Last Saturday a small number of us furs had a little picnic. I decided to bring down my travel kitty and Chococat to the gathering. My only regret is I wish more furs had attended.
Nice Day for an Outing
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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Furry Christians and This World.
Recently I was talking to a fur who wants to have a ministry to furries. I do not have a good feeling about this because he seem like many revivalist minded Christians, his ministry will devolve into law as in proclaiming one needs to be “saved” out of furry fandom rather than proclaiming the Gospel of Christ dying for our sins and resurrected for our salvation. Fred Phelps is more extreme form of the error of substituting law in place of the Gospel.
This discussion got me thinking about our relations hip in regards to the world we live in.
I turn to 1 Corinthians 5. After Paul remands the church for tolerating sexual immorality bay a member 1 Cor 5:1-8 he says the following:
9I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—10not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
12What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
As applied, it is OK to associate with furries who of this world in our daily lives or even with furry fandom. We who are in Christ should not associate with any furry who claims to be a brother or sister in Christ and unrepentantly acts and promotes others to act in immoral fashion.
I do allow for the idea of a weaker bother to abstain from the fandom if it to temptation but this cannot be used a blanket command to all Christians who have interest in furry fandom or whether to attend Fury convention. Another thing I notice is verse 12 and 13, it not our job to judge those out side the church. The world had been judge by God. I see In other words, It not our job to go on anti Yiff crusades on Fur Affinity but preach the Christ died for our sin (The Gospel)
Why Fetish Expression in the Fandom
On another board, a fur a asked why those who engage in fetish behavior need to talk publicly about them.
The reason is a common thread within elements of LGBT and fetish subculture: this element or trait is exhibitionism. This minority in the Furry fandom not only expresses and identify themselves sexually, but the need to do so publicly and demand pubic approval. In some cases the need to shock, provoke, and offend others. I see a lot of this in gay culture. It is interesting a post asked same questions about Gay Pride celebrations brought up a similar issue. Add to this a furry subculture that does not have very much in the way of structure compare to Anime and Science Fiction fandom, conventions, and culture. For example, both have restrictions and rules when and where adult behavior is appropriate. Exhibitionists are a small minority in any subculture but often the loudest.
I do not see this as part of the furry fandom, but how outside influences came into the fandom. In recent time, some are addressing this issue.