Wow, you don't check your comment emails for a while and then you have 561 messages accusing you of being anti-Christian. To recap, recently we brought you news of a new trend in the abstinence movement: father-daughter purity balls.
One wrote: "Look, Ada, we get it: you are apparently anti-Christian. This isn't even your business much less anything to write an article on."
Another wrote: "Ok AOL media and liberals lets attack and remove everything good nature,clean,wholesome and anything about Religion... F--ing loser's are hurting America and the world.. Media,DEMS,liberals are the evilness trying to make you more hedonistic.. Thanks for trying to destroy goodness,hope, and freedoms."
You're welcome! But our priest would be very surprised to hear us called anti-Christian. If you'll note: we weren't bothered by this purity ball trend because it was Christian, but in fact because it was a perversion of the faith as we appreciate it.
The balls were purporting to be Christian but were in fact about an outward show of female purity and male control rather than a personal relationship with God. We quoted and agreed with a pro-abstinence evangelical writer who said as much.
It's funny how everyone these days thinks that just because you believe in equality you must be an atheist . . .
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. """We quoted and agreed with a pro-abstinence evangelical writer who said as much."""
Well, that's at least two of us Ada. I'd never even heard of such a thing until I read the article a while back.
And as far as "pro-abstinence" and the two Willet daughters...they didn't say and I didn't ask.
Willet at 7:30PM on May 21st 2008
2. Yikes! sounds like some of Dinesh D'Souza's fans are on the war path.
Stefan at 7:55PM on May 21st 2008
3. Very popular blog....
Man_in_Wilderness at 8:38PM on May 24th 2008