From my understanding, Orwell was not a man of extensive education in the field of writing. This is one of my numerous appeals towards him, me being formally undereducated in the writing trade… what ever that means.

Of course, the appeal towards Orwell stretches many fronts, including that of positive influence long after death. As each of us stumbles through life best as we can, we tread on the toes of all that we come in contact with. In the process we leave a lot of things broken and damaged – our sole hope of evening the score is buried in the chance of leaving something positive that will outlive us. I cannot think of a better way to seek that end, but with a pen…

As for the church’s involvement in its followers’ bedrooms, I don’t think it’s an explicitly sexual agenda most of the time, but is, as you hint, more about pleasure itself. The only pleasure one should derive should come from God or spirituality itself; all other so-called pleasures are ethereal and fleeting, and aren’t ‘genuine’ as they are earthly pleasures.

But for those of us who only believe in earthly things, well, seeking out earthly pleasures isn’t such an awful task. :)