Lilani said:
I'm a Christian and I like BSDM. Figure that one out. (And no, I'm not the one who wrote the letter to Love FAQ).
BDSM is a very common fetish amongst the religious. It tends to be because religions just tell you to repress things that you're told are wrong or you'll be punished. The idea of punishment simmers in the mind and as your personality forms that becomes part of it. People keep their 'wrong' thoughts private and they also tend to keep their sexual practices quiet, they influence each other over time.
Because they repress their urges more, when they do let them out they tend to be more 'intense' and/or fetishistic than those of a sexual liberal. It's for this reason that states like Texas have a much higher proportion of paid membership to specialist sites than states like New Jersey.
OT: I'm a dom.