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In this chapter of her book, Nancy Pearson compares the secular view of the body and the Christian one. First she talks about abortion and the differing stances of “pro-life” versus “pro-choice.” Most Christians would identify with the pro-life stance. She then talks about the “hook-up culture” of America. This is the concept of having sex without any sort of relationship; keeping it strictly physical. Pearcey says this never works because it is impossible to separate your body from your emotions, therefore, someone always ends up getting hurt. Pearcey goes on to describe the idea that gender as well as sexuality is fluid and not fixed. “The body has become a morally neutral piece of matter that can be manipulated for whatever purposes the self may impose on it- like stamping Lincoln’s profile on a copper penny.”
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey in her essay tells us about the view of the body from both Christian and secular points of view. She then goes on to talk about abortion and "hook-up culture". Hook-up culture is the idea of sex as "just sex". Pearcey continues by describing sexuality as a fluid that is not set in stone.
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey explains in a section of her book, Saving Leonardo, that todays culture has separated the body from the mind making a dualism out of what God created to be a unity. Pearcey talks about the “Hooking-up” culture that young people have fallen into and the society is the reason for it as they push for people to detach love form sex. Pearcey quotes a website called Scarleteen that says, “I can separate sex from love.” This brings people to the “friends with benefits” idea that there is no emotional connection just physical pleasure, but when the other person says they want to stop “seeing” the partner they get depressed. Pearcey quotes the Washington Post as they quoted a teenager named Melissa who, “was depressed because her hookup partner had just broken up with her.” The argument is that you cannot separate the emotional and physical parts of the human body because God created humans in His image to unified together in spirt, mind, and body. God made Eve for Adam as an emotional partner as well and not just a physical partner. However, it goes even deeper as the culture even suggest that gender is a made up, figment of peoples imagination and “being constraint to gender” is something made up by the culture to restrain people. Although God plainly created male and female and Pearcey argues with Psalm 139 explaining, “God “knits” together our bodies in the womb.” God creates us male and female, and its not something we can change because we feel we “need” to.
ReplyDeleteIn an excerpt from Saving Leonardo author Nancy Pearcey talks about love, homosexuality, and the the hook-up culture that is in today’s society. The Biblical worldview has a purpose, and we all have a purpose we were created for. In today’s “hook-up” culture there is a distinct line between an emotional relationship and a sexual relationship. Pearcey states “People are not machines and they cannot surgically spate their emotions from what they do with their bodies.” It is seen as being “emotionally mature” if you can separate sex from love, and many magazines even give advice to girls on how to do such. Furthermore, homosexuality is defined as “two people of the same gender giving each other pleasure”. Pearcey describes it best when she says “if a sexual encounter is nothing more than an exchange of physical services, why does it really matter which gender you are?” There is a fluid view of gender in today’s society. Instead of being who God has created you to be, gender has become “completely detached from physical anatomy” in which you can choose whatever gender you want, whenever you want. Psalm 139 says that God knitted us together in the womb. Our identity is a gift from God and we should enjoy it in gratitude. When we share physical intimacy with another person, it is meant to display our commitment to that person. When sex is taken away from that unification, “we are in essence telling a lie”. Christians are to show compassion and speak out about these issues that are in today’s world to defend our beliefs.
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey tells us about the "hook up culture", which is basically people just having sex and nothing else. Pearcey also talks about how sexuality is fluid and that if you do happen to be homosexual you can turn into a heterosexual.
ReplyDeleteThe article Pearcy writes delves into how todays society is so interested in sampling "hooking up", infact she calls it the "hook up culture". This culture is people having sex with little to no emotional connection with the other person. It is simply for the physical reasons. Percy also talks about how sexuality is fluid and that if you do happen to be homosexual you can turn into heterosexual
ReplyDeletePearcey went to an Ivy League college and came to the conclusion that even high education students think that speaking from a Christian’s perspective is forcing their religion on others. She points out that people argue over science or religion, fact or faith, they argue over weather one is true or not. She moves on and presented the topic of “hooking-up” she point her opinion by saying, “People are not machines and they cannot surgically separate their emotion s from what they do with their bodies.” The term “hooking-up” cannot be without emotion in some way shape or form. She mentions that teens now a days are being told that the idea of sex with no emotion is the “cool” thing to do and that they should do it more often. She also brings up the topic of sexual identity that people today at some college campuses don’t require students to check a certain sex, Gender has become a modifiable. Gender its self has become something of the past. Church goers that where under 30 took a survey at a certain church and 50% of them had negative things to say about it like “to political, judgmental, and hypocritical.” We created a world where people are now no longer certain sex but nothing at all.
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey tells in her essay about the “hook-up culture” which effects the generations in their sexual behavior. Sex is like a “commodity” to make both sides happy, but this is not the truth of the worldview of Christians. “The truth is that Christianity has a much more respectful view of our psycho-sexual identity” then just stating Christians are against Sex. Nancy thinks that sexuality is “fluid”, which is “presented as liberating”. According to her, it is possible turning between “homosexual” and “heterosexual”.
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey first talks about how Christians think that if we talk about our Christianity we are forcing our views on others. Even if this were true though the government forces their views on us all the time through policies. She goes on to say that the Biblical worldview reflects a purpose for why we were created whereas in a secular materialistic view “our bodies are products of blind, material forces.” Everyone is always trying to find something better, something that makes them fit in. But Pearcey explains it perfectly when she said “Because humans are created in God’s image, their experience will never quite ‘fit’ a secular view of human nature.” We will never find true happiness outside of God’s will.
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey writes about our culture today. She writes on two main topics. First she writes about the "hook up culture" she believes that today's world we like to not get committed so we hook up and have one night stands. She says this doesn't work because it creates pain for one of the partners in the hook up . Second she writes on how sexuality is fluid not fixed so it is easy To go homo to Hererosexual viscera.
ReplyDeleteIn the article "Saving Leonard" Nancy Pearcy writes about the choices most people make or do not make within their own religion or moral fact belief. Pearcy claims people take the statement of the moral facts to a limit such as the belief of abortion or the belief of homosexuality. to be pro-choice or pro-gay Nancy states that it is being more than just a choice now. Moral facts and beliefs like abortion and homosexuality are being idolized too much because it seems to be the norm of todays society. Those who do not believe in those sorts of things or have different OPINIONS about those moral beliefs are separated immediately from those groups of believers.
ReplyDeleteNancy Pearcey writes an article on the world culture of today. She begins with talking about "hooking up". Pearcey describes sex as just a biological appetite like eating. She says that when you feel the need, you satisfy it. No big deal.What we do with our bodies is separate from who we are as persons. She believes that hooking up is a choice that doesn't effect our self beings. Pearcey then gets into the "choice" of gender. She states that "If a sexual encounter is just an exchange of physical services, why does it really matter which gender you are?" She refers to a book "Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler which argues that gender is not a fixed attribute but a fluid. Gender is a "fiction", a "fabrication", a "fantasy" that can be made and re-made at will.
ReplyDeleteIn this article, 'Saving Leonard' is about what type of lifestyle people want to live based on your religion. Pearcey say, "Because humans are created in God's image, their experience will never quite "fit" a secular view of human nature. In practice, non-Christian will always run into some point of contradiction between their secular worldview and their real-life experience". In this quote it is clear that people understand that we are children of God and we're suppose follow in his steps, but people start to experience different things in their lives. Once they have experienced something, at this point they feel like they are being judged, which is going to happen if you are a Christian. Non-Christians will always be judged because they aren't living for Jesus. Judgement will always an on going thing in society today.
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