Since I Didn't Blog The Last Two Days...
Another post on my previous post would perhaps suffice.
Certainly some have been horrified at how some Christians have snatched on the "sex sells" concept to attract youths (male only, I reckon) to Christ. So it is with the so called "Bible Calendar", which features erotic (?) scenes from the Bible.
I question their tag "erotic". For, scenes which they claim to be erotic (such as a nude Eve) are actually not at all. They seem to latch onto instances of nudity in the Bible and transform it into "erotica". I am going to such lengths to point it out because when the pastor who defends this calendar says that "it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that you are forbidden to show yourself nude", I say that he confuses nudity with sexuality. Those two are seperate things and although they both overlap at times, the point is they are nevertheless different entitities.
So, it goes to show that the point is not about nudity- what is found in the Bible- but rather nothing more than pictures that strive to titillate the males to Christ. This "effort" to promote Christ misses the mark. You cannot bring people to an otherwordly kingdom using wordly means. I think that this just goes to show how apostate some churches have become. No doubt this is probably a rather liberal church, but it is nevertheless an extreme instance when the "church" tries to win the world with worldly methods. It may seem to work- but what are the end results?
Ah...I guess I better not dwell on this any longer. We Christians have a bad reputation of being obsessed with issues concerning sex. I personally believe we've got to focus ourselves on other issues too. Anyway,
Soli Deo Gloria!
Certainly some have been horrified at how some Christians have snatched on the "sex sells" concept to attract youths (male only, I reckon) to Christ. So it is with the so called "Bible Calendar", which features erotic (?) scenes from the Bible.
I question their tag "erotic". For, scenes which they claim to be erotic (such as a nude Eve) are actually not at all. They seem to latch onto instances of nudity in the Bible and transform it into "erotica". I am going to such lengths to point it out because when the pastor who defends this calendar says that "it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that you are forbidden to show yourself nude", I say that he confuses nudity with sexuality. Those two are seperate things and although they both overlap at times, the point is they are nevertheless different entitities.
So, it goes to show that the point is not about nudity- what is found in the Bible- but rather nothing more than pictures that strive to titillate the males to Christ. This "effort" to promote Christ misses the mark. You cannot bring people to an otherwordly kingdom using wordly means. I think that this just goes to show how apostate some churches have become. No doubt this is probably a rather liberal church, but it is nevertheless an extreme instance when the "church" tries to win the world with worldly methods. It may seem to work- but what are the end results?
Ah...I guess I better not dwell on this any longer. We Christians have a bad reputation of being obsessed with issues concerning sex. I personally believe we've got to focus ourselves on other issues too. Anyway,
Soli Deo Gloria!
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on Monday, December 05, 2005 at 11:03 PM.
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