Dualism in Christianity

Descartes’ view of dualism with the mind and the body has a large impact on the way that several people look at religion. Separating the mind and the body means that neither can be responsible for the other. This has serious implications from either side you look at it.         

                I’m going to look at it from a religious stand point.  Usually religions of any sort have some sort of guidelines that you’re supposed to follow. Since I don’t know logistics of other religions I’ll focus on Christianity for this post because it’s what I’m familiar with. In Christianity there are several guidelines that you are technically required to follow, these range from physical limitations, such as not having sex until you’re married, to more mental and emotional limitations by controlling greed and jealously. While these aren’t things that the Church forces you to follow, they are considered actions that are necessary to completing salvation.  Descartes comes into this because if the mind and the body are split people have to find some way to bridge the gap and control both in order to comply with spiritual regulations. This means that Descartes poses a problem for Christians. If the mind is separate that means that the body is a baseline of desire and therefore you aren’t responsible your body’s actions. Therefore if Christians believe in Descartes, that messes up with their whole belief system. 
            On the other side of things, non religious people have to worry about this as well. Have the mind and body separated poses a problem in the view of looking at things from a safety point. If someone violates someone or something else with their body, shouldn't they technically be able to plead "insanity" in these situations? If dualism is correct then we are not as  connected as we originally believed. They have to be able to  have some sort of control over certain areas of their body and be able to push down base human desires.