“I think we should throw those books in a fire,” [Spotsylvania school board member] Abuismail said
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Based on some of the comments I’ve seen, while some may say that they wouldn’t buy inappropriate content for their kids, they couldn’t give a good reason not to.
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Define what you mean by ugly behavior, and why you think it gives Christians a bad name.
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That's... well... wishful thinking.
Perhaps you see yourself in that way... but that statement alone of "marriage is the place where [sex] belongs" shows your own limitations (and puritanical background).
Human sexuality is a much wider field than "intercourse". The basic biology behind it, for example, is an important topic... and a prime example of the puritanical outrage against anything "sex".
Just as an example: there is a very good and informative YouTube channel, run by a certified ObGyn, who talks about all things related to sexuality and the human body. Just a while ago, she was notified that an Alaska schoolboard has banned her educational material from being used in schools for "explicit content".
She doesn't show inappropriate contentography. She doesn't teach how to have sex. She talks about the things that happen to your body, your children's bodies when they grow up. She explains how all of this works, what happens, what can happen, what shouldn't happen. She's open and informative. But "explicit". And that's a big No no, because children need to be kept away from knowing these things.
Why? Because they "belong to marriage"? Should a girl have to wait until marriage until she is allowed to know about her own body? Does she have to wait until her mother tells her... who, most likely, adheres to the same puritanical "don't talk about this dirty stuff, it belongs only in marriage" attitude? Does a boy have to rely on his father to talk "men stuff" with him, from the (hurr hurr) "locker room talk" position?
Sexuality is not exclusive to marriage, whatever limits you want to place on it. It is a part of human existence, of all human life. A very influential, important and potentially risky part. And at the same time, a very fun, inspiring and mostly harmless part.
This is where it belongs. This is how it should be approached. And not by a nationwide outrage about a bared female nipple, or the banning of sex-ed at schools because of ickyness.
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Who buys inappropriate content anymore? Our society is saturated with it.
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I see inappropriate content shops all over the country. Someone is buying.
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Let me know when you are going to address my point.Antiquing is a popular American pastime.
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It backfires.
Firstly, to burn the book, you must first own the book, which means you've already paid for the book. Buy 1000 copies of "The Joy of Sex" for your bonfire, and all you've done is put a lot of money in Alex Comfort's pocket.... he gets his royalties whether you read the book or not.
Secondly, labeling something "Forbidden" has become the most effective marketing tool in modern capitalism. The minute you label this book as evil and deserving of burning, you're going to inspire scores of people who would never have heard of it to look into it, even if for no other reason than to see for themselves what all the brouhaha is about.
"Thank you Tipper (Gore) and Jesse (Helms), for making sure that as long as there are a few four-letter words on the album, it’ll sell an extra million copies!” -- Steven Tyler
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In the United States compulsory education became mandatory in 1918. Adult literacy rose steadily there after.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States,
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Many people are saying "Who's been babysitting my kids?". I don't think they care as long as the kids aren't bothering them. This is the issue ignored. Internet raising a generation of American children.
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And a significant percentage of those who pick up a forbidden book and actually read it will go in with a mindset of it must be right and those in power fear it.
The Communist Manifesto has a very different impact if read as a forbidden book compared to being read because your political science prof said read it and see what they actually stand for. (And that gets magnified if the same prof points out a few choice passages or even batter points out the implications of some of their ideals).
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I don't know that it's "wrong" in an objective sense, but I think the evidence from history is that it's foolish and reflects poorly on people that advocate for such things. Nobody ever burned their way through books to a more enlightened society.
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There is a the science of sex and biology. Which covers the changes in our bodies as we grow. There is nothing dirty or icky about that. And for the most part the puritanical idea that talking about anything that might have something to do with the sexual organs is a no no had gone out the window. It's biology. And Christianity has moved away from the ickyness factor.
I don't know anything about the lady on YouTube so can't comment.
The sex act itself is also biology and there is no shame in teaching biology as long as it is age appropriate.
However having sex is a different matter that belongs in the moral realm. And as Christians we have moved away from "you shouldn't enjoy sex and it's only to have babies" to "you should enjoy sex and participate in it as often as you can for pleasure as well as to have babies". Because that is actually what the scriptures teach.
But it's created by God for the marriage bed not to be given away to anyone just cause you are horny. And that is a righteous issue. And righteousness is at the heart of it.
As unbelievers they are entitled to participate in sex however they want and with whomever they want. Because they are sinners and having sex outside if marriage doesn't condemn them anymore than anything else. Sinners are expected to act like sinners. Big surprise.
But there are studies that show how promiscuity and a too early introduction to sex and sexually explicit material damages a person psyche. So while you can be promiscuous there are psychological consequences to that. Not to mention other consequences as well. Such as pregnancy and sexual disease. Which can coorollate into further complications as well.
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