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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 1875531" data-attributes="member: 5834">reI read it. I know that many Eastern cultures do the same. It is not just Judeo-Christian. You are wrong. If you want to start bringing tribal cultures into this, then I will argue that they don't even possess Paladins.If you want to discuss things like Roman culture, I can prove that they held virginity in the highest esteem. If you want to discuss Eastern culture, there are many relgions that hold chastity/celibacy as necessary for purity of the body. The argument can go on and on. Ultimately, the Lawful component when combined with the Good component will make a philandering Paladin suspect in his faith. I'm not. One of the reasons why I stated what I did. Hindu, Muslim, several of the Eastern philosophies such as Daoism and Confucianism, and several offshoots religions view casual sexual intercourse as detrimental to the spiritual well-being of the individuals for a variety of reasons. The more you search past cultures, you will find the strong trend of pushing marriage upon men and women. There are obvious examples of legal philandering in just about every culture. Such behavior was hardly held up as the ideal, and often indulged by the wealthy classes over the less wealthy whom they treated almost like slaves. If you would like to cite specific examples of what you are talking about culturally, I am almost assured that you will fail to find a culture that would have Paladins or where sexual philandering wasn't based on class and wealth. I would love to see this list.</blockquote>

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