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Category Archives: Furry
Rainfurrest and the problem with Adult Only Conventions
By now one has head how a pattern of misbehavior and vandalism has case Rainfurrest to lose it hotel venue for 2016, and possible the convention. There been a lot written about his but I do have a few issues.
We Are All Queer Now Redux
Recently I got into a bit of a scuffle with Patch o Furr at Dog Patch press over what I perceived was an attempt to coopt furry fandom into Bay Area LGBT culture by declaring SF as the furry Mecca . Usually Patch does a good job bring up stories, but he has at times have San Francisco queer culture myopic view which come across as declaring a generalization of furry fandom, in my opinion. . I am sorry Patch, words means things. When we look a the use of idiom of Mecca it can be a palace of importance that attracts a lot of people or a center of importance people look to i.e. Silicon Valley as a Mecca of the tech world. I confess I may be reading too much to Patch’s ranting of SF being the fury mecca . Still I objected to it and here was his reply in another column.
“This story is dedicated to furry friend Acton, a “conservative activist” and Hello Kitty collector who gets very upset to see these events welcomed by the community. He insists that he is “100% heterosexual”, and wants you to stop making him think about a diesel driving daddy bear cuddling up to read Hello Kitty bedtime stories with him. Express yourself, hun! This dedication is brought to you by the color pink, and the word Apophasis.”
Furlandia 2015 Con Report
The Convention: Furlandia
The Place: Sheraton Hotel Portland Airport
The dates: May 22-24, 2015
Furlandia is a furry convention now in its third year. Both My Kaiju Hello Kitty ,and Chococat plush were my companions.
Christians and the furry/punk/steampunk/Ren Faire/cosplay lifestyle My response.
In an article in Blogus Anthony is trying to address can Christians be part of an alternative subculture such as Steam Punk, Furry Fandom and Cosplay. As a Furry, Science fiction Fan, and Anime fan, I feel he his heart is in the right place but ultimately wrong. The article contains many miss-quotes of scripture or inferring an Indicative (proclamation why we are ) in 2 Corinthians 5:17 and infer it as an imperative (a command) or taking a narrative verse like 1 Samuel 16:7 and trying to principal.
I believe this person main point it this “Basically, there’s no verse against dressing up in costumes, nor are there laws against it. The issue is not necessarily the act, but how it may hinder our ability to spread the gospel and live a life that glorifies God. I” The problem is this person does not give a proper scriptural bases but defaults to legalism by moving the goal post from what clearly God objectively calls sin ( 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11) and applies it to thing that are not specifically spoken in scripture. In another sense , has scruples because of is his past punk lifestyle and tries to elevate his scruples as a command to the Church. A problem explain in RC Sproul wonderfully lecture the Tyranny of the Weaker Brother.
I also get the feeling this person does not have knowledge what the fandom are about, there is a vast difference between a anti-authority Punk and the aesthetics and literature of the Steam Punk subculture. At the heart of his argument is the long debate between Liberty and Legalism, with respect to those than are adiaphora, that is thing than are indifferent were the bible doesn’t speak. The truth is as being part of a subgroup the bible does not speak specifically of it. While we are free to partake of any fandom . Yet we are to come aside one who is weak Roams 14 (even through Pastor Fisk points this does not apply as many , but in balance the weaker brother cannot make ones scruples a law for the church; that would be legalism.