Thu, 20 May 2004

XXXchurch Wants No More XXX

I've always been somewhat amazed by the whole Christer doctrine of "thought = action". I remember hearing Jimmy Carter quote the Bible in a Playboy interview:

"I try not to commit a deliberate sin. I recognize that I'm going to do it anyhow, because I'm human and I'm tempted. And Christ set some almost impossible standards for us. Christ said, 'I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery.'
"I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognizes I will do--and I have done it--and God forgives me for it."

By the same logic, thinking about punching somebody out is the same thing as actually punching them. Is thinking about eating a hamburger identical to actually eating one?

Put into an anthropological context, this is sympathetic magick - but of course, Christianity hates magick, as it's all of the "Devil"!

Two young Christian ministers set up the XXXchurch to stop people from watching porn and engaging in self-gratification. Their edgy approach has won a lot of attention, but no love from fellow Christians. By Julia Scheeres.

(link) [Wired News]

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