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Plaid n Paisley
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Date: February 21, 2020 02:53PM
This is a link to a blog which summarizes the atrocious End Times "Left Behind" book series by Tim LeHaye and Jerry Jenkins for those of us who will never read the series themselves. This entry deals with LaHaye and Jenkins pathetic attempt at sexual tension while maintaining the necessary purity for the protagonists.
Here is a quote to serve as an appetizer:
"The Cookie Incident was a milestone for Buck and Chloe because it was the first time they made physical contact. I’m not totally sure of this, but it may actually be the only time they’ve made physical contact. At all. These are people, remember, who have to work their way up to a “hand-holding stage. ” For our protagonists and readers who come from this no-touching-during-courtship subculture, Buck’s actions during the Cookie Incident were bold, shocking, even risqué. Thumb to lip contact? That’s third base! His thumb touched her mouth and then his own — that’s almost like kissing, the sort of thing proper courtship says ought to be saved for the wedding night."
"If you’re unfamiliar with this subculture, you probably think I’m exaggerating. See for yourself. Google around the term “courtship” or look up Bill Gothard or the student handbook for Pensacola Christian College. Read about how a couple’s first kiss should be saved for the day of their wedding and get a sense of how fraught with meaning, tension and terror any physical contact is for these folks. Reading that stuff illustrates how thin and porous the line is between constant vigilance and obsession. Their never-ending quest for sexual purity makes them seem dirty-minded. Things that most people would not regard as even remotely sexual are, for them, completely eroticized."
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2020/02/21/lbcf-no-263-reaching-for-the-cookie-sack/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Progressive+Christian&utm_content=491