Belly sin...
 

This is the latest mote of pointlessness currently doing the rounds with the bloggers:

This review of a recent film denounces it for portraying "belly sin". Unfortunately, no-one but the reviewer seems to know exactly what "belly sin" is. I emailed him on Monday, but so far have had no response.

Anyway, you lot being as diverse and learned as you are, I thought I'd ask here:

Does anyone know what "belly sin" is? Is it really sinful, or just a little bit? Is it mentioned in the bible? Is it fun? Does it hurt? Or is it just a typo? I'd love to know, just to make sure I don't accidentally commit it...

The public must know!

Re: Belly sin...
 

Anyone seen the movie?

Maybe when someone sees it they'll be able to figure out what is meant.

Re: Belly sin...
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ewww... My first guess would be simply 'gluttony' since the belly is often a metaphor for the appetite. But after reading it and seeing what a morbid example of fundamentalist guilt-mongering it is, I suppose it could have all sorts of other strange meanings that I can't guess. How did you come to be reading this? I had no impression that you were the religious sort...

[ September 11, 2003, 17:37: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

Re: Belly sin...
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">i've found that i can mock almost any belief. so, mockery of a belief is meaningless as an arguement.

Re: Belly sin...
 

I can find no definition of "belly sin", nor have I heard of it in 30+ years of association with evangelical churches, so I'm afraid I can't help you there.

While I find the site a bit "preachy", and would not refer to it myself, I would offer this thought in its defense. There aren't many sources out there for a Christian parent to refer to when trying to make decisions about movies and such for their teenage children to see. It is neither possible nor desireable to prescreen every movie to find out whether it would be suitable, so some reference is needed that has a viewpoint similar to that of the parents. This site is not trying to ban movies, merely to provide information about the movies to parents. As I said, the reviewer gets too "preachy" for my taste, but at least I have a pretty good idea of what the film is like so that I can make a decision on its appropriateness for my teenager.

Re: Belly sin...
 

Does the movie contain belly dancers? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

Re: Belly sin...
 

Perhaps it refers to the display of the midrift. Though why they would use that term and not "Display of midrift, straight female and apparently homosexual male", I wouldn't know.

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I'm really surprised it doesn't come up on a google search, except in reference to that site, someone asking what it is, and some pr0n sites which I don't expect are trying to directly explain it.

I seem to recall that it refers to unwed women with big bellies from pregnancy. So I expect the film shows an unwed woman who is visibly pregnant.

PvK

Re: Belly sin...
 

Ah... that makes some sense PvK because it's listed in a column of problems on the side under 'sexual' issues. It must be one of those mincing euphemisms that the fundamentalist types use to discuss things they don't want to openly name.

Re: Belly sin...
 

as apposed to the work-arounds everone else uses? i remember the PC people trying to rename man-hole cover's to person-hole cover's...your bais is affecting your judgement.

bad logic serves no-one. and what is a fundamentalist anyway? the label isn't adiquatly defined as it is used now and the word itself does not, by definition, limit it to any belief. it simply designates someone who wants to get back to the fundamental belief's of whatever they believe. the word itself contains no negative connotations or beleif connotations whatsoever.

[ September 12, 2003, 02:00: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]