tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post116067319028295833..comments2023-07-11T05:13:06.461-06:00Comments on Morehead's Musings: Carnality, Burning Man and Alternative CultureJohn W. Moreheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-85783904506280447032007-11-30T03:15:00.000-07:002007-11-30T03:15:00.000-07:00I'm drawn to seeing the Gospel as an Erotic Narrat...I'm drawn to seeing the Gospel as an Erotic Narrative. By Erotic I mean that which is intimate and sentient - it has to do with human closeness and physical touch. <BR/><BR/>I see Jesus as quite at home in his own skin, happy to party and even carouse with the common man, and clearly willing at all times to be intimate with all people.<BR/><BR/>Being human he also needed too to retreat into the desert to be alone with the Father.<BR/><BR/>I wrest the term from the authority of materialism/hedonism, who seeks to tackify it into the gratuitous, selfish, short termist notion it has come to embody.<BR/><BR/>And further that this, I question the term "perversion". From what I can gather, this is Freuds concept. I think it smacks of severe authoritarianism, the very worst of modernity and patriatchy.<BR/><BR/>Before anyone gets alarmed, I am talking about consensual sexual expression between adults. And more, I would emphasise there being be a loving committed relationship undergirding it.<BR/><BR/>I am not talking about pediophilia or anything that harms another creature, especially one who has no choice - children or any victim of anothers lust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-1160734910459941092006-10-13T04:21:00.000-06:002006-10-13T04:21:00.000-06:00Picking up on this Philip:The healthy side of our ...Picking up on this Philip:<BR/>The healthy side of our creation needs to be brought into the picture. The misuse and abuse of sexuality does not negate the positive side of God's "good work" in creating humans.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if we have such a bad theology of sexuality/ sensuality that we not only hide from the positive side of Gods good work in creating humans, but also hide from the negative and exploitative practices such as the salve trade mentioned by John- sexuality makes us uncomfortable therefore we ignore both the positive and the negative!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-1160715741635651302006-10-12T23:02:00.000-06:002006-10-12T23:02:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-1160690208907653742006-10-12T15:56:00.000-06:002006-10-12T15:56:00.000-06:00JohnThis subject matter invariably polarises peopl...John<BR/><BR/>This subject matter invariably polarises people particularly when one "reacts" by thinking only of morally dubious behaviour. <BR/><BR/>The motif of nakedness in Scripture is something that R C Sproul examined in his book If There's A God, Why Are There Atheists? (Bethany 1976). He looked at the question by considering the themes of holiness and transparency. On reflection one might then ask: to what extent is there a yearning to return to Eden?<BR/><BR/>One can easily point to the abuse of human dignity in sexual aberrations. The misuse of persons is perennial and sexual abuse and perversions are easy to identify. However, that is but one part of the picture. We are created in gender and the essence of being a human made in the image and likeness of God necessarily means as creatures we are sexual. Sexuality is not just expressed in intercourse or even mere nudity. We express ourselves - whether female or male - as sexual beings. The healthy side of our creation needs to be brought into the picture. The misuse and abuse of sexuality does not negate the positive side of God's "good work" in creating humans.philjohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351025982828679289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-1160687966831361132006-10-12T15:19:00.000-06:002006-10-12T15:19:00.000-06:00brave man- thank you for this... Too often we negl...brave man- thank you for this... Too often we neglect a holistic theology and deny sensuality and sexuality as good, in doing so we endorse at times an almost gnostic view of the body, failing to treat both our physical selves and others physical selves with the respect they deserve!<BR/><BR/>I wonder if we can read Ps 139 in the light of a healthy body image, marvelling at our own createdness!!!<BR/><BR/>oh dear you've started me thinkng now!!!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.com