Alright so this pic is from my boy Bobby Mason's Myspace's personal pic file...under it he wrote: "i know nudity isnt allowed, but i couldnt help myself. enjoy!"
Bobby's is a wonderously subversive Myspace and I suggest you all go check it out and encourage him to keep having fun with it. It's almost as clever as making up a Myspace for someone else like the Prime Minister (current or former), U.S. President or even the Pope...I checked, all them people have clever Myspaces made of them...funny I didn't find any of a school principle...I guess that would be offensive and crossing the line. Hmm.
Anyways, what Rob's pic and comment up there points out is how people seem to have some bizarre obsession of posting pictures of themselves up that obsess over their bodies. I don't understand this. Pics of guys showing off their abs...not candid shots of them where their shirt "somehow" mysteriously came up on them revealing their chests...Pics where they lift their shirts and take the picture of themselves...what exactly is that all about?!? Pics of girls similarly showing off the various parts of their bodies...it's all there.
I can't understand on multiple reasons...
The #1 reason of course is the fact that myspace is a wonderful place for predators and lurkers to abound. You can do searches based on peoples body types no problem. As you can see I copied Rob's pic no problem...there is a definite possibility that some pervert will use your pic for something you might not be so excited about.
That aside, even if that wasn't the case, I just can't understand how people crave objectification. Is there no more to us these days than our bodies? I sure hope that's not true, cause I mean, well, I'm not exactly buff and tough to the point where the women can't get enough (that is except for Charity but she has an odd taste in men).
Why would you take suggestive pics of yourself, post them and then put up a bulletin saying, "I put up new pics of me comment on them", only to have people tell you how skinny you are or how ripped you are ad nauseam. Why would you go on to another persons site and post something like "I'd smack that" or whatever it is people are writing this week.
Maybe I'm old...no, I know that's true...but still can someone explain this to me. I'm most interested in a Christian response as to how this makes sense for a person of faith. Please, tell me why a Christian should be objectifying people and obsessing over what their body looks like. Let me in on the secret and so that I can join in on the fun.
Until then, I guess I won't be smacking that or putting up pictures of me and my glorious growing gut.
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