Been there done that.
I also happen to agree with sister.
America tends to follow the traditions of the conservative Reformed
traditions which believe in regulation by the church through
government. (I a oppose this)
Check out John Calvin's experiment in Geneva in the 1500's.
Also their views of sexuality are much more common sense. European
TV does not censor and shows much more than we do. (When I was a
teenager I was very surprised by what I saw on German TV.)
They also were very nonplused by the whole Clinton-Lewinsky deal (He
had an affair? Ho Hum.)
In America (and surprisingly Canada) they have set a far higher
standard on what children can and should view and have done so based
on their view of sex. Even Muslims have a very narrow view of what
is appropriate and not. As I said before it is a community based
standard. Which means it is normally based on what the majority of
the community says it does.
Do you remember when Pornography prosecutions became very selective
based solely on community standards. What was appropriate in NY NY
would not be in Hazzard, KY. So the federal prosecutors would
prosecute a Porn distributor or film in Hazzzrd not NY.
Personally I do not set filters nor do I let anyone else set filters
on my computers, my family computers, or the church computers. No
one will be deciding for someone else what they can look at.
I did not go see "The Passion of Christ" as I am not into that type
of movie (way too much gore for me) but many of my members did. Kill
BIll? Dumb movie!
And yes everyone else does have the right to practice THEIR religion,
without my interference, until it gets to the point that it
interferes with my being able to practice my religion.
That is the proper religion (It is a constant tension)
Stewart
At 11:28 AM 8/3/2008, you wrote:
Since you have ruled out religion. where do you get this prudish notion
from? I had to think hard about this after watching Bill Moyers interview
Sister Wendy (Wendy Beckett, nun and art historian who created a series
of marvellous BBC programs on art). Moyers asked Sister what a nun was
doing surrounded by so much nakedness. Sister asked rhetorically "Do you
not believe that we are made in the likeness of God?" "So when you object
to nakedness I have to ask 'What do you have against God?'." (Or
something close to this as best I can recall.) That set me back on my
heels.
Since the Rev. cited foreign countries I wonder if the Rev. has been to
Europe. Naked people in newspaper and magazine ads and on billboards are
common. Does he think that children do not see these? Meanwhile the
Europeans are quite upset at excessive violence depected in US media.
They do not want their children to see this. (Hence my earlier quesion
about "Kill Bill" or "The Passion of the Christ" -- which is being
evaded.)
Bottom line is that there is no agreement about what children and others
should or should not be allowed to see.
So are you going to pick and choose whose opinion's counts? Are you going
to accept all opinions with equal weight (including the Taliban's). Or
are you going to tell all of them to get lost because you are not going
to censor anthing. Hence we get back to the accusation that "everybody
has the freedom to practice MY religion" applies.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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