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@emily-waldorf

I think a certain level of what you said about if something has enough “dirty” content (sex, language, violence) to merit an R movie, you don’t believe it should be avoided is a personal conviction. If you believe that you are called to hold up to a higher standard, then I will certainly pray for the strength for you to live accordingly. But that is also a personal conviction.

My parents told me a story once about an old church they went to. They became good friends with a couple families there, and enjoyed good Christian friendship. But when the friends learned that my parents enjoyed watching the movie Gladiator recently, they were extremely upset that the world had started to have a hold on my family. This may be a somewhat extreme example, but it shows what I mean. Those families felt that they were called to not consume that movie. My family did not feel the same call and at the time, I do not believe they were “worse Christian’s” for enjoying a well-made movie with some mature content.

On a moral level, my moral convictions on a specific level will differ from yours. Our moral compass will be the same, but the fine details of the trail ahead may differ.

(And yes a hotdog is a wheat wrap, not a sandwich)