More petty Christian fights!
14th February 2006
There they go again! Over at Christianity Today’s blog there is another little storm brewing! This time it is an altercation about the cover of the recent issue of Leadership which features the a statue depicting in clear view some fine “marble bosom”. Rather than discuss the import of what the issue was dedicated to, it appears that readers are more concerned with the supposed propriety of depicting a statue with bare breasts on the cover page of a magazine dedicated to ministers and ministry. (Incidentally, Messy Christian is also wondering why there is such a fuss over part of the female anatomy).
First, there was the guy who complained that he could no longer leave a copy of the magazine on the coffee table for fear that one of his 8 sons might see some (er, very cold) skin. Then there was the woman who found the need to strategically paint over the images before (gasp!) her husband got a hold of the semi-pornography (actually, it might be pornographic after all, by some definition!). Finally, there was the guy who found the photo of a bare-chested man and a woman wearing “a shirt that seemingly could fall off at any moment” within the pages of the magazine a little too pernicious. And, “[a]s if that weren’t enough, neither of them is wearing a wedding band and the article is about sex”. What horror of horrors!
So, the debate continues… Read the rest of this entry »
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