Slippery slope? Where will it stop?

[phkrause]

Wasn't Amazing Grace a written to a bar tune?

Not sure where you got that info from! Here's a link for Amazing Grace; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace

pk

[wayfinder]

It was a melody that was sung by the inebriated, although the timing was much faster. The melody to U.S. national anthem was also a "pub" melody.

[pindoc]

Instant sex? Reminds me of the Woody Allen movie. The problem is? Oops, I didn't mean to write that. Yeah, that's the ticket.

teehe

Dancing in sanctuaries? Miriam danced in praise to God. It wasn't dirty dancing. Check out the Gaither's concert in Jerusalem, now there's real praise dance.

[simple]

wel i think there's many ways of dancing depend where its take place

now im saying you can dance with you mind your soul your flesh...

if you are dancing with your mind there nothings bad in that right?

but dancing with thaaaa fleshh can cause alot of things i know that for sure..

but dancing can lead too sex it is possible

depend whattttt !!

[olger]

Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire,

oG

[simple]

yess i agree with that

[Cosmin M.]

I could dance like MJ if you want me to. :D

[Neil D]

Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire,

oG

Really?

Square dancing????

Round dancing???

I don't think so....YOu have your mind in a gutter a bit too often.....

[Outta Here]

Dancing is not always a "vertical expression of a horizontal desire"; nor is it most often a "vertical expresssion of a horizontal desire".

[Bravus]

Dancing, like pretty much everything else, is in the mind of the beholder.

[Gerr]

I would say that from what it did to me personally, most dancing appeal to the flesh, not the loftier desires of man.

[olger]

Righto.

[Woody]

I would say that from what it did to me personally, most dancing appeal to the flesh, not the loftier desires of man.

Like Bravus stated: It's in the mind of the beholder.

[philo]

I would say from what it did to me personally, skiing at all appeals to the flesh, not to the loftier desire of man :

You just feel it, down the slope you are fully occupied with the balance, the bodily sensuality (yes, that`s it !) the bodily reactions, the speed, the cold air - - skiing is linked to alcohol consumption ("Skiwasser", "Jagatee", Kurvengeist") and promiscuity since the early sixties (!) (Oh, those skiing trainers !) I quit skiing when it got too dangerous for me because of more and more risks for injuries.

I am in a very lively SDA church : Mission programs for children (successful), mission progams for youth (successful), mission programs for parents (successful) - - Just for the rooms for the post - communion service potluck we are guests in a closeby Catholic parish. On the billboards they have a lot of very up to date programs, be they spiritual or cultural. In November they begin with a preparation program for the parochys ball in Feruary : Polishing up the "classic" dances, training the opening polonaise and the inbetween quadrille (two traditional group dances since 1700 and the latter since 1850, this a sort of square dance).

They do something together, they play together, they have fun together, they have indoor exercise (see nthis weeks SS) together - and this parish is not at all a center of licentiousness and promiscuity and binge drinking.

Hmmmmm?

[Narcah]

I could easily name a dozen people that waited until marriage. It's pretty commmon actually. And it leads to a much happier marriage, statistically speaking.

[olger]

Exactly, Narcah.

oG

[TWNolan]

This may seem like I am being a curious snob but, who here waited till marriage?

I wish i had, but at least i married her.

[TWNolan]

Instant sex? Reminds me of the Woody Allen movie. The problem is? Oops, I didn't mean to write that. Yeah, that's the ticket.

teehe

Dancing in sanctuaries? Miriam danced in praise to God. It wasn't dirty dancing. Check out the Gaither's concert in Jerusalem, now there's real praise dance.

Miriam did dance, and so did David. But find me where in the Bible did they dance with the member of the opposite sex.

[WayneV]

TWNolan,

Their culture did not have any awareness of "couples" dancing. Thus, they did not avoid it because it was sinful but because they had not thought of it yet!

Agape`

[zeta1]

Originally Posted By: Cosmin M.

I just find it pointless to waste my time with something like that. If I want to be abstinent, I will be, if not, then... Just because I go to some purity ball doesn't mean I will be forced to be abstinent...

heheh...just because you go to some purity ball also doesn't mean that you will be 'sex-ed' either....and that is the point that I was making.....

You are young...Do let the principles of your church HELP guide you in your life...But don't let the traditions of the church scare you into being something that you are not. While God wants true men and women, He isn't to keen on women and men who are fake...

Thank you Neil...reasonable thinking. And, you are right!

[LifeHiscost]

Originally Posted By: Bravus

I did, Cosmin. It really happens, it's really possible.

Well we at least know someone who was abstinent for real!

Probably the first person I know...

The fact that almost everyone (except Bravus of course) commits fornication, doesn't lower the bar for acceptable behavior in a child of God. At least if the Bible is a guide for a better way to live.

[LifeHiscost]

Bravus is not the only one.

Praise God for someone willing to admit that living as God asks is possible. You too, Bravus.

Joy!

[LifeHiscost]

Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire,

oG

When learning the sales trade back in the sixties, there was a common expression for shaking hands with a customer, "pressing the flesh". Dancing gives the phrase new meaning, although who one is dancing with does not always fit the phrase above.

[Anthony!]

Dancing is the best! What if I want to dance with my wife? Is that wrong? Or is it right? Can it be an expression of love?

Believe me, when I want to make love to my wife, I do not have the Lord foremost in my mind, visualizing pictures of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane! I think the Lord can understand that!

[Gerr]

My wife and I occasionally dance at home.