Christians and romance novels

I am not one to censor any books, but I do have my choices as select reading in given situations. I think a church library should only have church oriented books, but that is only my opinion.

Cheers,

Jim

 

Then I guess it is ok for me to wait a little longer than your while before I add my opinion

 

Wait a minute there...No man can measure up?? I still measure up cos I have trouble bending over without tipping.....good job those tape measure let out the way they do.

Cheers,

Jim

 

my wife says that they are nothing more than a socially acceptable form of pornography for females.

 

In my honest opinion

No

The church should not carry the Christian romance novels

Theres plenty of other "family" books available by women authors

We need to remember that the aurthors who write---even the Christian ones---are penning fantasy-----they are not penning "where the rubber meets the road"---they are not penning harsh reality

 

Does this rule out all christian fiction books?

 

they have nothing pornographic or even explicit in them, no se*ual acts, they usually center around God and the person relationship with Him, learning to do whats right.
And before you people jump me, I've read 3, I'm not real big on christian fiction, I like studies and stuff to learn by.

 

I was referring to romance novels in general...not so-called christian ones. From what you describe...where's the romance? It sounds just like a novel to me.

 

DonnA does have a point

As long as the books are "Up the Road, Down the Road" pure novel------and not mushy romance with two fictional characters planning how they want to be together, etc

DonnA---do you mean novels like

The Yearling
Red Badge of Courage

Stuff like that??

 

Depends what you're talking about. George Macdonald wrote romance novels and they seem fine. However, If you're talking about harliquen romance its an abomination. I like the classic term of Romance novel like how George MaceDonald approaches the topic.

 

I've read Red Badge of Courage, like it a lot. But it's not romance.

 

Maybe there's a lot of pages that should be cut from our Bibles... like David and Bath--uh, something, yeah Bath-sheba; Ruth and the beau she set her eyes on, Boaz; and how Tamar got Judah's goat; maybe even how Ananias and Sapphira had no family secrets.

Then how about classical literature... censor Romeo and Juliet except for the deadly fights in the street and the graveyard; expurgate Antony and Cleopatra and that same balcony/separation/double-suicide stuff; tear out any page of The Iliad that has the word Helen; and burn every copy of Moll Flanders we can find.

 

So, if I Was Taken By a Half-Dressed Pirate becomes a classic, then it's OK?

You're not seriously comparing the Song of Solomon to Hustler in print form, are you?

 

I agree with this, except my man is tall and quite thin. In a few years we'll look like that old couple with the pitchfork. LOL!

 

Generally, a story considered a "romance" can be a comedy, tragedy, or melodrama; but admittedly I don't read much of what would be called "Christian romance novels." Nevertheless, I do remember one where the young woman was conned into coming to Texas to marry a rancher's son [a "mail order bride"], who proved to be very abusive, then he was killed and her father-n-law framed a 'case' against her and she was going to hang, but somehow she escaped to Indian Territory, had her abusive husband's baby and then married a brave who treated her well... but I don't remember the ending; it was probably TLHEA. But if she had died after escaping near-execution and then realizing some happiness, would that single circumstance really make it a novel that shouldn't be read?