{"id":3054,"date":"2015-02-26T07:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T07:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2015-02-26T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T07:58:42","slug":"churches-tied-up-in-knots-fifty-shades-could-help-dr-john-coulter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=3054","title":{"rendered":"Churches Tied Up In Knots: Fifty Shades Could Help: Dr. John Coulter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every cleric, nun, pastor and reverend should show the courage of their Christian convictions and see a screening of the erotic bonkbuster, 50 Shades of Grey, starring Ireland\u2019s Hollywood hunk actor Jamie Dornan.<\/p>\n

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And if these Christian clergy had any genuine courage, they would bring their flocks along to see a contentious screening.<\/p>\n

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The fact that clerics \u2013 especially from the Irish Christianity\u2019s fundamentalist fringe \u2013 are ordering their flocks to snub it unveils the real dilemma which the Churches face.<\/p>\n

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It is not the bondage and brutality that has embarrassed the clergy; it\u2019s the clear fact the modern day Christian Church has abandoned its spiritual responsibility to deliver sex education to the community.<\/p>\n

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Instead of lambasting their congregations about the evils of \u201950 Shades\u2019, clerics should be encouraging churches to watch the film \u2013 and then discuss the relevance of the sexual scenes unveiled in the film.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, modern Christianity seems petrified to want to educate its denominations about the joys of sex, preferring instead to dump this moral obligation onto the schools as part of science or religion lessons.<\/p>\n

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How many Christian marriages could be saved if they were spiced up with some of the bondage scenes from ’50 Shades\u2019?<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the Christian Churches are stuck in the late 19th<\/sup> century of the Victorian era when hundreds of missionaries from Ireland and Britain travelled to Africa to convert the heathen natives to Christianity.<\/p>\n

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Missionaries were shocked at the sexual techniques of many of these tribes and invented the so-called \u2018Missionary Position\u2019 to combat what they perceived to be the un-Biblical sexual activities of the unconverted natives.<\/p>\n

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There would be a lot\u00a0fewer Christian young people and Christian marriages facing a sexual crisis in their relationships if clerics and nuns took a more pro-active role\u00a0in sex education.<\/p>\n

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Tragically, modern day sex education in the churches is nothing more than ‘stay a virgin until your married, keep to the missionary position and if you have any queries, ask your local biology teacher or discreetly discuss it with your chums in the playground!<\/p>\n

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The Churches would rather indulge in Hell-fire sermons about the Biblical evils of fornication, adultery and homosexuality, instead of stressing the joys and role of sex in a relationship.<\/p>\n

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In reality, the Churches have a credibility problem. Given the celibacy pledge in Catholicism, how can a couple seek advice from a supposedly virginal priest or nun on how the bedroom can become a place of pleasure rather than a bolthole of boredom?<\/p>\n

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In Protestantism, sex education is seen in many churches as \u2018dirty talk\u2019 and many couples \u2013 even those who have attended pre-marriage classes \u2013 are brushed aside by the \u2018we recommend trial and error\u2019 methods.<\/p>\n

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Okay, I understand the brutality against a women in \u201950 Shades\u2019 could become very contentious. However, given how many women are treated as second class citizens by several Christian denominations, surely the female submissive elements of the film would be right up the street of the anti-women brigade in churches?<\/p>\n

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And given the film\u2019s erotic bondage scenes, I can equally understand how the militant tub thumpers will argue \u201950 Shades\u2019 will pollute people\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n

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But the protests from some Christians churches makes me wonder if it is just a smokescreen because the clerics know some of their flock are indulging in the bondage sessions in their own bedrooms.<\/p>\n

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Fundamentalist fury at \u201850 Shades\u2019 will soon evaporate, and the Christian churches will sigh with\u00a0relief that the spotlight has moved away from them facing up to their spiritual and social responsibilities.<\/p>\n

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Maybe the Christian Church should campaign to have the Biblical passage about people becoming \u2018one flesh\u2019 left out, then the Church could once more duck its duties. I\u2019ll probably be hung by the wrists as a heretic for suggesting this!<\/p>\n

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