down on Driscoll {this is for you, hans}

I'm taking a class called Social Research this semester, required since I'm an Anth major. We had to develop a research project proposal within the first few weeks of class, and we are spending the remainder of the semester carrying out each stage of the project while simultaneously learning the proper way to do so.

My group is studying effective responses to the growing epidemic of Pornography in the Evangelical world. Basically Porn is a huge problem, and is continuing to rise at astronomical rates with the internet, and I want to know what the Church is doing about it, and what more we should be doing about it.

So ...getting to the point. I've been researching. I found a book online by our favorite Mr. Mark Driscoll, Porn Again Christian. I've read through a lot of painful, horrifying, and provocative literature in this project. But nothing is more upsetting than inappropriate Christian responses. In his chapter on Masturbation, Driscoll posts questions that have been sent in, and his responses.

Question: My wife wants sex more than I do, what should I do?

Answer: Don’t tell your buddies or they will mock you incessantly for the rest of your life after staring at you blankly without blinking for about an hour in total silence. Do have sex with your wife as often as she likes and thank God.

I can't really imagine a more immature response. The book's supposed intention is to speak against mainstream culture in a bold, and of course provocative, way. Disgracefully, this statement strongly reinforces the mainstream's immature way of dealing with the issue. Having been prey to the actions that result from these attitudes, I felt incredibly angry when I came across this statement.

Reflecting a few days later, calmer, I understand that this jargon is pervasive in our culture. So pervasive that a Pastor can engage in it without being objected to. Discussing the issue in this language reminds me of the theory behind Systematic Racism. Basically, as long as we allow this attitude that glorifies sex as a god, the consequences including gender discrimination, sexual abuse, and inappropriate and misguided views of sexuality will persist.

blllllaaaaaaaa.jdhfoiseh.f!!!! ya know? i just need an amen...