stackyFACTSNothing screams 'positive body image' like believing your flesh is a prison built by Satan.
Nothing screams 'positive body image' like believing your flesh is a prison built by Satan. The Cathars were a medieval dualist sect in France who believed the Old Testament God was actually the devil, and all physical matter was inherently evil. Because human reproduction just trapped more angelic souls in meat cages, they completely swore off sex. The Catholic Church solved this theological disagreement by heavily crusading them out of existence.
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