Posted on 05/17/2002 3:36:51 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee
Friday, May 17, 2002
Stripper mom: I'm following the Bible
Mother says high-paying job gives her time to teach daughter values
The mother of a 5-year-old California girl facing expulsion from the Christian school she attends acknowledges her job as a stripper is not one to be proud of, but says her work allows her time to follow the Bible by being a "hands-on" parent.
As WorldNetDaily reported yesterday, the mother, Christina Silvas, was called into a conference at Capital Christian School in Sacramento after school officials became aware that she works as a part-time strip-tease dancer at a local club.
Rick Cole, senior pastor of Capital Christian Church, which sponsors the school, and other staff members met with Silvas to discuss their contention that her occupation is in violation of an agreement with and commitment to the school philosophy that parents must sign before the children are admitted as students. Her daughter would have to be removed, she was told, if Silvas did not quit her job.
The officials offered to cover the girl's last month's tuition of $400 if Silvas would change jobs. They also offered to support Silvas both financially and spiritually, and to help her find a different job that was in keeping with the school's values. Silvas declined the offer.
As a requirement for admission, parents of prospective students must sign a "commitment" to support the philosophy of the school. That philosophy, in part, reads: "Emphasis is placed on learning about God and the truths of God's Word in relationship to man and his world; recognizing that the way to God comes through personal faith in Jesus Christ; and Christian maturity comes by application of the truths of the Bible in all areas of life." In signing the document, parents agree to maintain a "partnership" with the school "regarding the standards and criteria of a Christian learning structure that involves the entire family."
According to reporter George Franco of KOVR-TV, Silvas has retained legal counsel and is considering filing a motion for an immediate injunction to have the child remain in school while the mother continues to work as a stripper.
Last night, Cole and Silvas discussed the matter with Bill O'Reilly, host of "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel.
"We have appealed to her to change her occupation," Cole told O'Reilly, adding that "God would bless" such a decision.
While Silvas said she agrees with the school's philosophy, she sidestepped the question of whether she considered her occupation a "sinful lifestyle."
"I am just doing it for a season," Silvas reasoned, adding, "I'm not proud of what I'm doing."
Silvas argued that since her job takes her away for only three days a week – the days her daughter, Abby, is with her father – she is therefore available to be "the one to teach [Abby] the Bible at home," thus upholding her commitment to partner with the school in her daughter's education.
"The Bible calls on parents to be hands-on," Silvas told O'Reilly. She sees her situation as better than that of a single mother who puts her child in daycare for several hours a day.
When asked if it was fair that the school's actions were, in effect, punishing the daughter, Cole put the responsibility for the expulsion on the mother.
"My concern is, who is the cause of this consequence?" he asked. "The consequence of [Silvas'] choice is affecting her daughter adversely."
None of the participants in the televised segment talked about the possibility of litigation. Silvas did mention, however, that she hoped to find a new job soon and that people outside Capital Christian Church had offered to help her find work.
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Jesus told the woman at the well, that had many husbands, "To go and sin NO MORE".
BTW The "casting the first stone" story is what people use to justify sinful ways. A liberal tactic you should disdain!
Ha ha ha...not. Click here.
Try this;
Buy land, and open a business in your town. Place a placard in your shop window declaring that you will only do business with…(fill-in-the-blank). Try out a few different combinations, whites, Christians, heterosexuals or bald headed chicken truckers, see what the law has to say, get back to me when you are paroled.
I don’t see how that is worthy of a flame. Just to clarify, is it your contention that Matt 5:28 doesn’t mean what it says, or do you think Jesus may not have actually said what is reported in Matt 5:28?
Matthew 5:
[28] But I[Jesus] say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
-Kevin
Yeah they all say that they are paying their way through college or some other noble deed. It's all a lie to justify sin. Strippers are victimizers not victims, who pray on men's weaknesses.
But first she has to admit to God that she has committed the sin of rebellion and that she is willing to accept spiritual help from the church and the community. (without working at the juice bar)
I think the simple, common, easily-understood principle here is that we sin with our minds (or souls) long before we ever follow through with the action in our bodies.
I know all about adultery---it happened to me---and it SURE AS HELL doesn't equal merely looking at a woman and thinking that yes, perhaps she'd be good in bed. Flame away.
I don't think He was saying that the repercussions of the mental-only act are the same as the physical act. Obviously, they are not in the human sphere. But to the soul, entertaining the very idea of sin is a type of giving in to temptation. And this is an attitude that requires change, requires perfecting.
Remember, 2 of the Commandments are about thought, not deed. We are not only told not to steal, we are told not to covet others' goods. And we are not only enjoined to refrain from acts of adultery, but also the coveting of another's wife.
SD
She is one of those fake Christians who think that they are at liberty to sin all they want. Like i said before those people are not really saved and are going to bust hell wide open when they enter it.
I'm not sure; perhaps a little bit of both. Admittedly I'm no biblical scholar, nor do I have a tremendously strong interest in the field, but I do dig JC and the things he stands for and taught, etc. I was born and raised an American-style catholic in the Italian tradition, but I haven't had anything to do with the CC since I was confirmed about a hundred years ago.My contention is that everything else JC taught and preached makes perfect common sense. It's so obvious it's scary. Except for this one. It seems to me one's not committing any offense except for following one's basic biological urges, i.e., to procreate---urges God himself gave us. What's more, one's not even giving into one's basic urges---one's practicing restraint.
Perhaps the nuance is in the word "lust," as it infers a somewhat "evil" or "wicked" mindset. Perhaps "lust" was mis-translated from the original Aramaic? Who knows.
Won't fly. It does'nt have any "support".
With that quote, though, I think he is. If you look at a woman and think, "yeah, she's sexy, I wonder what it would be like to have sex with her," this quote tells me JC thinks I just committed adultery with her. And adultery is no small potatoes---it's one of the only things that can, legitimately, annul a catholic marriage.
Basically. Should they have upped the ante? How much more? Mr. Smithee put it well just above: if she is going to quit someday, why not now when she has received an offer of help? She is not proud, meaning she knows it is wrong. Why not quit now?
I was more offended at (and replying to) the man's assumption that all strippers are crackwhores.
Of course, not all of anything are anything. But there are, I would think, a larger percentage in this business than in others. Seediness is not just al in our imaginations. Yes, there are girls who do it only for tuition, or money for a house or whatever goal they have. But there are others who are trapped in the life.
SD
Seriously? You don't think that most Christian Churches would consider stripping to be an inappropriate occupation?
It doesn't require elaboration to me.
SD
With that quote, though, I think he is. If you look at a woman and think, "yeah, she's sexy, I wonder what it would be like to have sex with her," this quote tells me JC thinks I just committed adultery with her. And adultery is no small potatoes---it's one of the only things that can, legitimately, annul a catholic marriage.
The effect is the same on your soul. The effect is not necessarily the same to other people. Then again, it is your soul that is the important part, right?
SD
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