Michigan Christian college bans Pornographers

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They can fence themselves in but they cannot fence the larger world out. But one more victory for la la land denial.
 
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classy

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I don't see the problem. Bands have been denied for all sorts of things all over the world from performing in certain cities and places. Its a Christian college and its their right to stand up for what they believe. They are no dumber or smarter than any atheist.
 
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Wow. I was talking to a coworker about the concert series at Calvin last week. He went to undergrad there, and was surprised by the diversity of groups that have played there.

While there, he saw a bunch of groups, including Dave Matthews Band. Even back then, there was tension between the student group wanting to play mainstream acts and the Board of Trustees/Alumni Association.

There have list of acts that have played over the years, including the Barenaked Ladies. The New Pornographers haven't been removed from the list, yet.

http://www.calvin.edu/admin/sao/resources/artists/
 
dainthomas

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classy said:
I don't see the problem. Bands have been denied for all sorts of things all over the world from performing in certain cities and places. Its a Christian college and its their right to stand up for what they believe. They are no dumber or smarter than any atheist.
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So is the WORD pornography offensive, or actual pornography? What if The Killers wanted to play? I assume they wouldn't be allowed to since Christians are against killing.

Dumb college can do what they want of course, but they're still dumb.
 
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classy said:
I don't see the problem. Bands have been denied for all sorts of things all over the world from performing in certain cities and places. Its a Christian college and its their right to stand up for what they believe. They are no dumber or smarter than any atheist.
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Actually if you break down their beliefs, such as 2 of every animal being herded onto a wooden ship...they do seem kind of silly. And that is just the tip of the iceberg as far as myths go.
 
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DukeN said:
No, not those kind.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainmen...-new-pornographers-show-over-band-s-name?bn=1

This must've been the same school that wanted to ban Shakespeare because of it's sexual innuendo, and the Oxford dictionary because it had a definition of oral sex in it.
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Big news at Calvin in recent years was the decision to locate an animal testing facility on campus, built and paid for by Spectrum Health.

The Dutch-Reformed-Calvinist worldview:

Undergraduates staffing vivisection labs = good.

Band having naughtyword name = bad.
 
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classy

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OCGuy said:
Actually if you break down their beliefs, such as 2 of every animal being herded onto a wooden ship...they do seem kind of silly. And that is just the tip of the iceberg as far as myths go.
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Yea true, lol.

Like coming man from a monkey or ape. I be like why didn't the rest of them change, they should have gotten an email in todays world.

But hey we do have the factual big-bang theory that explains it all in perfect sense. :rolleyes:
 
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We have a Supreme court member that does not want military recruiters on a campus so...
 
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classy said:
Yea true, lol.

Like coming man from a monkey or ape. I be like why didn't the rest of them change, they should have gotten an email in todays world.

But hey we do have the factual big-bang theory that explains it all in perfect sense. :rolleyes:
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They're presented as theories. Creation, as outlined in the Bible and other sacred texts, is presented as fact.
 
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OCGuy

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classy said:
Yea true, lol.

Like coming man from a monkey or ape. I be like why didn't the rest of them change, they should have gotten an email in todays world.

But hey we do have the factual big-bang theory that explains it all in perfect sense. :rolleyes:
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You can't defend silly stories such as Noah's Ark, so you deflect. Gotcha.
 
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Good for them. If they feel that the band would be a bad influence, I see no problem with them banning it. It is a private college.
 
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