I find it incredulous that these two elders felt it necessary to engage in a biblical tug of war debating "principles" of the bible as they related to a WORK OF FICTION.
It is an artistic and creative work of literature. It is the expression of someone's imagination not an indictment of their personal activities. THIS MEETING was formed over a personal agenda because of disdain for the individuals or their creative works.
The twisiting and spin on the scriptures in an effort to vilify the author of the FICTIONAL work is abhorrent.
When I was serving as an elder I was brought before a committee for the art that I produced. I majored in art through HS and C. One zealous MS was shocked at the number of "nudes" that were displayed in my studio. He took it to the elders.
Needless to say, those elders tried their best to vilify my artwork and after lengthy debate realized they had no leg to stand on. The only point they tried to stick with me in the end was the propensity to "stumble others" my artwork would have.
In the end the elders(with an obscene amount of persuasive debate from me) decided there was really nothing for them to do. They simply asked me to keep my artwork private from those in the congregation.
Years later I learned while doing some work on one of these elders homes that the PO that sat on my JC was also an artist who painted abstract nudes like Picasso. I found his open files of pornographic magazines used for referrence very telling. When I confronted him about, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well I keep my work very low profile, it is just a hobby."
This Cult produces some of the craziest assholes I've ever known.
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