A recent comment here suggested that the typical Evangelical family is like the one described in My Half-Year of Hell With Christian Fundamentalists. Thankfully, this portrait, while perhaps more common that we would like, is certainly not the common evangelical, though it may be the typical self-described fundamentalist (see the chart in this post for the differences). It’s a sad story, but thankfully, it’s representative of a minority (though larger than it should be).
The article described the following characteristics. Is this you? It ain’t me!
- Dawn Church visits – are you kidding? I have trouble making it to the 10:30 service at my church. I mean REAL trouble – I almost never get there less than 15 minutes late. And half the time, I skip ;(
- Talking about sex at every meal – um, I guess if you are worried about your teen, you might talk about it more than usual. Every meal? Um, whatever
- Married Celibacy – OK, these people were definitely NOT mainstream. Even hard core fundies enjoy the missionary position as often as they can.
- Drinking Wine is Demonic – now, most fundies and perhaps half of Evangelicals are tea totalers (I, being a moderate, am not ;), but they know that drinking wine is not prohibited in scripture. That is, unless they buy the old canard that the wine in the bible was not alcoholic, but few evangelicals buy that one.
- No Coffee Allowed – OK, now I KNOW he was in some crazy whacko church – I mean, if it’s one thing that fundies allow themselves, it’s coffee and fattening food. You sure these guys weren’t JW’s?
- Using people for evangelism – now, this is probably much more common in fundy and evangelical circles – wanting to "reach people" for the wrong reasons – pleasing God, earning something, boosting self-esteem. None of these are LOVE.
Even hard core fundies enjoy the missionary position as often as they can.
rofl
Amen BROTHER! And any other position that happens to present itself, in my "fundie" self! ;)
(More tmi?! Sorry, but you started it! LOL)
Cowgirl and doggie rock!
Cowgirl all the way. Doggie is too impersonal for my wife, but spooning doggie (is there a name for this?) is not too bad. Man, now we are way too far.
Yea, sorry that wasnt appropriate. But really I had never thought about married celibacy as REAL, and these people made it a part of their "Christianity"????
I guess – I've never heard of that before, but in the recesses of my brain, I might have. That's just out there – but not any worse than celibate priests. You see what happens when you do that!
You see what happens when you do that!
Priests and Nuns should be chaste!
Chaste, yea, but 1 Timothy 4:1-4
I don't get it Lawanda. What does that have to do with Priests and Nuns?
She meant 1 Timothy 3:1-4
No I meant what I had, actually. I think it shows celibacy as a false doctrine, doesnt it?
Priests and nuns are forbidden to marry = celibacy
Plus then there is Hebrews 13:4
KJV "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled"
That means sex is good, when you are married it is even honorable.
There is a definite difference between chastity and celibacy.
Then there is 1 Corinthians 7. Verses three and four are all about gettin some when ya need it. Which I hope is not another inappropriate statement. I mean it is in the bible. :-p
Yeah, there are lots of reasons that Priests should not be celibate, scripturally speaking. But the scripture I mentioned talks about overseers being the husband of one wife.
BTW, I'm sure that Catholics can muster up scriptures to support their celibacy rule, but you know, it's gonna be a streeeetch.
A. I'm beyond disturbed.
B. Seriously.
C. Doggie spooning? Isn't that just spooning? Anything else isn't spooning. Speaking of which, it's interesting that you guys are talking about all of the different ways to fork one another.
D. I'll be here all nigght. Try the veal.
the different ways to fork one another.
Forking was intended by the creator (as the one Christian book is titled "Intended for Pleasure"), just within moral boundaries. A healthy view of sex is part of healthy xianity. You know, the one outside your mind ;)
How is this for a typical Evangelical?