Different Religions Express Various Degrees Of Openness To Images

As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what is obscene or pornographic differs among religious traditions.

And not all people within traditions agree.

Another complication: "Ancient sacred texts are virtually silent on what modern people consider pornographic," said Brent Plate, religion and visual arts professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

People from some other faiths, however, may go to the temple and see these images and think they are erotic, said Plate, whose latest book is "Blasphemy: Art That Offends." Full Story

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