Have you been following this story? So a self-styled ‘pedosexual’ who is promoting pedophilia has a self-published ebook available on Amazon. And Amazon.com is defending the selling of it!
“Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable,” the company said in a written statement. “Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.”
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Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Disgusting. Just disgusting. Amazon is an abomination.
Yup.
[...] Time for a good ole fashioned boycott. Tags: abominations, Amazon, bad business practices, Craig's List Posted in rant I Wish I Were A Veteran Today [...]
I am close to a form of liberianism myself, here in a fallen world we cannot advance or advocate another persons ethics for or against, only our own, even as Christians. And Amazon is not a Christian element. So we can choose not to buy or read, etc.
*libertarianism
People advocate their form of ethics all the time; they should be free to compete. In this case however, freedom must be balanced with responsibility, and Amazon is acting extremely irresponsible, and if Craig’s list has to be held accountable, so should Amazon.
And of course I am against the sin of pedophilia, but and also the gay agenda. But we cannot change a fallen world. But indeed we must call sin a sin! Sin is the abomination! And God will judge it!
Your brand of libertarianism affirms the status quo, which makes it not libertarianism at all.
The difference between pedophilia and homosexuality, however, is that homosexuality is consensual; pedophilia is the rape of a child. There is no similarity
No Rod, it is just life in a fallen world. If you are willing, go out and stand against social and sexual evil, but it will change nothing! Only the freedom of the Gospel of Christ can change the sinner, but one sinner at a time.
Well I hate to break it to you, but the protest worked. Amazon took down the abomination of a book, because of internet-wide protest. Protest does work, and it does change things.
Rod,
I was talking about gaining our lost spiritual worldview, that must be spiritual and not political pressure.
I dont see a lost spiritual worldview; I dont follow the myth of some big cultural fall as if the West was some pristine utopia.
Rod,
This might be because of your age and own cultural experience, but I lived in the age of the Judeo-Christian worldview, and not in America but Ireland. And the 50′s and early 60′s were almost utopia to a young Irish Catholic lad.
Maybe its a sting operation. Perhaps the FBI published it and has a deal with Amazon to reveal who buys it. You never know. And of course if that’s the case, they can’t admit it right now.
Rey, that is actually a plausible theory which is being advocated across several boards.
We have lost our Judeo-Christian worldview, this is my point. And it will not return protesting.
With the Civil Rights movement, i think Christian morality found space to engage culture. It came through protest, like the abolitionists before them, and the founders before them.
In England “civil liberty” took a different course, with people like Willberforce. But then note too how long even discrimination against Roman Catholics was locked in the legal debate.
Also, I would like to know, if we have lost our “judeo-christian” worldview, where are the Jews? I think the phrase “Judeo-Christian” is quite deceptive. I do not see any Jewish prime ministers anywhere in Europe, let alone Ireland.
We Brits had one, with the PM Benjamen Disraeli (died in 1881)…”The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and heaven.” And his influence was felt even toward the Balfour Declaration, 1917, and the Jewish people and the establishment in Palestine of a national homeland for the Jewish people. From here we have seen many great Judeo works and people! I love Martin Buber myself, who fits well into the Judeo-Christian genre. There are so many really!
Btw Joel,
Just to finish my thoughts on this subject. I was thinking along the lines of a form of a Christian libertarianism. In this very fallen and wicked world we cannot be – any of us – prefects of Christian doctrine & righteousness Though many try! We should speak out against sin and evil, but we cannot administrate against it. There is only a thin veneer, or cover here, with any mere human righteousness. It can only be a biblical and theological statement.
But, it would seem for me that the individualism espoused by libertarianism is hardly Christian. You are correct, however, that answers must be biblical and theological
Yes, it is a struggle to find a consistent Christian position in a fallen world, that is why any political position is always flawed for the Christian here. But there are some ideas that are of worth in a common idea of libertarianism and conservatism, which comes near some ideas of personal liberty. This is my thought at least, but I am a British Christian and conservative.
God’s Righteousness is found in Jesus Christ, according to Christians, but Christ did not live bodilessly. Jesus’s bodily existence as well as his miracles are proof enough that Christian action is necessary. Of course the action should be non-violent, since the church is to trust in the power of the Spirit. There is a big difference between Christians who act out of faith in God and those who trust in human initiative. That is why nonviolence is so crucial .
The modern idea of a fulness of Christian nonviolence is a myth in my opinion! With such, there would be no British, or American society, simply! But this is quite another subject.
Totally not shocked that you don’t believe in Christian nonviolence. Not at all.
No Rod,
I was a combat Royal Marine Commando, and an officer (many years). And I fought radical Islam also. So no, not gonna get any form of Christian nonviolence out of me!
Father Robert,
I do not recall you ever telling us, but where exactly did you serve with the Royal Marines?
Rod,
I served many years in the RMC’s from being “attached” to 3rd Force American Recon Marines in the Nam (19 to 20 years old), to Gulf War 1, in my early 40′s, I was what ya call a mustang, enlisted to officer. I was later in the RMC reserves, well over 10 years there. My life was both military and the Church. And I married in my late 30s. Yes, I have had a full life at 61!
Btw, there was an older American Marine officer here on the blogs, that remembered the then young ‘Darb’, we met at Pu Bai, as I remember, the home of the American 3rd Force Recon.
Well, Father Robert, that’s the funny part;
If you are referring to this comment: http://stalinsmoustache.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/comrade-wojtyla-aka-pope-john-ii-and-marxism/#comment-2679
made by a “VM,” if you go back and look at it, it was pure sarcasm. Prince Harry of Wales is in the army TODAY for Britain. Doesn’t add up.
As was my sarcasm, about the medal.
And Its impossible for you to claim that you have confronted radical Islam. If you were part of the first Gulf War, anyone would know that Saddam is a SECULARIST through and through. No one even brought up the Islamic religion in those days because it had nothing to do with Saddam’s regime.
Rod,
If you are challenging my honesty? You can try again, as I was in that region also after Gulf War 1. We had some other spl. ops, etc. I am not here to really present my duty, that is always personal. But, I am fully Christian, just because I was in the military does not diminish my Christian life, etc. I am not attacking your nonviolent Christian life, I just don’t agree with the position. Fair enough?