From the "Only in Texas" files comes Pole Dancing for Jesus.
It seems to me that some things should remain sacred. And some things that aren't, shouldn't. Regardless of your views on Jesus--mortal or immortal--he just doesn't seem like the type of guy that anyone should be polishing chrome for. Isn't it the life-long goal of most fathers to keep their daughter's off the pole?
Don't get me wrong. I think pole dancing can be fun, sexy and great for a wide range of muscle groups. But it's a sad state of affairs if the only way you can rationalize studio time is by declaring Jesus your sanctioning body.
As Americans, we need to do a lot more work toward embracing sexuality. What I'm questioning is the productivity of wrapping the pole in the shroud of Jesus.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Enjoyable viewing! But I agree--it's ridiculous! I'm not Christian, yet am still annoyed at how Jesus (whom I consider to have been a great human being, and a prophet, in a sense) is trivialized in our society. And ironically, it's devout Christians who seem to trivialize him the most--wearing his name on T-shirts, showing it off on bumper stickers, copying ads like "Got milk?" to "Got Jesus?". With the exception of business people who wear the "Christian" badge to drum up business--these people mean well, I'm sure. But they've reduced Jesus to a commodity--trivialized his life and teachings. I first noticed this with Amy Grant. She was hot, how could I not be sexually aroused by this gorgeous woman shaking her body that way in those videos? But she was singing songs in worship of Jesus. Even my mom followed a book by a "Christian" writer, entitled "Free to be Thin"--a weight-loss guide. And she's still unable to see the discrepancies in sexy contemporary Christian rock (even rap and heavy metal), books marketed as "Christian", though on totally secular themes. Christianity is big business, these days. And most Christians somehow fail to see this--they'll contradict Christian teachings in order to "win" converts. In short, the Church has become the Temple Jesus condemned most. I can see him turning the tables of Christian business, just as he did those of the moneychangers in the Temple. WWJD ("What Would Jesus Do") has become the in-phrase all over the place. But what supposedly-devout Christians really should be asking is this: "What would Jesus not do?"
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