CHAPTER THREE
THE BIBLE: AN ANTHOLOGY ON INCEST
The reader is naturally shocked to find such a heading in a Book
attributed to God. One has to read it to believe it. Quickly the
reader refers to page 13 to savour the spiciest part of “ Combat
Kit” first. At the head of the page is the definition from the
“ New Collins Dictionary.” :
IN C EST : “SEXUAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN
TWO PERSONS WHO ARE TOO
CLOSELY RELATED.” The Oxford
Dictionary adds the words — "TO
MARRY.”
Whilst in the middle of this research, I was visited by two Bible
peddlers on a Sunday morning at home. They came to give me
solutions to the problems of the world from the "Holy” Bible. I
changed the subject, and 1 suggested to them that I was on the
verge of writing an anthology on “ Incest.” 1 asked, whether
they knew the meaning of the word INCEST? They said that
they knew. 1 explained the meaning to them. It was about
having sexual intercourse between... father and daughters,
between son and mother, between father-in-law and daughter-in-
law, between brother and sister.
I asked them what would they say if, on completion of my essay
on the subject. 1 presented it to their teenage sister or daughter
to read. They both replied to the effect that they would strangle
me! I asked why? They said that that act of my giving a filthy,
dirty, immoral book to their loved ones was an attack on their
chastity. I said, 1 would not blame them for their strong reaction.
But what if the obscene, immoral treatise on incest was derived
from your so-called “Book of God,” the Holy Bible. "Impossible”,
they exclaimed indignantly. “The Bible contains no such porno
graphy! Prove it! they demanded!”