Is BDSM dealt with in Scripture?
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It depends
The two big things to keep in mind are these:
- God judges our hearts
- There is no set definition of BDSM
Romans 14:23 ESV But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
1 Corinthians 10:23 ESV “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
The Lord judges the hearts of people. Someone can have crazy, tantric sex with their wife and glorify the Lord and another can share the gospel with a heart that's entirely devoid of the Spirit. The question isn't "Isn't BDSM a sin?" the question is "What does BDSM do to my heart?"
Having said that, there's not a set definition on what BDSM is. It typically involves bondage and role-playing, but those are also subjective things. The dark aspects of tyranny, slavery, hatred, anger, etc... are thing Christians should avoid under any circumstance. But can a married couple perform BDSM while avoiding these things? If your definition of BDSM is just doing it with a whip, then sure.
So it's a matter of the heart. If you doubt in your heart whether you should be engaged in such an act then you probably shouldn't (Romans 14:23). At the same time, you can't look into another person's heart and objectively say it's sinful.
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I would say “no”, because you are supposed to see yourself in the light of what Scripture says you are and that is to have a positive mindset.
“to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness”. (Eph 4:22-24 ESV)
BDSM involves the person who is the passive partner in the act to think of themself as “bad, or deserving of punishment or a slave etc. there is nothing positive about this at all. Furthermore, the one inflicting whatever it is upon the passive person is also not behaving in a manner that befits Eph 4:22-24.
Now unless you are in actual fact “bad” then confess your sin and repent. If you are “deserving of punishment”then whips, chains etc are not the way in which you would correct a person. Lastly, you are no one’s slave expect the slave of Christ.
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