tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280913847848128325.post2563715988364589006..comments2023-12-30T17:24:00.930-07:00Comments on The Toy Box Years: 50 Shades of Magic Mike......Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584963266765648468noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280913847848128325.post-23987211882945480862012-07-11T22:03:44.185-06:002012-07-11T22:03:44.185-06:00I TOTALLY agree with you! I have heard the argume...I TOTALLY agree with you! I have heard the arguments and they just don't really work for me. I understand when people say that they can not handle a book like that but I just don't quite agree with the reasons people are giving. <br /><br />But it is like anything else, some people can handle it and some can't just like alcohol. <br /><br />Now I have only read book 1 but I don't feel any lust for Christian anyways...LOLJulie Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162499312302593916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280913847848128325.post-34175584240814191302012-07-11T12:47:29.936-06:002012-07-11T12:47:29.936-06:00Hey Jen! I agree with you (mostly, lol), but want...Hey Jen! I agree with you (mostly, lol), but wanted to share an alternative viewpoint. ;) Most folks don't know my personal history with this, but my hubby is a porn addict (kind of recovering, if you ever really can). Because I've experienced first hand the damage that is done to the person themselves (warped sense of intimacy, inability to connect to a physical person, lowered sex drive w/o more intense stimuli, etc) as well as to those directly affected by it (i.e. me!) I agree with most of the bloggers I've read that are advising women to stay away from these types of things. I personally won't read erotica or see a movie like Magic Mike. I even avoid romance novels. It's not because I'll "lust" after another man (my hubby is the hottest guy on this planet, sorry ladies, lol), it's that I don't want warp what I DO have with my hubby; which is very different from what I read in those kinds of books (I didn't marry an extremely romantic or affectionate man; I'm not complaining, that's just who I married). However.... I avoid those things because to ME they are a stumbling block and open a very dangerous door. I think what we have to be careful of is the whole stumbling block before a brother/sister concept that Paul tells us about in Rom 14. That's one of my favorite passages because it addresses this very type of thing (it's also useful when addressing drinking, dancing, etc, which I am all for btw, lol!). =) <br /><br />I think the reason some folks are getting so uptight about this book and movie is because to THEM it's a sin/stumbling block and they struggle to see other Christians not having a problem with it and in some cases endorsing it. To you, it's not a stumbling block, but to another it may be. <br /><br />I'm not in ANY way saying you've done anything wrong. I think what your supposed "friend" did to you after you posted that you were reading the book was totally wrong (and pretty bit**y, lol). I just wanted to point out what is most possibly the reason folks are having such a hard time with this. By your reading the book and saying how much you loved it (thereby endorsing it), they feel a stumbling block is being put in front of them (I'm not saying it was intentional on your part at all!). And for some of our sisters, if they open that door in their marriage it could be devastating for them. But for others, like you, it doesn't effect them the same way and you can enjoy it as a little bit of fun. Anyway, that's just my perspective on the whole thing. =)<br /><br />And I have to say, I LOVE that you and your hubby have a great sex life!! What's the fun of marriage if you're not having fun in the bedroom, right?! =D Rock on lady!<br /><br />~Alyna <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379131247623090340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280913847848128325.post-66087820460132872922012-07-11T07:30:22.748-06:002012-07-11T07:30:22.748-06:00Isn't it sad that you had to say "my blog...Isn't it sad that you had to say "my blog" or "my opinion" so many times for people to know it is YOUR thoughts not what you think everyone else should think? <br /><br />I have no issue with people not wanting to read or see different things. And I appreciate that the author said it was why SHE didn't want to read them not why no one else should read them. <br /><br />I still have issue though with the way you were attacked over it. It still set my blood boiling when I think about your "firestorm". <br /><br />I had my own reasons for not being able to finish 50 Shades. I won't tell others not to read it, but (when asked) I will share my feelings about it. My reasons are far less about the book having erotica and me being a "good Christian woman" than people think.<br /><br />You want to see Magic Mike? Go for it. We could make it a girls night out while you break in one of those new babysitters if you like. :)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886626878002819010noreply@blogger.com