Comments on: The Missing Face http://brodyharper.com/2007/12/29/the-missing-face/ "... in case you were wondering." Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:46:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: MamasBoy http://brodyharper.com/2007/12/29/the-missing-face/#comment-3111 MamasBoy Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:49:24 +0000 http://brodyharper.com/?p=603#comment-3111 "How much of these issues would end if sex was as it was created?" My guess is that this world would be a radically different place if that were the case. But if we try to implement this, who's idea of "how sex was as it was created" will rise to the top? Must it be with humans? Must it be heterosexual? Must it only be between married people? What makes a real marriage: an edict of the state, the decision of any two people, the blessing of the church, some combination of the above? What about divorce? Must we accept the fetus that is created, no matter how disabled or disfigured? Can people contracept? What about periodic abstinence? Must they only have sex in order to procreate? Is there a middle ground between Luther and Hustler? How do we know what that is? Deep questions that most people never get around to seriously thinking about. Of those that do, many arrive at very different conclusions. Maybe I'm just cynical, but I think it is extremely difficult for most people to engage this topic open-mindedly because it touches them so personally and deeply. Like Jesus command to love one's enemies and do good to those one's persecutors, the concept of what is "good" is debatable and easy to rationalize away because people are so invested in their current way of life. It truly takes a work of the Holy Spirit to break through that. MB “How much of these issues would end if sex was as it was created?”

My guess is that this world would be a radically different place if that were the case. But if we try to implement this, who’s idea of “how sex was as it was created” will rise to the top? Must it be with humans? Must it be heterosexual? Must it only be between married people? What makes a real marriage: an edict of the state, the decision of any two people, the blessing of the church, some combination of the above? What about divorce? Must we accept the fetus that is created, no matter how disabled or disfigured? Can people contracept? What about periodic abstinence? Must they only have sex in order to procreate? Is there a middle ground between Luther and Hustler? How do we know what that is?

Deep questions that most people never get around to seriously thinking about. Of those that do, many arrive at very different conclusions. Maybe I’m just cynical, but I think it is extremely difficult for most people to engage this topic open-mindedly because it touches them so personally and deeply. Like Jesus command to love one’s enemies and do good to those one’s persecutors, the concept of what is “good” is debatable and easy to rationalize away because people are so invested in their current way of life. It truly takes a work of the Holy Spirit to break through that.

MB

]]> By: Jennifer Bedingfield http://brodyharper.com/2007/12/29/the-missing-face/#comment-3105 Jennifer Bedingfield Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:37:59 +0000 http://brodyharper.com/?p=603#comment-3105 Another great organization that is making a difference in the area of global human rights is The International Justice Mission. Check out their website sometime... they are changing the world one little girl at a time. Another great organization that is making a difference in the area of global human rights is The International Justice Mission. Check out their website sometime… they are changing the world one little girl at a time.

]]> By: P.D. Ross http://brodyharper.com/2007/12/29/the-missing-face/#comment-3106 P.D. Ross Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:12:39 +0000 http://brodyharper.com/?p=603#comment-3106 Brody, Thanks for letting us in on the video. This to is a serious issue that like you said, turns my stomach. I had a chance this past october to hear David Batstone speak on the human sex slave trade. He is a professor in California who helped expose a huge sex slave ring in california, i think san fran. He said that the two main drop off points in the U.S. is San Fran California and Atlanta Georgia. i was totaly unaware of how close to home this issue fell. It is amazing the amount of people that are tricked into coming to america to live a free life but are really thrown into one of the most destructive webs i can imagine. The sad thing is that the authorities did NOTHING about it. They had video taped evidence, sworn statements, and so much more and they did nothing. He suggested it was because they were not 12 year old, blond headed, american girls. If you take a look around you can really see how satan has his hand all in this "sex" thing. From pornography to sex slavery, it is so dangerous and I know a lot of people that don't take it serious at all. THey claim its just fantasy, but it is so deadly in a million different aspects. Brody,
Thanks for letting us in on the video. This to is a serious issue that like you said, turns my stomach. I had a chance this past october to hear David Batstone speak on the human sex slave trade. He is a professor in California who helped expose a huge sex slave ring in california, i think san fran. He said that the two main drop off points in the U.S. is San Fran California and Atlanta Georgia. i was totaly unaware of how close to home this issue fell. It is amazing the amount of people that are tricked into coming to america to live a free life but are really thrown into one of the most destructive webs i can imagine. The sad thing is that the authorities did NOTHING about it. They had video taped evidence, sworn statements, and so much more and they did nothing. He suggested it was because they were not 12 year old, blond headed, american girls. If you take a look around you can really see how satan has his hand all in this “sex” thing. From pornography to sex slavery, it is so dangerous and I know a lot of people that don’t take it serious at all. THey claim its just fantasy, but it is so deadly in a million different aspects.

]]> By: Kelly http://brodyharper.com/2007/12/29/the-missing-face/#comment-3107 Kelly Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:04:43 +0000 http://brodyharper.com/?p=603#comment-3107 Brody, that is a very endearing subject to me...eplilesy/sezures, injustice, prostitution, indifference to God...have all been added to the list. Indeed, this world is messed up...but our hope remains fixed on God as we venture out to the fields by His name and victory on Calvary... Brody, that is a very endearing subject to me…eplilesy/sezures, injustice, prostitution, indifference to God…have all been added to the list. Indeed, this world is messed up…but our hope remains fixed on God as we venture out to the fields by His name and victory on Calvary…

]]> By: Brian http://brodyharper.com/2007/12/29/the-missing-face/#comment-3108 Brian Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:23:42 +0000 http://brodyharper.com/?p=603#comment-3108 I have not viewed the video but know and have seen the tragedies you speak of. You are absolutely right in essence the darkness does what darkness does. It is the Light that must must enter - there is no other way. We cannot "light a lamp and put it under a bowl" Each of us have a part. I have not viewed the video but know and have seen the tragedies you speak of. You are absolutely right in essence the darkness does what darkness does. It is the Light that must must enter - there is no other way. We cannot “light a lamp and put it under a bowl” Each of us have a part.

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