TN Church sends out flyers advertising service series called "Red Hot Sex"

[TyTigeriku]

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A church trying to draw people to a marriage seminar has created a scandal instead by sending out hundreds of postcards with red lips and the words "Red Hot Sex."

The mailing from The Gathering church in Sevierville, Tennessee, invites residents to hear pastor Gene Wolfenbarger and his wife reveal what the Bible says about sex in marriage in a series of four classes.

Class titles include "Sex! What Makes It Red Hot" and "Honey I Don't have A Headache."

One local resident said she had never received anything that suggestive in the mail before.

Wolfenbarger apologized to anyone who was offended, but said the mailing was meant to attract attention in a time when the American family is being destroyed by illicit sex.

This is my church, even! I haven't personally been to a service yet, but if it's anything like SWAT's (Students With A Testimony; aka the Student Ministry) "Bes Sex Ever!" series it's about making wise decisions on sex, like condoms, douches, and hell, just waiting.

Personally I would rather see the funds for the flyers be put to a different use, like possibly a small food ministry, or a christian bookshop, but hey, I don't run the funds.

[Shun]

This is stupid and so is your church. :/

[DjRandom]

This is my church, even! I haven't personally been to a service yet, but if it's anything like SWAT's (Students With A Testimony; aka the Student Ministry) "Bes Sex Ever!" series it's about making wise decisions on sex, like condoms, douches, and hell, just waiting.

I did not know that female hygiene products were sins.

[Arkaaito]

How do douches represent a "wise decision on sex"?

People do realize that they have no material effect on the incidence of pregnancy and STDs, right? (Except for making you marginally more susceptible to yeast infections and human papillomavirus, of course.)

[TyTigeriku]

Remind me never to post when extremely tired. x3

Took a bit of a nap, and now I realize what I said didn't reflect what I meant to say. At all. x_x;;

Pretty much what this series is, is a series of sermons about God's view of us and a pure life before marriage and how to treat each other as husband and wife to keep that spark from flitting out.

From what I gathered from the "Best Sex Ever" series, they should also talk about abstaining until marriage, for those not married yet.

What's different about this from other churches sermons, is that they talk about sex quite freely in the series, and they don't try to say that it's an extremely bad thing. They just tell the basic truth, and nothing more, nothing less. They realize and fully acknowledge the sexually-saturated world we live in today, and they explain what sex is about, and it IS a good thing, but it's a thing of love, and it really is a wise thing to wait.

THAT'S, what I meant to say. SO sorry for the earlier post.

*must stop posting while tired*

[the anime lifestyle...]

Wolfenbarger apologized to anyone who was offended, but said the mailing was meant to attract attention in a time when the American family is being destroyed by illicit sex.

Yes this is completely different from the previous eight thousand years of family-unit-based civilization

Amerikkka

[Shazza]

This is why I don't go to church .

[linkismyhero]

Hahahaha... my church did a series called "Sexual Revolution."

Sexual Revolution | CreativePastors with Ed Young

And yeah, Ed Young (the guy who wrote the sermon), is my pastor.

[Eight]

...where do you guys think the Missionary position came from?

Now that's "Red Hot Sex."

[k⁄⁄eternal]

Originally Posted by linkismyhero

Hahahaha... my church did a series called "Sex Sex Revolution."

fixed...?

[SilentSuzumiya]

when will america figure out sex is natural? I mean in other countries theyre allowed to talk about it on TV. the church thing seems really stupid but i'm suprised they're like religious people and still use "RED HOT SEX"

[VGD]

Originally Posted by SilentSuzumiya

I mean in other countries theyre allowed to talk about it on TV.

Heavily Muslim countries allow sex talk on TV? I didn't know that.

[SilentSuzumiya]

No like Japan. they can even show what america considers "nudity" on shows like sailor moon. XD why cant we be more of a free nation? isn't america the nation of freedom? btw i'm a liberal sorry for rants about freedom.

[Ledline]

Originally Posted by SilentSuzumiya

No like Japan. they can even show what america considers "nudity" on shows like sailor moon. XD why cant we be more of a free nation?

We arent japan, we arent japanese, stop being a japanophile

[noisy doll☆]

Free nation isn't even the appropriate term for this discussion, but I would hardly describe Japan as a "free society" either. Just because they don't feel the same way that we do about nudity in cartoons, it doesn't mean that all the rules go flying out the window.