[Merged] The Christian side-hug.

Third Eye Open · 25th November 2009, 12:51 PM

This is the most mindbogglingly ridiculous thing I've seen in a while, I just have to share!

Have any of you heard of this before? Christians only hugging from the side for fear of having sinful thoughts?

I wonder, do they do the side hug with same sex friends as well?

I was convinced that this was satire, but the tags in the video lead to a church that seems to be real from what I can tell. A prime example of Poe's law either way.

Lucian · 25th November 2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Third Eye Open

This is the most mindbogglingly ridiculous thing I've seen in a while, I just have to share!

Have any of you heard of this before? Christians only hugging from the side for fear of having sinful thoughts?

I wonder, do they do the side hug with same sex friends as well?

I was convinced that this was satire, but the tags in the video lead to a church that seems to be real from what I can tell. A prime example of Poe's law either way.

Any same-sex hugging can lead to instant homosexuality and the end of civilization as we know it.

Eyeron · 25th November 2009, 01:50 PM

Like, what?

There are some things that you just gotta go

OY

at.

Blessed guacamole.

kuroyume0161 · 25th November 2009, 02:03 PM

Christians are all for peace and love, just not hugging, kissing, sex, or any display of friendly, loving emotion towards another human being.

CelticRose · 25th November 2009, 02:20 PM

Lol wut?!

What will they think of next?

I hugged lots of people when I was still going to church, and there was no "side hug" nonsense.

Btw, that was the worst rapping ever.

geni · 25th November 2009, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Third Eye Open

This is the most mindbogglingly ridiculous thing I've seen in a while, I just have to share!

Christian rap? Hip hop?

WANT IT TO DIE.

KingMerv00 · 25th November 2009, 02:45 PM

Dogs side hug people's legs all the time. I'm glad to know they aren't having impure thoughts when they do so.

FSM · 25th November 2009, 03:23 PM

I'm thinking about moving my privates to my side just to prey (pray) upon the innocence of the Christian side hug. Left side or right, do you think?

jhunter1163 · 25th November 2009, 03:28 PM

Left, definitely. More right-handed people, you know.

Say you are standing facing the Christian. Being right-handed, he'll start to his right (your left) to apply the side-hug, and then bingo! Carnal thoughts! Impiety! Hellfire and damnation!

FSM · 25th November 2009, 03:47 PM

Thoughts?! Man I was figuring with the right sort of wardrobe adustments and quick hands I might be able to pull off actual intercourse.

jhunter1163 · 25th November 2009, 04:18 PM

Doesn't matter. You'll cause him to lust in his heart, which is just as bad as the actual deed. He'll be on the Hellevator before he knows what hit him.

shawmutt · 25th November 2009, 04:21 PM

I'd like to side hug some people here...

/creepy

shandyjan · 25th November 2009, 05:07 PM

Very funny as theyre singing 'give me that christian side hug'...dance moves touching crotch??

arthwollipot · 25th November 2009, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by FSM

Thoughts?! Man I was figuring with the right sort of wardrobe adustments and quick hands I might be able to pull off actual intercourse.

I find that strangely arousing.

grayman · 25th November 2009, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by geni

Christian rap? Hip hop?

WANT IT TO DIE.

Christian death metal.

Blue Mountain · 25th November 2009, 05:32 PM

A joke popular in my part of the world:

Q. Why don't Mennonites like kissing?

A. It might lead to dancing.

grayman · 25th November 2009, 05:35 PM

Why don't Baptists make love standing up?

They don't want folks to think they were dancing.

JFrankA · 25th November 2009, 06:21 PM

I'm all for the Christian side hug!

.....makes it real easy to cop a two boobie feel!!!!

Isn't the Christian side hug kinda like having anal sex so you remain a virgin????

arthwollipot · 25th November 2009, 08:53 PM

Why was the Amish girl excommunicated?

Too Mennonite.

(say it out loud)

Howie Felterbush · 25th November 2009, 09:06 PM

The three great religious truths.

1: The Protestants don't recognize the Pope's authority
2: The Catholics don't recognize Martin Luther's statements
3: The Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store

SezMe · 25th November 2009, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by FSM

I'm thinking about moving my privates to my side just to prey (pray) upon the innocence of the Christian side hug. Left side or right, do you think?

The Fundies don't have a left side so nothing to worry about.

linusrichard · 25th November 2009, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by Howie Felterbush

The three great religious truths.

1: The Protestants don't recognize the Pope's authority
2: The Catholics don't recognize Martin Luther's statements
3: The Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store

Why should you always go fishing with two Baptists?

If you go with one, he'll drink all your beer, but if you go with two, they won't drink any.

cwalner · 25th November 2009, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by JFrankA

I'm all for the Christian side hug!

.....makes it real easy to cop a two boobie feel!!!!

Isn't the Christian side hug kinda like having anal sex so you remain a virgin????

Reminds me of an old joke (from the Clinton Era)

Hillary: Chelsea, are you having sex with your college boyfriend
Chelsea: Not according to dad.

JoeTheJuggler · 25th November 2009, 10:02 PM

Just following the tangent. . .

Wherever you find 4 Catholics, there's bound to be a fifth.

GanipGnop · 25th November 2009, 10:43 PM

These people need to go Skoptsy and get it over with I hug people all the time and I manage to keep it under wraps these people have some serious problems! Skopets knew how to keep those unclean urges in control PERMANENTLY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoptsy

SezMe · 25th November 2009, 11:01 PM

Sick. Just plain sick.

GanipGnop · 25th November 2009, 11:44 PM

One man's "sick" is another man's "nearer my God to thee". You can't say Skopets didn't believe in their faith more than side-hugging Xtians. When Skopets made an effort to "remove" the offending member it wasn't an empty gesture they meant it.

shandyjan · 26th November 2009, 08:06 PM

Well the side hug takes care of the no no square!

screensnot · 26th November 2009, 08:41 PM

I think they were trying to sell condoms.

Rough Riders

I Ratant · 26th November 2009, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Howie Felterbush

The three great religious truths.

1: The Protestants don't recognize the Pope's authority
2: The Catholics don't recognize Martin Luther's statements
3: The Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store

.
Liquor stores near and around Atlanta Ga had "preachers doors" in the rear, so the reverend could enter and leave unobserved.

Mark A. Siefert · 26th November 2009, 09:07 PM

I would never let a Christan hug me. They're only be looking for a place to stick the knife.

jmcvann · 26th November 2009, 09:26 PM

Doesn't he grab his crotch a little too much considering the topic of the song?

Wowbagger · 26th November 2009, 09:48 PM

I am tempted to write a parody of Joel Hogson's Sidehackin' song.

I got one verse, so far:

Side-huggin' is the thing to do,
And it doesn't hurt to be a lowly prude.
Take a friend you like and a little love,
If they come on full, give 'em a shove!
Sidehuggin'll do for friends' exchange.
Anything more than that, and you're now engaged, yeah!

But, that's only a rough draft. I will try to work on it, some more, later.

Piggy · 26th November 2009, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by FSM

I'm thinking about moving my privates to my side just to prey (pray) upon the innocence of the Christian side hug. Left side or right, do you think?

Did you hear about the prostitute with a vagina on her hip?

She was making money on the side.

Piggy · 26th November 2009, 10:06 PM

Ok, as usual I'm going to ruin the party with some background.

What you're seeing here is the confluence of 3 separate trends.

The "side hug" has been a staple of protocol in YMCA camps -- and, I'd speculate, other summer camps -- for quite some time now. At least 15 years, in my experience.

The purpose was liability. If you only hug campers by putting an arm around their shoulder, you avoid any misinterpretation that might arise (pardon the pun) from hugging the way we normally hug family and friends, which is face to face, or as we say here in the South "hugging your neck".

More recently, hugging has become rather startlingly prevalent among young folks. High school kids hug each other like we used to shake hands, high-five, or nod. Even boys hugging boys, which in my day was unthinkable outside of the football field, and even then only after a seriously killer play. It's become so commonplace that many schools have resorted to banning hugs altogether.

What you're seeing here is a reaction against frontal body contact via an organized effort (and this is the 3rd trend) using Xian pop bands.

Of course, to anyone outside this bubble of white suburban Xian youth culture, it's laughable. Not only the message, but also the messenger, of course.

To me -- because I'm immersed in this culture -- it's perfectly understandable. Of course they're going to have a yup-hop group disseminate this propaganda against front hugs. And of course it's going to be utterly ineffectual.

But no, it's not mindboggling at all. Not if you know the backstory.

Mark A. Siefert · 26th November 2009, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by Wowbagger

I am tempted to write a parody of Joel Hogson's Sidehackin' song.

You magnificent bastard! I read your book!!!!

Lucian · 26th November 2009, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Mark A. Siefert

I would never let a Christan hug me. They're only be looking for a place to stick the knife.

Is "knife" a euphemism?

PogoPedant · 27th November 2009, 12:56 AM

Originally Posted by Piggy

More recently, hugging has become rather startlingly prevalent among young folks. High school kids hug each other like we used to shake hands, high-five, or nod. Even boys hugging boys, which in my day was unthinkable outside of the football field, and even then only after a seriously killer play. It's become so commonplace that many schools have resorted to banning hugs altogether.

This is a problem? Too much hugging?

What's next, kids helping old ladies cross the street? Madness.

dafydd · 27th November 2009, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by Piggy

Did you hear about the prostitute with a vagina on her hip?

She was making money on the side.

I was wondering how long it would take for that one to appear!

bef · 27th November 2009, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by Lucian

Any same-sex hugging can lead to instant homosexuality and the end of civilization as we know it.

Pre-marital hugging is definitely sinful, as is same-sex hugging. Hugging your husband or wife in public is also clearly inappropriate.

There is no greater danger in society today than those who warmly embrace their friends.

Hugging family members from front on is not a problem; I mean, it's incest, but we all know the Bible is cool with that.

25th November 2009, 12:51 PM	#1
Third Eye Open Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Washington state, USA Posts: 1,028	The Christian side-hug. This is the most mindbogglingly ridiculous thing I've seen in a while, I just have to share! Have any of you heard of this before? Christians only hugging from the side for fear of having sinful thoughts? I wonder, do they do the side hug with same sex friends as well? I was convinced that this was satire, but the tags in the video lead to a church that seems to be real from what I can tell. A prime example of Poe's law either way.
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25th November 2009, 01:19 PM	#2
Lucian Muse Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 701	Originally Posted by Third Eye Open This is the most mindbogglingly ridiculous thing I've seen in a while, I just have to share! Have any of you heard of this before? Christians only hugging from the side for fear of having sinful thoughts? I wonder, do they do the side hug with same sex friends as well? I was convinced that this was satire, but the tags in the video lead to a church that seems to be real from what I can tell. A prime example of Poe's law either way. Any same-sex hugging can lead to instant homosexuality and the end of civilization as we know it.
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25th November 2009, 01:50 PM	#3
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25th November 2009, 02:20 PM	#5
CelticRose Muse Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 555	Lol wut?! What will they think of next? I hugged lots of people when I was still going to church, and there was no "side hug" nonsense. Btw, that was the worst rapping ever.
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25th November 2009, 02:45 PM	#7
KingMerv00 Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA...USA Posts: 8,785	Dogs side hug people's legs all the time. I'm glad to know they aren't having impure thoughts when they do so.
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25th November 2009, 02:03 PM	#4
kuroyume0161 Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calhan, CO, USA Posts: 1,233	Christians are all for peace and love, just not hugging, kissing, sex, or any display of friendly, loving emotion towards another human being.

25th November 2009, 02:27 PM	#6
geni Anti-homeopathy illuminati member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 20,278	Originally Posted by Third Eye Open This is the most mindbogglingly ridiculous thing I've seen in a while, I just have to share! Christian rap? Hip hop? WANT IT TO DIE.

25th November 2009, 03:23 PM	#8
FSM god Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,713	I'm thinking about moving my privates to my side just to prey (pray) upon the innocence of the Christian side hug. Left side or right, do you think?
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25th November 2009, 03:28 PM	#9
jhunter1163 Beer-Swilling Semiliterate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Room 118, Bohemian Grove Marriott Posts: 5,813	Left, definitely. More right-handed people, you know. Say you are standing facing the Christian. Being right-handed, he'll start to his right (your left) to apply the side-hug, and then bingo! Carnal thoughts! Impiety! Hellfire and damnation!
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25th November 2009, 03:47 PM	#10
FSM god Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,713	Thoughts?! Man I was figuring with the right sort of wardrobe adustments and quick hands I might be able to pull off actual intercourse.
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25th November 2009, 04:18 PM	#11
jhunter1163 Beer-Swilling Semiliterate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Room 118, Bohemian Grove Marriott Posts: 5,813	Doesn't matter. You'll cause him to lust in his heart, which is just as bad as the actual deed. He'll be on the Hellevator before he knows what hit him.
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25th November 2009, 04:21 PM	#12
shawmutt Squirrel Murderer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Greencastle, PA Posts: 1,209	I'd like to side hug some people here... /creepy

25th November 2009, 05:07 PM	#13
shandyjan Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N/W England Posts: 1,013	Very funny as theyre singing 'give me that christian side hug'...dance moves touching crotch??
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25th November 2009, 05:09 PM	#14
arthwollipot The Accidental Podcaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the other side of your screen. Posts: 28,320	Originally Posted by FSM Thoughts?! Man I was figuring with the right sort of wardrobe adustments and quick hands I might be able to pull off actual intercourse. I find that strangely arousing.
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25th November 2009, 05:25 PM	#15
grayman Happy-go-lucky Heretic Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Casa del Whacko Posts: 5,650	Originally Posted by geni Christian rap? Hip hop? WANT IT TO DIE. Christian death metal.
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25th November 2009, 05:35 PM	#17
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25th November 2009, 06:21 PM	#18
JFrankA Master Poster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hartford, CT Posts: 2,327	I'm all for the Christian side hug! .....makes it real easy to cop a two boobie feel!!!! Isn't the Christian side hug kinda like having anal sex so you remain a virgin????
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25th November 2009, 08:53 PM	#19
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25th November 2009, 09:06 PM	#20
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25th November 2009, 09:16 PM	#21
SezMe Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 9,129	Originally Posted by FSM I'm thinking about moving my privates to my side just to prey (pray) upon the innocence of the Christian side hug. Left side or right, do you think? The Fundies don't have a left side so nothing to worry about.

25th November 2009, 09:30 PM	#22
linusrichard Master Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lansing, Mich. Posts: 2,355	Originally Posted by Howie Felterbush The three great religious truths. 1: The Protestants don't recognize the Pope's authority 2: The Catholics don't recognize Martin Luther's statements 3: The Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store Why should you always go fishing with two Baptists? If you go with one, he'll drink all your beer, but if you go with two, they won't drink any.
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25th November 2009, 09:36 PM	#23
cwalner Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Indiana Posts: 1,354	Originally Posted by JFrankA I'm all for the Christian side hug! .....makes it real easy to cop a two boobie feel!!!! Isn't the Christian side hug kinda like having anal sex so you remain a virgin???? Reminds me of an old joke (from the Clinton Era) Hillary: Chelsea, are you having sex with your college boyfriend Chelsea: Not according to dad.
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25th November 2009, 10:02 PM	#24
JoeTheJuggler Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 10,989	Just following the tangent. . . Wherever you find 4 Catholics, there's bound to be a fifth.
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25th November 2009, 10:43 PM	#25
GanipGnop Thinker Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 180	If Thy Member Offend Thee.... These people need to go Skoptsy and get it over with I hug people all the time and I manage to keep it under wraps these people have some serious problems! Skopets knew how to keep those unclean urges in control PERMANENTLY. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoptsy
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25th November 2009, 11:01 PM	#26
SezMe Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 9,129	Sick. Just plain sick.

25th November 2009, 11:44 PM	#27
GanipGnop Thinker Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 180	Ya Put Your Right Hip In Ya Put Your Right Hip Out..... One man's "sick" is another man's "nearer my God to thee". You can't say Skopets didn't believe in their faith more than side-hugging Xtians. When Skopets made an effort to "remove" the offending member it wasn't an empty gesture they meant it.
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26th November 2009, 08:06 PM	#28
shandyjan Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N/W England Posts: 1,013	Well the side hug takes care of the no no square!
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26th November 2009, 08:41 PM	#29
screensnot Scholar Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 118	I think they were trying to sell condoms. Rough Riders
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26th November 2009, 09:06 PM	#30
I Ratant Illuminator Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,588	Originally Posted by Howie Felterbush The three great religious truths. 1: The Protestants don't recognize the Pope's authority 2: The Catholics don't recognize Martin Luther's statements 3: The Baptists don't recognize each other at the liquor store . Liquor stores near and around Atlanta Ga had "preachers doors" in the rear, so the reverend could enter and leave unobserved.
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26th November 2009, 09:07 PM	#31
Mark A. Siefert Illuminator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Muskego, WI. Posts: 3,169	I would never let a Christan hug me. They're only be looking for a place to stick the knife.
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26th November 2009, 09:26 PM	#32
jmcvann Navel Gazer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 586	Doesn't he grab his crotch a little too much considering the topic of the song?
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26th November 2009, 09:48 PM	#33
Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Westchester County, NY (when not in space) Posts: 7,725	I am tempted to write a parody of Joel Hogson's Sidehackin' song. I got one verse, so far: Side-huggin' is the thing to do, And it doesn't hurt to be a lowly prude. Take a friend you like and a little love, If they come on full, give 'em a shove! Sidehuggin'll do for friends' exchange. Anything more than that, and you're now engaged, yeah! But, that's only a rough draft. I will try to work on it, some more, later.
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26th November 2009, 09:52 PM	#34
Piggy Unlicensed street skeptic Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ralph's side of the island Posts: 9,684	Originally Posted by FSM I'm thinking about moving my privates to my side just to prey (pray) upon the innocence of the Christian side hug. Left side or right, do you think? Did you hear about the prostitute with a vagina on her hip? She was making money on the side.
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26th November 2009, 10:06 PM	#35
Piggy Unlicensed street skeptic Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ralph's side of the island Posts: 9,684	Ok, as usual I'm going to ruin the party with some background. What you're seeing here is the confluence of 3 separate trends. The "side hug" has been a staple of protocol in YMCA camps -- and, I'd speculate, other summer camps -- for quite some time now. At least 15 years, in my experience. The purpose was liability. If you only hug campers by putting an arm around their shoulder, you avoid any misinterpretation that might arise (pardon the pun) from hugging the way we normally hug family and friends, which is face to face, or as we say here in the South "hugging your neck". More recently, hugging has become rather startlingly prevalent among young folks. High school kids hug each other like we used to shake hands, high-five, or nod. Even boys hugging boys, which in my day was unthinkable outside of the football field, and even then only after a seriously killer play. It's become so commonplace that many schools have resorted to banning hugs altogether. What you're seeing here is a reaction against frontal body contact via an organized effort (and this is the 3rd trend) using Xian pop bands. Of course, to anyone outside this bubble of white suburban Xian youth culture, it's laughable. Not only the message, but also the messenger, of course. To me -- because I'm immersed in this culture -- it's perfectly understandable. Of course they're going to have a yup-hop group disseminate this propaganda against front hugs. And of course it's going to be utterly ineffectual. But no, it's not mindboggling at all. Not if you know the backstory.
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