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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
Except, isn't the _Kama Sutra_ a manual for sex as a method of worship? So wouldn't that make it a holy book in spite of the arousing nature of the material?
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As far as I know, the Kama Sutra does not advocate transgressive sexual activities -- just heterosexual positions.
Regardless, all you need to say is "this book is about more than getting hard/wet, therefore it's not prurient" and you've got an argument on your hands. Along those lines, any TOS is unlikely to sufficiently handle the inherent complications.
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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
The bible has an enormous amount of material in it that can reasonably be read as Deity expressing approval of all sorts of things we don't want people doing now....
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That's nice, but completely irrelevant.
As I said previously, even
leaving aside all issues of judgment: The claim that "incest is described in the Bible, therefore my work of incest erotica ought to be treated the same" is patently absurd. It's trivial, childish, unpersuasive and tone-deaf.
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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
one standard for every book is still a fair way to do things. If the bible can't meet the standard, perhaps there's something wrong with the standard.
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There is no such "one standard" that will work.
The process of passing these types of judgments will always be nuanced, subjective and in flux. There's no getting around it.
Nor is there any guarantee that it will be applied with universal efficiency. If you get popped for driving 75mph in a 55mph zone, no judge is going to void your speeding ticket because you insist there was another driver that was going 80. You were still speeding, therefore you still get a ticket.