Comments on: Who Sanford Should Have Granted Access To … http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/02/who-sanford-should-have-granted-access-to/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PandaChris http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/02/who-sanford-should-have-granted-access-to/#comment-60058 PandaChris Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:57:13 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=24821#comment-60058 Of course, we are all sick of this Sanford crap.....its just that what is important is being overlooked (his misuse of tax dollars) while HE keeps the story going regarding his "true love story". However, I will make note that Mrs. Folks is very attractive and that Will has definitely married above himself...good job there, Will. Of course, we are all sick of this Sanford crap…..its just that what is important is being overlooked (his misuse of tax dollars) while HE keeps the story going regarding his “true love story”.

However, I will make note that Mrs. Folks is very attractive and that Will has definitely married above himself…good job there, Will.

]]> By: Aquinas http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/02/who-sanford-should-have-granted-access-to/#comment-60052 Aquinas Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:31:12 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=24821#comment-60052 There's some very insightful stuff here, but not what I think the author intended. Taking it to an even deeper level, I would argue that Mark Sanford is seeking God (aren't we all); only he has been "looking for love in all the wrong places." God is love, and we are innately "wired' for God. We all have a deep hole in our heart, longing for that ultimate union with our Creator. Unfortunately, because of Original Sin, we fall into the trap of grasping for a counterfeit (pornography, adultery, money, power, fame, etc.), stumbling along, trying to figure out if maybe the real thing - God - is just around the corner. Here's how one theologian put it (Please keep in mind that the kind of union/sexual love the author is referring to here is a lifelong, faithful, marital one): "Far from being evil, the Bible actually employs sexual love as its main analogy of divine love. The Bible begins with the union of man and woman and it ends with the union of Christ and his bride, the Church. And smack-dab in the middle of the Bible – literally the Bible’s centerpiece – is that divine ode to erotic love, the Song of Songs. The Song of Songs is the authentic soundtrack of Christianity. As great mystics like John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila have told us, it is the song that God has been singing to us throughout the ages as an invitation to ecstatic, blissful 'nuptial union' with him." So, yes, sex is good, but only when it is expressed the way it was designed by the Creator: free, full, faithful, forever, and fruitful. If our sexual expression is missing any one of those elements, it's not the type of union we are wired for, and will only leave us looking for more. There’s some very insightful stuff here, but not what I think the author intended. Taking it to an even deeper level, I would argue that Mark Sanford is seeking God (aren’t we all); only he has been “looking for love in all the wrong places.” God is love, and we are innately “wired’ for God. We all have a deep hole in our heart, longing for that ultimate union with our Creator. Unfortunately, because of Original Sin, we fall into the trap of grasping for a counterfeit (pornography, adultery, money, power, fame, etc.), stumbling along, trying to figure out if maybe the real thing – God – is just around the corner.

Here’s how one theologian put it (Please keep in mind that the kind of union/sexual love the author is referring to here is a lifelong, faithful, marital one):

“Far from being evil, the Bible actually employs sexual love as its main analogy of divine love. The Bible begins with the union of man and woman and it ends with the union of Christ and his bride, the Church. And smack-dab in the middle of the Bible – literally the Bible’s centerpiece – is that divine ode to erotic love, the Song of Songs.

The Song of Songs is the authentic soundtrack of Christianity. As great mystics like John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila have told us, it is the song that God has been singing to us throughout the ages as an invitation to ecstatic, blissful ‘nuptial union’ with him.”

So, yes, sex is good, but only when it is expressed the way it was designed by the Creator: free, full, faithful, forever, and fruitful. If our sexual expression is missing any one of those elements, it’s not the type of union we are wired for, and will only leave us looking for more.

]]> By: liz http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/02/who-sanford-should-have-granted-access-to/#comment-60039 liz Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:36 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=24821#comment-60039 I wish people would focus on his real failings... you know the ones we talk about all the time.... He discriminates, hates his constituents, makes people miserable, who cares how many BJ's he got as Governor, or how much he likes tan lines. Sanford makes me want to vomit considering he played a part in ruining my life too. I wish people would focus on his real failings… you know the ones we talk about all the time….
He discriminates, hates his constituents, makes people miserable, who cares how many BJ’s he got as Governor, or how much he likes tan lines.
Sanford makes me want to vomit considering he played a part in ruining my life too.

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