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LAWRENCE - A plan that would dramatically reshape a busy section of Route 1 and inject more commercial activity was given the go-ahead by the town's zoning board Wednesday night.
In a 6-1 vote zoning board members granted the variances necessary to redevelop the site of the Mrs. G appliances and electronics store into a commercial space featuring a Wawa with 16 gas pumps, a McDonald's and a TD Bank, in addition to a brand new building for the 78-year-old business.
Zoning board members said Wednesday night that the project would improve a congested portion of Route 1.
"I feel that this project is aesthetically pleasing, extremely well thought out and an additional benefit to Lawrence Township," zoning board member Charles Lavine said.
Wednesday night's deciding hearing was the 12th on the matter. The zoning board first started hearing testimony last June.
Last spring, the applicants, which included representatives of Mrs. G, submitted an application to redevelop a 16-acre site at Bakers Basin Road and Route 1, and demolish the buildings along that stretch, rework the intersection and bring a host of new businesses to the area.
To contend with any increase of traffic, plans were submitted to eliminate the jughandle at Bakers Basin Road and Route 1.
Drivers heading toward Mrs. G along Route 1 from Trenton would use a connector road, which would loop around the back of the property and offer several entry points to the revamped commercial site.
"I think it's going to be a big improvement and we're going to increase the flow of traffic a bit better," board member Sam Pangaldi said.
On the proposed development site is a 1950s-era diner that has sat unused for more than 25 years. What exactly happens to that diner is still unknown, but preservationists have said they would like to see the structure saved.
Lawrenceville Associates has said that the diner is available to interested parties to move from the property, but so far no one has made an inquiry.
The diner was already relocated once, from a location along Calhoun Street in Trenton.
The redevelopment project hasn't encountered any opposition from the public, but the owners of a Shell station across the street from Mrs. G have fought the project from the beginning.
Kevin Moore, attorney for BSA Oil Corp., said Wednesday night that the project was too small, in the wrong place and would have a negative impact on traffic in the area.
"This project is in the wrong place because of the intersection – there is too much traffic for this location, even with the modifications proposed...the intersection will be a traffic congestion and traffic safety nightmare," he said. "This application is for too much development on too little land and in the wrong place"
It's not yet known if there will be an appeal.
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A great sounding, practically indestructible whistle you can take with you everywhere. Basically the Black Every whistles are the same as the original White Every whistles except they are made out of black PVC plastic rather than cream colored CPVC.
This model whistle is made in the same manner as the white Every and Walkabout whistles, but it has a slightly smaller ID (Metric vs Imperial sizes), and the plastic is a little bit softer (PVC vs CPVC). These two details produce a whistle that is just a little bit clearer, or less chiffy than the White Everys. Also, since the pipe is electrical conduit, bought in England, cut and shipped to me in the US, the cost is a little higher.
The same range of keys and two and three-piece whistles are available in black. In addtion, I have made a special order C#, so you can order a C# in the black range.
Select the key or set of keys you would like to order. When you click the "Add To Cart" button you will have the opportunity to change the quantity ordered.
- Durable for everyday, everywhere use by everyone.
- Quiet to medium volume.
- Light to medium backpressure.
- Curved wind way reduces moisture buildup.
- All polymer construction eliminates corrosion.
- The tuning slide requires no lubrication.
- Tone ring allows moving the whistle's sweet spot between octaves.
- Quiet practice mode.
- Weight 1.3 oz (for the ultralight backpackers)
Everyone wants to hear what a whistle sounds like before purchasing one. Here are a few clips to give you an idea. (But you do get a money-back 30 days to try it yourself.)Folkfriends video of the black whistle.
Southwind - Air so you can hear long notes across the range.
Christy Barry's Jigs - some quicker tunes to demonstrate whistle performance.
McLeod's Farewell / The Providence - a couple reels to get my fingers wiggling!
The mouthpiece on this model is carved concave to allow it to comfortably be played in a nearly vertical position. The Ghost whistle for example uses the simpler 45-degree cut found on a number of other whistles. The 45-degree cut is quite a good approach, I just like the undercut mouthpice better for holding the whistle lower while playing.
Some whistlers turn up their nose at the mention of a whistle made from PVC pipe. This is understandable since it is an inexpensive material, easily found nearly everywhere you go. There are many dimensions to the simple pennywhistle, and many ways to enjoy them. Since they are relatively inexpensive as musical instruments go, you will no doubt have a collection. (Bet you can't own just one!) So why not have some that you enjoy displaying and handling? Fine woods have attracted the eye and hand for centuries.
Ok, back to the PVC. I started making whistles because I was camping in Florida and wanted to have one I could take with me and not be concerned about how it was handled. Not only was I camping, I was camping via kayak, on beaches in the Everglades.
You probably have spent a day at the beach sometime during your life. (If you have not, get to it - you are missing something.) Remember how it was impossible for you to keep the sand out of anything? You food, your hair, any crack or crevice caught some sand. OK, now stick around after the sun goes down. In sub-tropical Florida that means you are now living at the dew point, the sand and water is salty and attracts water. Everything is damp, and sand is everywhere. Repeat for several days. You get the idea.
What kind of whistle could thrive in that environment? One that was virtually indestructible. It didn't take long for me to decide on PVC pipe as the starting point. It is already the correct dimension for some keys, and is easily worked. Both of these attributes allow me to offer them at a reasonable price.
As materials go PVC is the modern version of tin. It is inexpensive, easily worked, and widely available. Whistles should be made from PVC today. Not exclusively but they should be available. They should be everywhere. I'm proud to say I make PVC whistles.
The magic of the pennywhistle is not so much in the material, but in where the material is and is not. In other words, the magic is in the holes.
There are no metal parts. You can wash the whistle in soapy water, should it need cleaning. The black PVC material is softer than CPVC and thus the black whistles do not does not endure heat quite as well as my white ones. I have one in the console of my car here in Florida, and so far so good. But I recommend not leaving your black whistle in the car where direct sunlight could overheat it.
The Tone Ring
Whistle voicing and tuning is a compromise. The physics make it so. It is possible to design the whistle so it is at it's best at a certain frequency, and all others are slightly less perfect. Some tunes spend a lot of time in a small range of notes. This is one reason why some players will change whistles based on the tune.
What if there was some device on the whistle that would let the player move the location of this sweet spot? The tone ring on the "Every" line of whistles allows you to strengthen the notes in the lower octave by placing it such that it forms sides on the sound window. To favor the upper register more, push the ring down away from the mouthpiece.
Another thing the tone ring allows you to do is muffle the whistle. On the web I have seen lots of threads asking "How can I quiet my whistle so I can practice without disturbing others." My favorite approach had been the blow across the top method. The downside is this only gives you the lower octave notes. When the tune goes into the high octave you have to think it higher. Also, the breath requirements were not like playing the whistle properly.
By turning the tone ring to either side and just leaving a quarter or less of the window exposed you can play both octaves and not raise a ruckus. This also helps preserve your hearing. It won't teach you how to blow the notes into tune, but it is very close to proper playing. You can practice breathing and supporting the high notes this way too. But, changing the window, alters the tuning and you will have to sharpen the whistle as you close the tone ring to stay in tune with your mates.
This works so well I practice at night in a hotel room while I am traveling.
My favorite way to let people know how quiet the whistle is came from a customer e-mail:"Love the whistle.. I can even practice in bed with out disturbing my wife and dog! "
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My whistles are tuned equal temperment, but the High D is available in Just Intonation. When you select the key, High D Equal Temperment is the default. If you wish a different key or a high D in Just Intonation tuning, make the corresponding selection. If you don't know what just intonation is, you don't want it.
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A family-owned car dealership just tripled in size.
Barber Subaru moved from midtown Ventura to the Ventura Auto Center off Johnson Drive.
The business held its grand opening Wednesday.
City officials were on hand to thank the owners for creating 20 new jobs.
Barber also owns a Ford, Volkswagen and an RV dealerships in the area.
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Earlier today, the Seahawks released wide receiver Charly Martin. It's presumed that the move was made in order to make room for cornerback Walter Thurmond, but Thurmond still hasn't been officially activated off of the physically unable to play list.
As much as I like the idea of having Thurmond available again, I'm a bit torn about cutting Martin. He isn't the most talented receiver, but he has a nice feel for the slot position and he's a game blocker downfield. That said, he's been inactive most games, and in the games he was active he only caught three of the six passes that targeted him (it should be noted that his total still puts him ahead of tight end Evan Moore, who has zero catches to show for his five targets).
Besides, with Doug Baldwin coming back from his high ankle sprain earlier than expected, wide receiver isn't as great a position of need as cornerback, and that goes double if Braylon Edwards' knee has healed enough for him to play. The two main backup CBs on the Seahawks' roster are Marcus Trufant and Byron Maxwell, which should make any fan uneasy right now. Trufant ended the year on injured reserve in two of his last three seasons, and Maxwell has a hamstring injury that has forced him to miss six games already. Granted, Thurmond's track record with injuries isn't much better than theirs, but his coverage skills are far superior to those of the only other CB on the team, rookie Jeremy Lane.


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Sinéad O'Connor, 26, and Peter Gabriel, 43, "are like ships in the night," according to a source who tells us the two highly visible rock stars quietly make time for "their little romantic fling" whenever they're in the same city at the same time. O'Connor's rep acknowledges that the performers met in 1990 at an Amnesty International benefit concert in Chile and that they do set-each other from time to time. "There may have been a romance early on, but I believe they're just very good friends now," says the rep, adding that the feisty Irish singer last visited with Gabriel in Dublin in May, when she sang backup at one of his concerts.
It was Allure magazine that brought John F. Kennedy Jr. and ex-flame Sarah Jessica Parker together, albeit briefly, in New York City two weeks ago. Kennedy is a friend of an editor at Allure, and Parker is profiled in the current issue, so both were seated at Allure's table when the magazine cosponsored a fundraiser for the Public Theater.
Although a source at a nearby table reports I hat Kennedy and the Honeymoon in Vegas actress were "trying not to look at each other, a guest who was seated at the ex-duo's table tells us. "We're all adults. John and Sarah talked to each other briefly, and neither was uncomfortable."
Universal Pictures says it postponed the opening of Michael J. Fox's new movie, For Love or Money, from July 16 to Oct. 8 because the wide release of such movies us Jurassic Park and Last Action Hero has resulted in a lack of screen space. But we hear the real reason the movie got shelved temporarily was the poor showing of Fox's other movie, Life with Mikey, which has managed to take in only $9.3 million after three weeks in theaters. "One soft Michael J. Fox movie is not necessarily the worst thing in the world," says one source, "but two out at the same lime could be disastrous to his career."
Madonna has been making the rounds of Manhattan's gay clubs, where she is personally scouting (or dancers of both sexes for her yet-to-be-scheduled 1993 world tour. At the women's bars, she posted fliers that announced she was "looking for three very special girls, androgynous, pretty boyish girls...that can dance: well!"
As for speculation in the press that Madonna is pregnant, her rep, Liz Rosenberg, says it just isn't so.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's new. not-necessarily-a-hit opus, Last Action Hero, may have cost Columbia Pictures as much as $80 million, but no one can say the producers haven't gotten their money's worth out of their two bigger-than-Arnold balloons, one a 70-foot head-to-toc Arnold and the other a 30-foot from-the-waist-up Arnold. The balloons are seen in Hero and subsequently were used to hype the movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May and last month at its Los Angeles premiere. Now the inflatable Arnolds are going on tour for various international openings of the movie. Columbia, already spooked by the movie's lackluster opening, will no doubt be on the lookout for persons carrying concealed stickpins.
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NASCAR- Newman in 39 for 2009: Last night on his radio show Tony Stewart said that his driver Ryan Newman will drive with the number 39 in 2009, not 4. Should make those crybaby Morgan-McClure boys happy. [Scenedaily.com]
NASCAR- 2009 Schedules Announced: NASCAR Announced the schedules for the three big series. The Sprint Cup Series Schedule had a big date swap as Atlanta Motor Speedway will have their second race on Labor Day Weekend. California Speedway will get a date in the chase in October and Talladega Speedway will get a new date in November.
Meanwhile, the Nationwide Series will visit the Iowa Speedway in 2009 and the Truck Series will have the Chicagoland Speedway as a new venue. [Scenedaily.com]
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Speaking of Bruce Arians, it seems like Indy's offensive coordinator may be a Brown next season; according to The New Herald's Jeff Schudel, Arians is high on the short list of possible candidates to take over in Cleveland. Whether this means he will leave or not remains to be seen; regardless, after seeing Indy's offense flounder like they did against Baltimore, you'd wonder whether the Colts should make an effort to keep him.
Arians was the Browns offensive coordinator from 2001-2003 before being fired by Butch Davis after the Browns points production dipped from 344 in 2002 to 254 one season later. But interest in Arians has nothing to do with harking back to the only season (2002) the Browns made the playoffs since 1999. The Chargers, Bears and Eagles also reportedly want to interview Arians, who for most of 2012 served as Colts interim coach while Chuck Pagano was treated for leukemia. The Colts won nine games with Arians in charge.
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I'm a little confused regarding the controversy surrounding the Super Bowl ad with Tim Tebow and his mother.
According to pro-choice voices, a decision on whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is to be made by a woman in consultation with her physician. She has two choices: to deliver a baby or have an abortion and terminate the pregnancy.
It's my understanding that Pam Tebow arrived at her choice after consulting with her doctor and chose to carry her baby to full term. Now NARAL, NOW, Planned Parenthood and several other pro-choice groups are upset and have petitioned CBS to not run the ad. Now I'm really confused. So what's the problem here? Pam Tebow did precisely as these "pro-choice" groups advocate and exercised her right to choose life rather than an abortion, so they consider the ad divisive? Obviously, according to them, abortion is the only acceptable choice. Since these groups oppose a woman's right to choose life, does that mean they are pro-death?
I thank God Pam Tebow had the determination and courage to carry her pregnancy to full term. Football fans everywhere support her decision.
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Mira Road (Marathi: मीरा रोड ) is part of Mira-Bhayandar municipality in the Thane district in Maharashtra, India, and is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.[1] Located 5 km from Mumbai, it is governed by the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC). It also has a railway station on the Western Line of Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is known to be rapidly developing since it offers easy connectivity to Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai and is today known as one of the fastest growing areas of the city.[2]
The rise of Mumbai's real estate prices has been instrumental in the development of Mira-Bhayandar region. From 1975 onwards, the rise in real estate prices made mostly middle-class people to migrate to suburbs like Virar, Vasai and Nalasopara. At that time, the area of Mira-Bhayandar was part of a Gram Panchayat and was mainly consisting of agricultural land. This was the main deterrent which prevented builders to start development projects.[2] By 1980, builders began to buy agricultural land and start developing townships. The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Council was set up on 12 June 1985 by integrating five Gram Panchayats which included the Mira Gram Panchayat, which is where Mira Road got its name.[3]
By 1990, the council was extended and it held the first election resulting in Gilbert Mendonsa becoming the first president of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Council. The area, being located very close to the city, easy accessibility by road as well as railways and facilities for the city also extend to this town, resulted in an increase in population and Mira Bhayandar as a whole, began to develop further. The Municipal Council later on 28 February 2002, was changed to a Municipal Corporation due to its large population and had its first elected mayor Maira Mendonsa on 11 August. Mira Road and neighbouring Bhayandar soon began emerging as a fast developing suburb and experienced economic development mainly due to its manufacturing sector. Most of the development has occurred only on the east side whereas the west side of the railway line is covered with salt pans and mangroves.[2][3] Most prominent areas include Poonam Garden, Shanti Nagar, Naya Nagar, Lodha Complex, Evershine Enclave, Shrishti, Shanti Garden, Shanti Park, Silver Park, Pleasant Park, Kanakia, S K Stone, Hatkesh, etc.
Mira Road is located on the northern portion of Salsette Island and at the northern part of the Konkan region. Mira Road along with Bhayandar comes which is under the jurisdiction of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation.[4] The entire Mira-Bhayandar region lies just outside the Mumbai Suburban District and officially belongs to Thane district despite it being closer to the island of Mumbai.[5][6] The Mira-Bhayandar region comprises an area of 79 km2. A marshy creek divided Mumbai and Mira Road. To the north lies Vasai Creek, to the east Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the Uttan coast, to the west. It mainly is of Deccan lava terrain and consists of waterlogged and marshy areas. The climate here is like that of Mumbai.[4]
Utility services and transport[edit]
Power from the Tata Power & Reliance Energy, MTNL telecom services and BEST bus services which are normally provided to the city, are provided to this region too which has been instrumental in the increase in its population, unlike Vasai and Virar.[2][7] Mira Road has a railway station, which is a part of the Western Suburban Railway line. Also Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation has its own transportation facility Mira Bhayandar Municipal transportation (MBMT). These bus services had a rapid growth since the late 1990s and initially the population was dependent on MSRTC which are the state transport buses to connect with Thane city and Manori.
Notable People residing/originated here[edit]
- Kunal Khemu, Bollywood actor
- Harshaali Malhotra, Bollywood child artist, studying in Seven Square school, played 'Munni'/'Shahida' in Bajrangi Bhaijaan
- ^ a b "About MMR". Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Advantage Mira Road!". The Times of India. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b "History". Mira-Bhainder Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Mira-Bhayandar Environmental Status Report 2009-10" (PDF). Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Mumbai Suburban District Map". National Informatics Center. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ name="About Mira Road""About Mira Road".


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Now that the debt ceiling and government shutdown issues have been resolved -- albeit temporarily -- the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) can concentrate on earnings reports again. This morning's third-quarter announcement from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) did nothing to enhance its relatively new status on the index, showing a trading revenue loss of 44% year over year. Not surprisingly, Goldman is down nearly 2.5% this morning.
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Goldman's news stung JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM ) earlier this morning, and the big bank dipped into the red as well, though only by about 0.15%, before it began to rise. Although analysts expected Goldman, like its peers, to suffer from a decline in fixed income trading, investors took the news badly. Goldman managed to offset some of the loss with expense-cutting, however -- such as a 35% cut in compensation from last year.
JPMorgan also cut its compensation expenses in the third quarter, reporting a ratio of 28% compared to 33% in the year-ago quarter.
Along with its earnings report, Goldman offered its investors a consolation prize, of sorts: a $0.55-per-share dividend, 10% higher than previously. So far, investors don't seem very impressed.
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For Goldman, some news regarding its commodities business and continuing regulatory scrutiny in that arena could be adding to its current distress. The Wall Street Journal reported late yesterday that the Federal Reserve is pondering a new fee on banks that own physical commodities-related assets, such as Goldman's metal storage warehouses.
The government would like to see big banks get out of the commodities business, but both Goldman and Morgan Stanley were granted a pass on this issue during the financial crisis, and putting financial pressure on them might cause them to voluntarily exit the trade. The fact that JPMorgan has, in response to regulatory concerns, put its own commodities business on the auction block may account for some of the positive movement in its stock this morning, as investors continue to digest all the news emanating from the big bank sector over the past week.
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On a personal note, I purchased an adorable pet pygmy goat for $35 (a $75 value) at the annual 4-H auction. My sons have been raising broiler hens and egg layers for several years. And 4-H provided amateurs, like ourselves, plenty of tips as we learned the dos and donts of raising these critters.
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What the United States of logos looks like. And Joe Rib has an excellent point: Connecticut is the lamest of them all. Perhaps the tagline should read: We blend in. Or we could send them back to England where ugly logos are in style.
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- At 3:59 PM, Diana L-S said...
Being from Connecticut, that is just embarrassing.
I like New Hampshire and Vermont's. Although I'm surprised Maine didn't include a lobster with it or something with their vacation land slogan.
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- 'Live Free or Die' really sets a standard that's hard to beat.
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HAHAHAHA, sucks to all Sony fans. I dont think they can call it a global launch anymore.
Wow. That's all I'll say.
It says it's official too...UK, September 6, 2006 - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced the launch of PlayStation 3 in PAL territories will be delayed until March 2007. In an official statement Sony blamed the slippage on a lack of key components needed to manufacturer the consoles, adding, "the revision of the launch date in the SCEE territories is caused by the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group, this affecting the timely procurement of key components to be utilised in PlayStation 3."
EDIT: In another announcement, Sony has said that it will limit the number of units going to North America AND Japan.
This could turn out to be the biggest blooper in videogame history!Apparently the blue laser diode shortage that has delayed the PAL launch of the PS3 will also be affecting the North American and Japanese launches of the console. Sony Computer Entertainment Chief Ken Kutaragi told reporters that far fewer units will be available for the U.S. and Japanese launches, with the U.S. to be allocated 400,000 units, and Japan getting 100,000. As a result, Sony has now lowered its estimate of 4 million PS3s shipped by the end of 2006 to a more realistic 2 million.
EDIT: A word from IGN
Wow, saying an entire market such as Europe will not cause serious damage to the PS3 buisness? Isn't that a slap in the face to everyone in Europe that was eagerly awaiting the PS3? (not me)News of the delay broke at an official Sony press conference in Japan, where the company president revealed that production of the Blu-Ray laser diode - an integral part of PS3 - would be delayed by around one month. The knock-on effect to the console's mass-production was cited as the reason for the change to PS3's European release.
Kutaragi added, "I would like to apologise for those people in Europe who had high expectations for Playstion 3 consoles, as well as for software and device makers that we had to delay the launch for Europe." However, the Sony president was keen to reassure that, "Altogether, I do not think this time delay will cause serious damage to our PS3 business".
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HAHAHAHA, sucks to all Sony fans. I dont think they can call it a global launch anymore.
Although saying that, it will take the pressure off Nintendo to release in Europe early. Hopefully Nintendo have already got their strategy to release in place, and won't delay in Europe simply because they can. That would really suck. Still, if Nintendo goes ahead with the October/November release, we may see Europe become one of the biggest markets for the Wii!Originally Posted by m7ticalm
*crosses fingers for the latter option*
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Typical. Yet another example of console manufacturers not giving a damn about Europe. It doesn't matter if it's delayed in Europe, as long as America gets it on time...
With so much negative publicity for Sony already you really have to wonder what gave them this "great" idea. Problem is Sony have become too arrogant. They think people will just buy whatever crap they release at any price, no matter how ridiculous, but if they continue like this they could end up losing a lot of money.
Wat about Australia?... You guys think your unlucky in europe, well guess wat? we will probably have to wait like 2 weeks after you guys for the wii
Very true. Once more, the whole "reason" that Europe is so far behind the rest of the world is because of localisation. As far as I'm aware, Australia would only come under an English speaking country, so the German/French/Spanish/Italian etc... wouldn't be needed. Heck, I don't think the UK should have to wait for things to be localised either, considering we just get the PAL versions of the American stuff (and even some of them are emulated badly). Have to say though that PlayStation was really much worse than Nintendo on that front (In my experience).Originally Posted by m7ticalm
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that is the worst possible thing to happen to sony that just means the pal region is going to be dominated by wiis i almost fell sorry for them thats like six months i fell naughty laughing at this but it feels oh so good
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Wow this is a huge blow to the PS3...
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What It Will Really Take To Bring Down the Cult of Virginity
A protest against the evangelical cult of virginity seems to be picking up steam in certain circles of mildly rebellious internet writing this week. It's been going on for a while, and goes something like: evangelicals have been obsessed with modesty and virginity for too long, and it has distorted the self-image of their adolescents, particularly the female ones. It has promoted the pernicious idea that women are "responsible" for the lust they stir in men, and that they are "damaged goods" if they fail to save themselves for marriage (which is increasingly a very long time to wait).
These observations are not wrong; the problem is that they're obvious. This stuff has been debated in various circles for years, and a large numbers of Christian and ex-Christian young people have adjusted their views about it to better reflect reality. No less a bastion of status-quo-ism than Relevant published a fairly damning case against the abstinence doctrine though, characteristically, the writer twisted it into a defense of holding on to all of the ideology the preceding pages undermined. Whether or not the much-touted 80 percent figure is correct, it is undeniable to almost anyone acquainted with 20-something evangelicals that most of them have premarital sex, and at least some of them aren't sorry about it.
Like previous shifts, it's just taken the public conversation in evangelical circles to catch up to what is actually going on. Christian publications like Relevant and Prodigal operate under (small-O) orthodoxies they will not challenge no matter how overwhelming the evidence. This leads to a lot of material that makes huge pretense to being provocative, but is fact mostly a faux-edgy affirmation of the establishment conservative-evangelical status quo. We're getting, for example, a lot of confrontational-sounding talk about virginity, but very little actual confrontation with the virginity cult.
Before I give a couple of examples, let me say that I in no way mean to belittle the stands these writers are taking, to the extent it was emotionally or socially difficult to write what they wrote. (I'm also talking about a much larger pool of writers.) The modesty and virginity orthodoxies may still be more oppressive than I realize from the outside, in which case small steps carry a greater weight. If you are still part of one of these communities, measure what I say against what you know.
The first post this week was by Sarah Bessey, headlined "I Am Damaged Goods." Unlike a great deal of the writing in this genre, Bessey actually confesses something: that she had premarital sex, and that she fought through a lot of condemnation and purity propaganda to come to the realization that a person's "worth isn't determined by their virginity." Again, I'm absolutely not discounting the power of the shame Bessey was subjected to by the cult of virginity, or her courage in pushing back against it. But a tension remains unaddressed: if it's not that big of a deal that you had premarital sex, it's not that big a deal if anybody does. It's difficult to end the virginity cult without getting rid of the whole "doctrine" that premarital sex is sin, and that remains an shibboleth no one can challenge in public.
The next article this week was by Emily Maynard, who I know a little bit and like a lot, entitled "The Day I Turned In My V-Card." She describes "crossing a barrier" and realizing she's "not a virgin anymore." There's nothing in the piece to suggest this was a physical event; rather, it sounds like an intellectual exercise: "Instead of an all or nothing approach, instead of reducing the scope of human sexuality to one specific act and stamping that act with a no until marriage makes it a magical yes, I'm building a holistic sexual ethic." I suspect this is supposed to be somewhat shocking, that she's refusing to call herself a virgin! Again, I completely agree that this is all a step in the right direction, but it's pretty small one. Everybody's saying virginity isn't the gospel these days. But would they say that premarital sex isn't a sin? Would they actually have sex, enjoy it, and say so? I kind of doubt it. And so virginity will continue to be idolized, because the basis for idolizing it has not been challenged in the least.
I'm all for religious believers having a well-considered theological sexual ethic, and am happy to hear the crazy, often abusive virginity cult being questioned. But for all the talk about it and apparent desire to appear edgy, there sure isn't much bold questioning going on. The reality is, you can play at making the word "virgin" unimportant, and you can tell guilt-ridden teenagers that God still loves them just the same even though they did what teenagers do. These efforts aren't unimportant, but they are also not as controversial as they're being made to seem, and they don't represent anything like a real challenge to the orthodoxies and speech codes of places like Prodigal and Relevant and many conservative evangelical churches.
The only way this stuff is going to change is when people who call themselves evangelical believers and write for an evangelical audience, stop playing this game of pretend edginess, and say it plainly: I'm not married, I've had sex, I'm not sorry, and I'm still just as much of a Christian as you are. And then get to work on a rigorous theological argument that exposes the inadequacy of the one they're attacking. If you're really an evangelical, and really a truth-teller, it will take more than a few confessions on hip websites to make a serious dent.
There are plenty of people who could write that article and that theological book. I've met them, and I'm sure lots of writers from Relevant, Prodigal, et. al, have met them, too, and may in fact harbor these views themselves. But it always goes back to the conflict inherent people who aren't fundamentalists but want to have "careers" of various kinds in the evangelical world. It's difficult to be a truth-teller there—someone who actually challenges the shibboleths in the way some of these people seem to want to be taken as doing—and keep your platform very long.
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JMJ says:
I'm not sure what you're saying here.
Are you saying Christians who have had pre-marital sex are feeling condemned, not forgiven?
Or are you saying Christians are wrong to teach that pre-marital sex is wrong?
if the former, I agree. Christians, for some reason, seem to view sexual sin as the worst kind while giving most of all else a pass.
If you mean the latter, I'm not sure how you can justify it from the scriptures?
My confusion arises from your use of the word cult.
JMJ says:
I have re-read your article, and I still have no idea where you're going. In one of your comments below, you say you're being deliberately provocative. Maybe I'm dense, but I'm missing your thesis.
You seem to be saying a lot of good things about how the evangelical community deals [badly] with the consequences of sexual sin. Your condemnation of modern evangelicalism's pharisee nature is clear.
But what is still not clear (to me) is a declaration of whether sexuality outside of marriage is permissible per Biblical constraints or not. Are you saying that the Bible never says that the ideal is that both partners enter marriage as virgins?
My second reading still makes me wonder whether you are condemning the notion of pre-marital purity as a cult, in addition to the condemnation of "judgmentalism". Are you condemning us evangelicals for calling sin, sin because of the bad consequences?
I would hope not.
I'm not trying to be a troll here, honestly trying to understand what you're saying.
Emily O. says:
Now, I haven't read the whole Bible, but I've read a pretty solid majority of it. And I can't cite a single verse that comes out and says "premarital sex is a sin" in those words or any others.
There is one verse in the Torah/Pentateuch that says husbands can prosecute their wives if the wife is not a virgin on the wedding night. And if that couple was having sex before the wedding night, chances are pretty good that the husband isn't going to prosecute.
Injunctions against adultery, to the best of my understanding, are limited to sexual liaisons in which at least one party is already married to someone else.
New Testament remarks about sexuality seem to be pretty general: "Flee from impurity" and so forth. Well, that doesn't help us define what constitutes impurity.
So I think any Christian argument for absolute abstinence before marriage is fundamentally about the spirit of the law, not the letter of the law. And according to an argument for premarital abstinence, the spirit of Christian sexual law is "Any sexual act not sanctioned by religious and legal contract constitutes impurity."
And I think what David is implying here is that there is an alternative way of defining the spirit of Christian sexual law. It might read: "Sex is designed for committed relationships." And then we can talk in terms of real human relationships, not superimposed legal contracts and magical sex licenses. Is marriage really defined by signing a physical contract, or is it an organic relationship that grows out of time and effort?
Patrick Sawyer says:
Emily O.
This is so dated you probably will not see this, but I thought I would respond in hopes that you might.
Emily, you said "And I can't cite a single verse that comes out and says "premarital sex is a sin" in those words or any others".
A basic teaching of the Bible is that all sex (in mind or body) directed toward or engaged in with anyone who is not their exclusive marriage partner of the opposire sex is sin.
The Bible supports this claim from various angles in an ocean of texts. A passage that addresses what you are asking about specifically is 1 Corinthians 7 (the whole chapter is helpful). 1 Corinthians 7:2 says "Because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband" (ESV). The words "sexual immorality", translated as "fornication" in the KJV are translated from the Greek word PORNEIA. The only possible antidote to sexual immorality is marriage to one person of the opposite sex as directed specifically by this verse.
I say possible becuase one can still sin sexually after one is married.
But what is important here is that this text is teaching that the way to avoid sexual immorality when engaging in sex is to be married when engaging in sex.
I might add that this post (and some of the subsequent comments) reminds us that PATROL toggles between being post-Evangelical and post-Christian.
SKV says:
Agreed- Not sure what the where this was supposed to go. I didn't find it provocative only confusing.
Matthew Loftus says:
who, whoa, whoa… are you in some way suggesting that quasi-evangelical challenges of the conservative Christian conventional wisdom on sexuality ought to conform to the progressive conventional wisdom understanding of sexuality in order to be meaningful? HOLD THE PHONE.
No, that's up to them to decide. I am saying don't be surprised that this kind of "challenge" doesn't make much of a difference.
Matthew Loftus says:
Well, you've certainly given me a little more hope today that it won't! : )
I've actually been very inspired by the posts I've seen recently. I see a renewed, prophetic fervor at addressing the issue – and I think it is going to open the doors for those emerging from evangelicalism & still shaking off the dust of the purity movement to really begin wrestling with our sexual ethics. First the deconstructing, then the building. And, yes, I realize that others have blazed this path, but I still think each new generation has to explore it for themselves as they come into maturity. I'm inspired by them. It's giving me the kick in the butt to do some of the hard work of getting my thoughts down on paper, of actually working through the stack of books I've been gathering (from "Unprotected Texts" to "The Ethical Slut"). I applaud the women and men who have been opening up anew about sexuality, and I look forward to seeing a robust, wholistic conversation emerge.
Kimberly, I'm glad you shared your thoughts. I admit that I was being intentionally provocative here, and cannot really speak for how this stuff reads to people who are still "shaking off the dust of the purity movement." I'm trying to walk a fine line between understanding where these writers are at and identifying where they may fall short as critics of evangelical practice. I'm sure that there are more people who are inspired by what they write, and I don't mean to diminish the significance of that.
I should also clarify, I do not count as their generation. 😉 But I am still reconstructing my sexual ethic. Emily's article was posted today on a friends facebook page, and has actually led to a robust conversation with a mother who originally commented just to oppose what Emily was saying. So, I'm trying to be a cheerleader for these young folks – I think there's a whole generation still being raised up whose parents are still holding the hard line, and they need alternate voices.
Oh, and thank you for the article, David. I do think you clarified up front your own bias – I didn't read this as an "attacking" article. At the very least, it gave me a few links I hadn't seen yet!
Chris M says:
I'm just glad that no one has ever been damaged as a result of the hook-up culture. Now that we've lost all these sexual constraints, people are much happier, healthier and better off
If you want to explain what that has to do with my post, perhaps I can say more.
Chris M says:
David, my point was that the individual and sociological damage done as a result of permissive attitudes towards sex is far greater than anything resulting from the supposed repressive approach of evengelicals. In other words, your potential solution may be worse than the problem.
That being said – I do agree that evangelical subculture quite frequently exhibits shallow expressions of important theological truths.
Do Protestants need a better theology of the body? Perhaps. But I would offer that the bigger problem is a deficient evangelical understanding of forgiveness, reconciliation and gratitude; or as us Reformed folk would call it – law and gospel
Katie says:
So you want writers to be more bold, yet you yourself are not willing to be? What exactly are you trying to say here?
I'm saying: Some critiques of the virginity cult that present themselves as boldly honest are not actually saying all that much we haven't heard, and aren't doing much to address the root causes of virginity's inordinate importance in certain evangelical communities.
The reason I don't jump in and do it myself is that I do not claim to believe the things that these writers do, so why would an evangelical reader care that I don't believe premarital sex is a sin? To have an impact, it would have to come from someone who shares their beliefs.
Owyn says:
Bravo to intellectual honesty
Benjamin Howard says:
I too have really appreciated a lot of these articles and the spirit in which they are written.
My frustration is that they still hold onto a doctrine of sin that assumes sin is an action. I.e. You have a choice, to either sin or not sin. I'm almost confident that such a duality exists.
The underlying cry in this conversation is not for a redefinition of sexual ethics, but for a redefinition of sin. How do you both take sin seriously as a systemic and real problem which infects reality and not look at it as a choice-based binary act?
That's the article I want to read.
Write it! Or at least start to wrestle with it, and write that for us! I love to watch the process of construction.
Mark says:
Interesting article.
The problem with your conclusion is that the person saying, " I'm not married, I've had sex, I'm not sorry, and I'm still just as much of a Christian as you are." would have to deny that pre-marital sex is a sin. There's no reason to apologize for things that aren't sinful.
But that doesn't seem to be the source of your angst here in this article. Rather, the shaming that comes from overzealous pastors and well-meaning but disappointed parents seems to really be the source of your ire. You're not wrong, we can (and should) do better for our teens.
However, lets not dismantle the "cult" of virginity so quickly. You seem to leave out (not surprisingly) the data that shows that premarital sex leads to depression, other forms of sexual deviancy, STD's, unplanned pregnancies, etc. Sociologists and counselors would agree that pre-marital sex isn't a positive force in the lives of teens and young adults.
To offer no solution other than "Those other guys are wrong" is unfair and uninformed.
Benjamin Howard says:
Mark, I wonder whether it is premarital sex as an act, or the kind of disposition one must adopt to overcome the stigma of premarital sex that leads to many of these risky sexual behaviors.
I wonder how many of the negative affects of sexual activity are part of a selection bias based around the act itself being viewed negatively.
Mark says:
No doubt, there are many factors in a teens life that will make them more likely to engage in pre-marital sex (not the least of which are raging, raging, raging hormones) but biblically, there's no allowance for "acceptable" sin. It'd be difficult to label it selection bias. Maybe a better way to look at it would be age related teaching. Teaching teens how to resolve marital conflict has little value compared to teaching them the value of abstinence.
BTW, thanks for your reply!
Owyn says:
Losing your virginity before marriage is deviant? And what sorts of sexual practices are you calling deviant?
I'm not sure which counselors you have been listening to, but your universal statement on their behalf is far from the truth. Perhaps you have study from the APA to back up your statements?
Jeff says:
"I'm all for religious believers having a well-considered theological sexual ethic"
…unless that sexual ethic takes the traditional Christian view of extramarital sex?
"The only way this stuff is going to change is when people who call themselves evangelical believers and write for an evangelical audience, stop playing this game of pretend edginess, and say it plainly: I'm not married, I've had sex, I'm not sorry, and I'm still just as much of a Christian as you are."
Granting that the "cult of virginity" has problems, it's absurd to suggest that the only way to change it is to abandon what Scripture and two millennia of church doctrine has taught: that sexual unchastity is a sin. Like all sin, it is to be repented of; like all sin, you can't say "I'm not sorry" and continue to call yourself a Christian; like all sin, forgiveness and grace are freely available for those who do repent.
There is MUCH to be said to get beyond the hurt the cult of virginity has done. Sexual sin doesn't mar you forever. It doesn't make you worse than everyone else. It's not worse than other sins. It doesn't ruin your prospects for a good Christian life, a good marriage, or a good sex life. Sexual fidelity can't be reduced to virginity. Etc. There's much more than can and must be said, but "I've had sex, I'm not sorry, and I'm still just as much of a Christian as you are" isn't part of it.
Adam Caress says:
Sorry David, can't resist a comment here. This article seems to be continuing a longstanding pattern at Patrol, namely looking at the flawed Evangelical approximation of a given doctrine (in this case chastity) and using that flawed approximation in order to criticize (and argue for throwing out) the doctrine as a whole without actually addressing the original Orthodox doctrine that the Evangelical approximation was based on. It's very confusing—for instance, in this case it was hard to tell if you were using the term "virginity cult" to describe those who ADHERE TO the doctrine of chastity or if you were using the term "virginity cult" to describe those who HAVE DISTORTED the doctrine of chastity. At first, I thought it was the latter, but by the end you were clearly advocating throwing out the doctrine of chastity altogether. I'm not sure that makes you "less of a Christian," but what do you call people who claim to be part of a religion but don't seem to believe in any of its core doctrines? (Not knowing you personally, this might be an overgeneralization, but Patrol spends far more time challenging and criticizing core Christian doctrines that affirming or explaining them). In the Catholic Church, such people are called "heretics."
On some level, I get it. I grew up in an Evangelical church which taught that we should wait to have sex until we were married, without much explanation beyond that. This was unfortunate and sometimes confusing. Luckily, I had parents who were able to do some helpful supplemental explaining. But it was only later in life that I actually discovered the richness and profundity of the holistic Christian doctrine of chastity (as an Evangelical, I had grown up thinking chastity was synonymous with celibacy). I discovered this doctrine through the Catholic Church—it is well-explained in the Catechism, as well as books like the excellent "Love and Responsibility" by Pope John Paul II (written long before he was pope). But I have also come to realize that there are many protestant scholars and teachers who also ascribe to the Orthodox doctrine of chastity and do a good job of explaining it (similarly, I'm sure there are countless Catholic leaders who don't do a poor job explaining the doctrine).
In any case, when I first began grappling with the full doctrine of chastity I was surprised to find that—far from a simple and prohibitive list of dos and don'ts which its critics portrayed it as—the doctrine of chastity begins with an affirmation of the dignity of the human person and places our sexuality in the larger context of our humanity and our responsibility to ourselves and those around us. For instance, the opening section of "Love and Responsibility" is called "an analysis of the verb 'to use.'" It's heady and convicting stuff and has served as an invaluable guide throughout my subsequent life. The doctrine easily transcends the condescending classification as a "crazy, often abusive virginity cult." And only someone unfamiliar with the full doctrine of chastity would so flippantly dismiss it as such. It seems sad to me that a "religion writer" for a major publication like Newsweek/The Daily Beast wouldn't bother grappling with the actual Christian doctrine of chastity before exhorting his readers to jettison the doctrine en masse.
Sorry to be so harsh, but in reducing rich and beautiful Orthodox doctrines into straw men and blowing them down, you display an ignorance—whether willful or oblivious—that is painfully obvious any Christian actually familiar with the doctrines themselves. Luckily, the Orthodox doctrine will always be there to be discovered by those with inquisitive minds and hearts, the contrary opinions of a handful of bubble-bound, post-Evangelical pop culture writers notwithstanding.
AC says:
Against the State, against the Church, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.
A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving
The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.
Margaret Sanger
Christian Vagabond says:
The full quote is: ""Someone once said the most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it but I reject that view"
It has a different meaning when you put it in full oontext.
AC says:
Adam, thanks for waking out of your slumber….
Sessions writing about Orthodoxy is like Luther writing about the Jews….he is a typical progressive journalist that looks to control info & grossly misrepresent his opponent….it's people like him, writing on Religion for major publications, that will bring about the persacutions of Christianity or at least drive us underground….the guys at Relevant are wannabe agnostics…while Sessions is a shameless one
Owyn says:
Having met And known David youre accusations are ridiculous. As far as I have read in this blog, the goal is to square Christianity with modern cultural critique and philosophy. Not with modern culture per se.
Adam, one of the best men I know (a Jesuit priest) has spent his life questioning the doctrines of mother church. One of the beauties of liturgical churches is the freedom to do exactly as David has, question and challenge doctrines and traditional beliefs.
AC says:
' the goal is to square Christianity with modern cultural critique and philosophy. '
"We make Scripture the standard of our thinking, and not our thinking the standard of Scripture." -VanTil
Jen says:
Wow. I totally agree that so much needs to be said in regard to sexuality. True Love Waits is a punch line for a bad joke these days. But, I think a lot of it has to do with the total lack of serious, deep theology and conversation in Protestant evangelical circles. On the Catholic side of things, the Theology of the Body is profound. We Protestants have nothing like it is explore, describe, understand and really honor the sexuality of being human. Instead, we have lists of dos and don'ts–courtesy of what you call the "virginity cult." If anything is missing, it's a deep and abiding theology of the human body; I would be very, very careful before I tossed out the reality that we can–and do–sin sexually, and that in doing so we violate ourselves and God's intent just as much as those on the opposite end of the spectrum do.
Christian Vagabond says:
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I think your post, while it has many very good points, is a bit harsh on what has been a powerful series of discussions on other blogs. The step these blogs are taking is crucial. Just because you're at a place personally where you can stand back and objectively analyze the problem, that doesn't mean that others are at the same place emotionally.
Christians online (not just you) tend to forget that we're all at different stages of our spiritual walk, and it's a process that has to unfold at its own pace.
However, I do agree with your core point that these arguments against the current mentality towards chastity are milder than they need to be for real change. But I'm not sure how to effectively carry that change out in real life. In real life these people are either without a church or members of congregations where hundreds or thousands of members totally buy into the virginity cult. It's far too easy for voices of protest to get ignored or shunned in such cases, leaving scorned members to write blog posts because they feel powerless to do anything else.
Bruno says:
I've never heard the expression "the cult of virginity" used to describe Christian sexual ethics but it has a certain provocative flair, definitely moreso than chastity or celibacy. The whole notion of sexual purity is central to Christian belief, beginning with the doctrine that Jesus was born of a virgin. What does that belief imply? That sex is impure and not worthy of a god even in marriage? The virgin birth doctrine and the idea of sexual sin have led to more bad marriages than good ones. Better to marry than to burn is advice that only a bachelor could give and a bad marriage is its own version of hell on earth. A little sexual honesty is necessary at this point. Sexual desire is not impure. It is the essence of our existence, how everyone on this thread came to life. The ideal of marriage is exactly that- an ideal. Not every person, or Christian if you will, is monogamous or even heterosexual. I doubt that Jesus cared about a person's sexuality. Celibacy may have been necessary to his spirituality, but not necessarily to yours. The essential feature of Christian ethics is the practice of love. For most Christians, that love may include a sexual dimension. Do not be ashamed of it.
Tom Hinkle says:
So when Paul said to "flee fornication", what the heck did he mean? You are totally disregarding the Biblical witness.
Karl Kroger says:
I'm all about pushing back against the ways in which we've idolized virginity and demonized young people (mostly girls) for their actions, but are you sure the best response is to suggest that Christians should simply go ahead and "responsibly" sleep around before marriage? You're losing creditability.
AC says:
Karl, David is just showing his true colors…he's been holding back….this is what fringe-Christian/lib-progressives do….
They write convuluted, confusing essays that go nowhere while planting little seeds of disdain for Christian essentials/absolutes that run contrary to his radical social agenda….this is the real David! you guys are so gullible.
I'm so much worse than that, AC. If only you knew!
AC says:
David, you have a 2-fold agenda, I believe one comes from a good place while the other comes from too much brain-washing on the other side….sounds like you went from one extreme to another…
Your good side wants to reach out to the wounded youth who have grown-up part of a repressive, legalistic, controlling family-church dyamnic
Your bad side wants to bring down/disparage any remnants of Christian exclusivity/Christian morality (that does not violate the golden rule)
This is all fine, it's your gig….but I think many of your readers are confused, they think you're merely defined by the former agenda…..while, the truth is you have fully embraced the later…..
You're smart enough to know that you fall so far outside orthodoxy that you're barely a Christian….
While my agenda is to expose all liberal Christians as falling too far outside Christianity to be considered a voice that is rightly viewed as an insider merely providing constructive criticism…. You have embraced the role of an outsider looking to take Christianity down or more accurately….making us look stupid
This is actually not too bad a guess. I do want to "reach out" to Christians, but not to "save" them from repression or legalism or whatever. I just think it's important remain in dialogue/debate with all kind of people, even after you've rejected their beliefs. I'm not trying to pose as an insider, though I have a certain appearance of being one thanks to spending most of my life as an evangelical. Nor do I want to "bring them down" from the inside or the outside. I want to respect them, debate them when I believe their ideology is wrong or destructive, and expose them (in my role as a reporter) when they are committing abuses or crimes through religious institutions.
I see it quite simply: a lot of people in my world (non-believing "secularists" or liberals or whatever) have no contact with actual religious believers, and think of them as a monolithic bloc to be opposed. I freely admit that I oppose many of the political implications of some Christian beliefs, and there are a number of orthodox/mainstream Christian doctrines I believe are deeply wrong. But overall, I take a friendly position toward religion; I think discussion, debate and interaction is healthy for all of us whenever we have enough common ground for it.
Bruno says:
Laughter I have pronounced holy! Sessions- You're my hero
Emily says:
Thank you for your mention of my piece. I appreciate that you acknowledge the difficulty of speaking as a progressive voice in a culture while still being in that culture. I have seen many people make the statements and critique you request, and they are dismissed or bullied into silence quickly. Most of them leave on their own. I'm not sure what hope I place in Evangelicalism or if I'm even trying to "save" anything. But I am certainly speaking as someone from that culture about the results of that culture. I am grateful more people telling stories, because I believe there is more likelihood of change if the important cultural critics (especially those outside) are bridged with real stories. That collective force is mighty.
My piece, nor Sarah's or anyone else's was intending to dismantle the cult of virginity. That sexism is too entrenched to die in a clever word or many. It will require dismantling with the same forces that built it: broad cultural change, individual conversations, the way we tell our stories, youth group curriculum and probably all sorts of other ways I can't think of right now. It's erroneous to dismiss one facet of this process because it is not complete or your preferred form of critique.
My real concern is about the way you dismiss what I say because of speculations that you make about my sexual choices. You said "There's nothing in the piece to suggest this was a physical event; rather, it sounds like an intellectual exercise" and proceeded to argue that because I didn't state anything about my sexual history, I am still promoting the cult of virginity.
In truth, my sexual experience is none of anyone's business but mine. I make that point very clearly by refusing to define myself by the words virgin or non-virgin. I simply don't care and I stated this in my piece. You attempt to make my sexuality public, without my consent, in the same way that the virginity cult does, in the same way that sexualized, abusive capitalism does. You're still basing the validity of my piece, my person, on whether or not I've had sex.
I respect that these efforts aren't controversial to you. I don't expect them to be. And in truth, they aren't controversial to me because of my experience outside of the Evangelical world. I don't think it's a big deal what people did with whom and when. Because it's none of my business what adults do with their sexuality or if they feel it's "sin" or not. But these posts are clearly controversial to those people who are read and responded to these posts, who have never encountered these ideas because they have never been brought up in evangelical circles.
I agree that a large change is necessary and the task is difficult, but I think this is part of it. And as long as I choose to be a part of it, I will.
Emily, I recognize there's a strange element to me lecturing evangelical writers about what is controversial and what stands they should take. I consider myself an outside observer who still cares because I grew up in this world and many people I love are still involved in it. But ultimately, I can't really tell people like you what to do. I can say what I see, but I admit it's a bit unfair of me to judge. If stories like yours and others make people think, provoke discussions, etc, they are worthwhile no matter what I think of them.
But I must respond to this charge:
"You attempt to make my sexuality public, without my consent, in the same way that the virginity cult does, in the same way that sexualized, abusive capitalism does. You're still basing the validity of my piece, my person, on whether or not I've had sex."
I categorically have not attempted to "make your sexuality public." I have no ability to do so; I know nothing about it other than what you have written publicly, presumably of your own free will. You're basically accusing me of invading your privacy by quoting what you wrote about yourself on a freely accessible website. I'm sorry, but that's not how this works; you don't get to make yourself the center of your writing and then claim your personal life is off limits.
I'm sorry you think I'm dismissing you because of your sexual experience or lack thereof; my critique had nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not you've had sex. I simply pointed out that, for a general evangelical audience, there's nothing all that new, edgy, or challenging about refusing to play the virginity game, despite the way Prodigal clearly wants to present it ("handing in my V-card," etc). True Love Waits has been questioned for years, and a number of writers and bloggers have argued that the virginity emphasis is excessive and destructive. A truly frank and controversial discussion that built on those developments would have to go even further in confronting some of the root issues, which might involve people revealing their own sexual experiences, or at least revealing a theological position against the idea that premarital sex is a sin. (There are numerous ways it could be done; I never said that someone's personal sex life must be revealed for it to be valued.)
The reason I care about this is that conservative magazines like Relevant and Prodigal buy a lot of their prestige by having smart young people like you write things that appear to be controversial but don't actually threaten the orthodoxies they want to uphold. (This is a well-known feature of dictatorial states: allowing certain kinds of harmless dissent that create a false appearance of free speech and further consolidate their grip on expression.) Threatening evangelical orthodoxies may not be your goal, and that's fine (though I think your public self-presentation somewhat suggests otherwise). I tried to make clear that, to whatever extent what you write provokes thought and impacts people's lives, that's fantastic. I don't expect you to sacrifice yourself to bring down the virginity cult. But I'm saying there are lots of young writers who have much more dramatic experience and much more controversial beliefs than they let on, and Relevant, Prodigal, etc get to capitalize on them only hinting at what they really think. There is a real (and understandable!) tension there, because if they really were frank and challenging, they probably wouldn't have an evangelical writing gig or book deal. It's fine with me if they'd rather keep their real thoughts quiet, but they don't get to present themselves as people who are "speaking truth to power" or "stirring things up," which is very often how these magazines present their content.
AC says:
I don't know David, from what I've read and checking out a few of your tweets I think you're too immersed in progressive liberalism to actually take 'a friendly position toward religion'
I'm gonna leave you with this, find an Evangelical you may respect, Ravi for apologetics/Sproul for theology/Beeke on Christian Living, and start over.,..then maybe try Axe & Wells/Sarfati for criticism of ToE….
I'm gonna leave you alone, I mean it this time, and since you were nice enough to respond to my comment Im gonna remove your picture and name from my critical blog posts, God Bless AC
[…] reconsidering the oral tradition which they inherited. This piece from Patrol on "The cult of virginity", a bunch of good comments too. It's interesting because there often aren't a lot […]
Paul VanderKlay says:
This article seems somehow related to another piece I read today on Nashville publishing: http://www.wisconsingazette.com/faith-gaze/jesus-is-getting-a-makeover-by-new-publishers.html
Not having grown up in the Evangelical greenhouse this pattern of pushing back appears to be a response to an oral tradition within a thick culture.
If you grew up in a cabin at some point you might find the walls of the cabin inconveniently placed. Not enough elbow room, product of someone else's vision. Blowing them up is one way to address the claustrophobia.
If you grew up in a field a walled cabin might sound nice even if the walls weren't exactly where you might have liked them to be.
Sometimes we pursue these conversations with the self importance of imagining our prescriptions and standards will dictate the behavior of others. That's usually not the case, especially when it comes to a drive as strong as sex at a time in our lives when we have little self-knowledge or self-awareness.
What we hope we may do is offer guidance and wisdom that will bring life to those who care to listen to us. Maybe that thought can govern our conversation.
[…] The growing sort-of protest against "the evangelical cult of virginity" is investigated …. Quote: "This leads to a lot of material that makes huge pretense to being provocative, but is fact mostly a faux-edgy affirmation of the establishment conservative-evangelical status quo. We're getting, for example, a lot of confrontational-sounding talk about virginity, but very little actual confrontation with the virginity cult." […]
Jacqui says:
I'm a little late to this show, but I just want to say that I do hear what you're saying and I agree with you.
I nearly got myself banned from doing youth ministry by suggesting, in the company of only adults, that I was not entirely sure that premarital sex is a sin. That sex within a marriage was not automatically healthy and "sinless" just because it happened within the structure of a marriage. Unhealthy, violent, non-loving sex happens within marriages all the time. This, to me, is sin. So if the presence of a marital covenant is not the determinant of sinfulness, can we definitively say that sex outside of marriage is sinful because of the absence of that covenant? I don't think so.
I've had premarital sex. I didn't hate it. Were there sinful elements of it? Absolutely. And that absolutely left places of brokenness in me that have taken a while to heal. But the sinful pieces were how I used sex – it was a reaction to brokenness within that relationship – brokenness that would have existed with or without a marriage license.
Thank you for your boldness.
AC says:
Actually Jacqui, forget about the article YOU taught us all the proper way to speak on issues such as these….without an agenda & without contempt….I will admit being guilty of both..
Now, although I disagree with your view of fornication outside marriage….I do know it happens and it even happens within a loving relationship outside the bond of matrimony….my first son was conceived this way & I proposed to my wife a few months later….is sex outside marriage a reality for many young Christian couples, of course….is it an unpardonable act? Of course not! Should we still hold to a faithful standard of marriage/intercourse – yes! Are we making our life much less complicated if we do so (& are we healthier emotionally when we do?) I believe most are!
Lower the judgement & excessive stigma of committing an act of fornication, without minimizing sin & Biblical faithfulness – I believe that is reasonable
[…] patriarchal, and the Scriptures are clear on sexual mores. The most honest skeptics intimate sexual standards based in an old book should be thrown out altogether. Couples "really committed" to […]
[…] patriarchal, and the Scriptures are clear on sexual mores. The most honest skeptics intimate sexual standards based in an old book should be thrown out altogether. Couples "really committed" to […]
Nan Bush says:
David, I assume you've seen this:
Emily O. says:
Christian mystic Simone Weil, in her book "Waiting for God," states that all sexual sins boil down to one thing: the more or less complete desire to do away with consent (not-quite-verbatim paraphrase). She goes on to define consent not as a verbal "yes" but as a "yes" that goes to the core of one's being and is eternal. That is to say, truly consensual sexual relations are those which come from an eternal spiritual commitment to love one another unconditionally. And any sexual relationship not founded on this kind of consent is, by Weil's definition, sinful.
In my earlier comment to JMJ, I proposed that a better Christian ethic about sex would be based on commitment, not marriage (insofar as we define marriage as a legal, social, and religious institution). I add Weil's views because I believe they express my sentiment in these comments better than I can otherwise.
Finally, I would suggest that Weil's definition of sexual sin is, if anything, more strict than traditional Christian ethics – despite its potential to condone premarital sex.
[…] patriarchal, and the Scriptures are clear on sexual mores. The most honest skeptics intimate sexual standards based in an old book should be thrown out altogether. Couples "really committed" to […]
[…] I've spent a lot of time in the last month thinking about virginity. It all started with a post I read at Rachel Held Evan's blog entitled Do Christians Idolize Virginity. Rachel's post was the first I read on the subject, but within a couple of weeks virginity (or its absence) had swept through the Christian blogosphere. It may have originated with women's blogs like Rachel's, Elizabeth Esther's and Sarah Bessey's, but before the topic died down it had been tackled by Christianity Today and the progressive Christian site Patrol. […]
TilWeHaveFaces says:
I have little use for the overemphasis on virginity myself, but having seen the wreckage in marriages done by premarital sex, I believe he's doing real damage to real lives by propogating untruth. In the Bible God says that those who cause His children to stumble should have a millstone placed around their necks and be thrown in the ocean. Find me a millstone and I'll be happy to do the job.
Adrienne says:
The church is losing too many good young people because its stand on premarital sex. I think they have lost an entire generation, and I don't see it getting any better anytime soon. You can be a good Christian and still have a caring, sharing and mutually beneficial sex life outside of marriage. I love Jesus and decided not to wait for marriage many years in the future.
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Are you keeping a journal of your pregnancy?
With each of my kids I have a scrapbook for them that I made during my pregnancies. They include a weekly letter to our babe and a photo from my bump. I wrote about symptoms, stats and anything fun that we did that week.
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