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Thursday, 17 July 2008

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

  • A little too uneasy ...

    This summer has been anything but wonderful.

    I love my fellowship and the people I have met ... but I feel like the lone Christian in my program. 

    I often feel uneasy when speaking with my roommate about certain issues.  Last night frustrated me, and I let my frustration show. 

    For starters, she condemned the whole concept behind missionaries.  When I tried to explain to her that some have good intentions and are there to help people, she asked me if it is necessary to show your faith while on a mission trip ... as if it could or should be hidden!  I said there is a distinct difference between showing and proselytizing.  It is one thing to walk in and say, "Hi, I am so-and-so, and I will be your Christian missionary for the week.  Let's start converting!"  It is another thing to be spotted praying or even to engage in prayer with an individual.  She didn't understand though ...

    She then started to talk about sex and menstruation.  She wants to have a "special talk" with the girls in the program next week.  I almost became physically ill during this discussion.  I wanted to yell out, "No!  I don't want to know about alternative menstruation products or sex toys or whatever!  Just let me be!"  Instead, I played with my phone during this conversation.  All I wanted to do was read the Bible and go to bed.  Obviously, I was bothered by the whole conversation.  She caught on and apologized. 

    I know Sociology is one of the most liberal disciplines in the social sciences.  I cannot do this for the rest of my life.  I cannot work with these people.  I need to be in a Christian community of some sort ... or at least be with more like-minded individuals (Christian or non-Christian)! 

    Have you ever felt like the lone Christian before, desperately trying to hold onto your ideals while not going insane?

  • How would you deal with a friend or family member that is being abused?

    First, if you can report it, REPORT IT.  Forget the fact that this particular person may have asked you not to report it.  We have an obligation to each other to help each other in these dire times of need.  Unfortunately, physical and sexual abuse and neglect are severely underreported in this country because (1) the victim takes the blame and refuses to report it himself or herself and (2) other people who know about this incident do not report it themselves because they do not think they have the right.

     

    Second, pray of course.  However, do not just pray when you know you can do more.


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Tuesday, 15 July 2008

  • The Paradox of Feminism: The Objectification of the Human Body

    On my way back to campus today, I had an interesting conversation with my friend about one of the girls in my fellowship.  You see, the girl is quite lovely and quite intelligent.  She is a feminist at heart and believes in an egalitarian society.  Now, I have nothing against the latter.  After all, we should all be able to coexist as one society.  What bothers me is the former - her take on feminism.  She stands for women's rights, including the right to protect one's body.  In other words, a woman's body is her own, and that autonomy should be respected.  The body should not be objectified. 

    This is what made the conversation interesting ...

    My friend told me how some boys that she knows call this girl "free-spirited" and "wild," especially when it comes to sleeping with others.  She has no qualms about getting into a bed with someone (the consequence of sexual liberalism) and loves the instant gratification.  To the boys, though, she is a sexual conquest.    

    Wait, what?

    It was only a few weeks ago that the girls in my fellowship were deconstructing my Self magazine and pointing out the flaws, hypocritically discussing how the images disgusted them.  They were appalled by the objectification of the women in the magazine.  Yet, they are not ashamed by one-night stands and multiple partners.  They are not ashamed to objectify themselves. 

    Why?

    Is it because they receive immediate gratification from the act?  Do they see their partners as sexual conquests, as well?  (Something tells me no.)  At the end of the day, they may feel more like a feminist - empowered because they are not bounded to these men.  Yet, they are slowly losing their femininity, their true beauty, because they are compromising themselves in a very hedonistic manner.        

    1 Timothy 2:9 says “Similarly [too] women should adorn themselves with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control […] as befits women who profess reverence for God, with good deeds.”  (I disagree with the next few verses, but that is just me.)    

    To them, they see their actions as “having a good time.”  What is the difference, though, between a scantily dressed woman on the cover of a magazine and a scantily dressed woman in a club, leaving with a man she just met?  Either way, there is no “modesty,” no “self-control.”       

Monday, 14 July 2008

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