Editing Monster Girl Encyclopedia II (section)

=== Tenets ===
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The following are a few of the teachings of Bacchus.
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''Drink wine to give life, joy, and color, and to feed the energy needed to live each day well and virtuously.''
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While Bacchists believe that a good and righteous life is one lived with virtue and dedication, they also think that even the best of people grow weary when they spend all of their effort on acts of charity and take no time for breaks, creating a self-defeating rebound. All humans have a dark side, and living with dedication inevitably catalyzes an accumulation of wrath, sorrow, grudges, and envy. To effectively resolve and eliminate these tensions, life needs the joy and color of wine; as an essential diversion and restorative, it gives life rhythm. This is the most central tenet of Bacchism and the guiding principle of life as a Bacchist.

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''Exchange wine and words to seal your friendship.''
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These words emphasize the importance of showing geniality to others and engaging them in conversation to exchange opinions. Bacchists believe that wine and words should always be exchanged before turning to combat-though they do not repudiate battle out of hand. When words fall on deaf ears, the force to defend oneself and bring the other side to the bargaining table becomes necessary. Grudges generated by such conflicts and disputes, then, must be cleared away by sharing wine and discussing feelings.

Bacchism allows for wine's power to help favorably advance negotiations or to persuade a member of the opposite sex. However, it also recommends that monsters achieve carnal union with men not through intoxication and assault, but by instead exchanging wine and words to create an atmosphere conducive to seduction.
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''Be not grudging of your wine, for wine is to be shared.''
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These words imply that, just as one needs diversion in one's own life, so too do others-and so, if an individual is fortunate, they should share their comfort as much as they can without becoming unhappy themselves. This is not mere charity, though. The word "shared" emphasizes the virtue of mutual relationship, after all, and denigrates a one-sided rapport. It is critical that the one who's been offered a hand extends one in return.

As much as one might like to be good to everyone, it is difficult to give endlessly without recompense. Charity should be given where it is due, one good turn for another, so that benevolence can be comfortably sustained. This teaching is fundamental to the life of the believer.
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''One's true and best form is that which is revealed through intoxication.''
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Though it is often said that wine brings out the worst in people, these words assert that everyone has aspects of weakness and darkness-and that such aspects should be accepted as their true nature. This tenet is a resolute appeal to the generosity of spirit, to encourage people to accept themselves-and others- for who they really are. There are those who truly behave badly under the influence of wine(lashing out in violence, for example), but this behavior should be recognized as a truth of their character. Instead of glossing over these aspects, this Bacchic teaching demands that such people work to better their underlying nature.

There are also people who become profligate in matters of pleasure and sex when drunk. This, however, is considered a natural human need and not a shameful or unclean behavior. It is thought that people should openly release their desires in order to drive themselves forth with the energy needed to live.

Bacchism is considered a denomination of the Order, which holds that all gods(excepting those who betrayed the Chief God and banded with monsters) serve the Chief God and that worship of her divine servants constitutes worship of her.(Those who do not support worship of the Chief God, however, may be branded heretics.) Bacchists maintain this position publicly, but none of their scriptures mention monsters as enemies of humankind.

Finally, thought Bacchist discipline is relatively lax, Bacchism forbids the abuse of wine to deprive a person of consciousness for purposes of robbery or rape.
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