise,agroupofgodswillbreedlikerabbits,everytime,andwithaslittleregardforhumanformalities.OnceMikeenteredthegoddingbusiness,thoseorgiesofhisgroupwereaslogicallycertainasSundayfollowsSaturday.SoquitusingthestandardsofPodunkandjudgethemonlybyOlympianmorals–Ithinkyouwillthenfindthattheyareshowingunusualrestraint.Furthermore,Ben,this‘growing-closer’bysexualunion,thisunity-into-pluraltyandplurality-back-into-unity,cannottoleratemonogamyinsidethegodgroup.Anypairingthatexcludedtheotherswouldbeimmoral,obscene,underthepostulatedcreed.Andifsuchmutual,shared-by-allsexualcongressisessentialtotheircreed,asIgrokithastobe,thenwhydoyouexpectthisholyuniontobehiddenbehindadoor?Yourinsistencethattheyshouldhideitwouldhaveturnedaholyrite–whichitwas–intosomethingobscene–whichitwasnot.