Below is a post from Pomomusings…
From Bob Jones University’s website description of Residence Life:
- Posters of movie and music stars and fashion models are not permitted. The subjects of personal photos should not exhibit immodesty or inappropriate physical contact.
- Music must be compatible with the University’s music stadards: New Age, Jazz, Rock, and Country music is not permitted. Contemporary Christian music is not permitted (e.g., Michael W. Smith, Stephen Curtis Chapman, WOW Worship, and so forth).
- Televisions, DVD/videotape players and headphones are not permitted in the residence halls, computer DVD players may not be used to view movies.
- You may not possess or play computer and video games rated T, M, A, or E10, or having elements of blood and gore, sensual or demonic themes, or featuring suggestive dress, bad language, or rock music.
- Due to space considerations, appliances such as mini-refrigerators and microwaves are not permitted in residence hall rooms. A refrigerator and microwave are permitted in each residence hall.
- Residence hall students may not watch videos above a G rating when visiting homes in town and may not attend movie theaters.
All weapons must be turned in for storage. Trigger locks are required for pistols. Fireworks are not permitted on campus. Interesting that you can bring your pistols—but not your WOW Worship albums.
As I read this I immediately thought of a story by one of my professors from seminary who said, “I find it amazing that in the U.S. you are so turned off by language and music, but are completely okay with violence. In Europe, violence is the ultimate offense.” As a culture, it seems there is no clearer of a stamp of approval on violence than in this code of conduct by Bob Jones University—the most conservative Christian universities in America.
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My friends often call me out on my violence, yeah – sex, no cinematic “contradiction”
But, if a kid/teen/adult watches a movie with a lot of naked people in it, their chances of becoming sexualized are nearly guaranteed. However, if they watch “Die Hard”, their chances of wanting to go out and kill someone are very slim.
At least for me? So, the personal consequences for watching one of these films over the other is night and day.
I think that it’s more widespread than just in the cinema—it also spreads into our video games, into our music, into our media… basically violence has engrossed and become a very rampant part of our culture, and it shows. If you look at the Bob Jones rules, they’re not just trying to ban cinema but they’re trying to create a sexless environment altogether.
I’ve heard the argument before that you bring up, and in fact I’ve used it before… but as time goes on the more I think that argument is false. Our violence rate in this country far exceeds many European countries. We are, in fact, one of the most violent countries in the developed world (this excludes 3rd world countries) and this should be blamed on our violence-thirsty culture.
It’s interesting that in Europe the freedom that they have with their sexuality hasn’t caused an astronomical rise in STD’s like in the US. Yet, we deal more heartily with that… I’m not trying to propagate the idea that we need to be a more sex obsessed society (I’m not sure we could get any more obsessed), but rather I think we need to become a healthy society in our views on violence and our views on sexuality. I don’t think we’re heading that way any time soon, however.
Do you think there’s a problem with how early kids become sexualized though? I don’t think it works like how young kids in France who are given wine younger have less of a propensity to alcoholism when they get older.
I think when someone becomes sexualized, it’s more of a light-switch that’s really hard to turn off. And when they become sexualized with marriage a decade or more away, there’s bound to be a lot of problems.
Again, strictly from my personal experience under the ignorant assumption that everyone acts like i do.
All I can say is wow. I need to print this out and show it to any of our students that complain about Ozark’s oppressive rules.