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jogri17 · #14 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BJClark

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I have watched that movie and that movie can stimulate sinful feelings especially in guys. I would do that with great caution. For girls its a good movie for a mother and daughter to watch then discuss but not for guys.

With all due respect I disagee, feelings in and of themselves are not sinful, God created us with them, it's whether or not we learn to control those feelings that is the issue. One of the fruits of the spirit is Self-Control, so learning to control one's reactions to their feelings would be part of that.

So while I agree it may stir a young boys feelings, it is the parents responsibility to help him learn to work through and control those feelings, which is why the conversations during and after such a movie are so vitally important.

it is no different than teaching a child to control their feelings of anger when they are hurting, the same principle applies. You do not want a child to react in their anger lashing out to injure someone any more than you want them to react to their sexual urges, where they may end up with a child, or with a disease.

One thing I love about being a Christian is that two brothers can disagree and totally be serving the same God. And not being a parent I can not know what I would do in reality. And I do believe its the job of the parents to help deal with the natural sexual urges from biology though I must stress that it is the ideal for the father to teach the son and the mom her daughter. But seeing this movie it did produce lustful thoughts in me when I first saw it as a junior in High School. And I rewatched it just an hour ago and a couple of scenes I would not want my 8-12 year old to see if I had a kid. There is drunkeness, a very clear reference to pre-martial oral sex, group sex, drugs, and child **** (cellphone pics of minors) in the movie. Yes I know all are relavent to the plot but my conscience told me that this movie could easilly be used as soft-core ****. There are better ones out there. Juno was a better movie on this subject. But at the same time my parents are atheists so I never had a good Christian upbringing so I had to fight lust and pornography all by my self. The elder at my church (my old Church) told me that **** is natural and sex is a gift from God therefore **** can't be a sin given they are in theory consenting adults.