tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post111975313675793112..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Rolling Stone and Kewl Christian VirginityHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1121130329011913642005-07-11T21:05:00.000-04:002005-07-11T21:05:00.000-04:00courthouse, not a church, rather...but that depend...courthouse, not a church, rather...but that depends on what our good old Supreme Court decidedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1121130236137018242005-07-11T21:03:00.000-04:002005-07-11T21:03:00.000-04:00Tlaloc, I'm a gay and a virgin by choice. I'm wait...Tlaloc, I'm a gay and a virgin by choice. I'm waiting for marriage...but probably in courthouse, church. Of course this puts my comments at odds with the other pro-virginity posters. But anyway, I believe in firm commitment and I only want sex in that context.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119991786742446272005-06-28T16:49:00.000-04:002005-06-28T16:49:00.000-04:00Tlaloc,You keep referring to "They" -- who are "Th...Tlaloc,<BR/><BR/>You keep referring to "They" -- who are "They"? Are you suggesting a grand conspiracy among the 40 authors, throughout the 66 books, over the 1600 years during which these books were written? <BR/><BR/>Conspiracy indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119986875610157922005-06-28T15:27:00.000-04:002005-06-28T15:27:00.000-04:00Amen to Mr. Huisman's point about the misrepresent...Amen to Mr. Huisman's point about the misrepresentation of Scripture. In the same way, we often hear the Bible quoted as saying that money is the root of all evil when, in fact, that's not what It says -- rather, "the LOVE of money is a root of all kinds of evil." (1 Tim 6:10). <BR/><BR/>I also agree that Scripture hardly villifies sex; in fact, the Song of Solomon is a celebration of sex, but within the boundaries of marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119985932199931142005-06-28T15:12:00.000-04:002005-06-28T15:12:00.000-04:00"Premarital sex is no different than post-marital ..."Premarital sex is no different than post-marital sex."<BR/><BR/>There is a radical difference. Post-marital sex occurs within the context of a public promise of exclusive life-long love that, amoung other things, agrees to accept responsibility for all the consequences and implications of sex. Pre-marital sex lacks this context; it promises nothing; it is the failure or the refusal to promise. And that is why it is immoral.<BR/><BR/>"The problem with Christianity is not that it waits but that in order to compell waiting it has to so villify sex that it becomes massvely unhealthy."<BR/><BR/>This view of yours is certainly not the biblical view. In the Bible, sex is a creation of God and is inherently good---as long as it occurs within the context of the promise. Sex outside of marriage is immoral, not sex itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119915713098053862005-06-27T19:41:00.000-04:002005-06-27T19:41:00.000-04:00You were being sarcastic, were you not?You were being sarcastic, were you not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119900723996293002005-06-27T15:32:00.000-04:002005-06-27T15:32:00.000-04:00I'm sorry?I'm sorry?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119897828625698602005-06-27T14:43:00.000-04:002005-06-27T14:43:00.000-04:00So then you agree that premarital sex is morally w...So then you agree that premarital sex is morally wrong and that Christians who abstain should not be regarded as freaks or unicorns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119888543366616352005-06-27T12:09:00.000-04:002005-06-27T12:09:00.000-04:00Wow, you sure smashed that claim! You're right; yo...Wow, you sure smashed that claim! You're right; you do have to be Christian to be moral.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119876927585496922005-06-27T08:55:00.000-04:002005-06-27T08:55:00.000-04:00Secularists often claim that one does not have to ...Secularists often claim that one does not have to be Christian in order to be moral. The trouble with this claim, however, is that in order to make it seem plausible the definition of what is moral must be lowered in certain areas. Indeed, lowered so far that those who actually abide by Christian standards in these areas are rendered to freak or unicorn status.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119839727647993122005-06-26T22:35:00.000-04:002005-06-26T22:35:00.000-04:00The other day I saw the movie preview of “The 40 Y...The other day I saw the movie preview of “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” in the theatre; the movie’s title is self-explanatory; this guy is a nerd, 40-years-old and a virgin, so his buddies laugh at him and try to get him laid, etc. etc. While I chuckled at a few funny lines, I really couldn’t bring myself to like the premise. What’s wrong with being a guy in America who hasn’t had sex before marriage? Must he (or she, for that matter) be a nerd, misfit, shy, unsuccessful, and perhaps stupid, to qualify to be a virgin after 19? I’m glad this Rolling Stone article reveals that adult virgins in America are not a monopoly of nerds. These young people live in Williamsburg, NYC, probably as hip as it gets nowadays for NYC singles. The timing of the article coincides with this weekend's Billy Graham Crusade in Queens, NYC. I wonder if Roller Stone knew about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com