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Enlarging the spires on the temple of the Holy Spirit
Donna Batten, a Christian mother of five from Ulster, Northern Ireland, explained to Friday's Belfast Telegraph why she had her breasts enlarged to a 34DD: it's all because of her Christianity. Pastors and religious commentators can no doubt find weeks worth of commentary in Batten's quotes, but Weblog will let her speak for herself:

We believe the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and that we should look after it and maintain it, and that's what I'm doing. … To me it would be wrong to have got my boobs done and have them hanging out, on show, tempting men. That would be a sin. But, I'm not like that. I dress quite modestly. … Some older Christians might think this was wrong but no one at my church has said to me that it's a sin. Instead people take the approach, "that's your business, if it makes you happy." … And, taking it to its logical conclusion, where would you draw the line? If it's not wrong to dye your hair, or wear make-up, why would cosmetic surgery be wrong? Essentially it all comes down to the same thing. … We're God's children, he wants us to have the best of everything, to have an abundance of everything.

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