It’s been nearly 8 years since Christian Missionary John Chau attempted to make contact with the savage primitive North Sentinelese tribe, considered one of the most isolated and least civilised people remaining on Earth today. This attempt to bring them the Christian gospel and share with them the love of God cost John his life.
John Chau. (photo from Facebook)
I wrote an article about those events here , yet today John is still the target of Atheist derision and mockery… particularly on X social media platform and so I have taken it upon myself to defend John’s good intentions, and strong Christian convictions which have been characteristic of thousands of Christian missionaries over the past 2000 years.
Below is a small portion of a thread by ‘Maximum Atheist’, mocking John Chau… and declaring that news of his death ‘warms his heart’.
The darkness and malevolence of Christ rejecting Godless atheism rears it’s ugly head!
My original retort is below that… then one ‘Tomas’ pipes in….
Below is my reply to ‘Tomas’ which I wish to record on ‘Eternal Vigilance Blog’ for future reference as we can be certain this will not be the last time Atheist attempt to revel in Johns demise.
Atheist’s tend to be extremely ignorant about the heroic exploits of Christian missionaries over the Millennia. Few of them understand the caliber of Humanity and courage these men and woman embody… Undoubtedly among the greatest human beings every to grace this planet… all inspired by the Greatest of them all Jesus Christ!
My reply…
*Thomas* is a Christian name.
From where Tomas did you derive your evaluation of John Chau?
Not from any real knowledge of his motives or character, but from your darkened heart contemptuous of Christ and Christianity.
John was not like you.
You can’t conceive of being imbued with faith and conviction strong enough to Hazard your very life for the sake of getting the essential truth of the love of God to your fellow human beings.
John Chau was such a man. He prepared himself, and he put his money where his mouth was.
I can safely say you have not spent as much as an hour reading the histories of the countless Heroic missionaries who have abandoned the comforts of Civil society and travelled to the ends of the earth… endured hardships, privations, illnesses, Stared death in the face on a daily basis… many spending decades away with ‘their flock’… never returning home to see their own families… and are buried on their Mission fields… most revered and loved by the people to whom they brought the gospel.
John Chau’s remains are upon North Sentinel Island, a testimony that The Lord God had not forsaken them but sent his servant to them, whom alas… they murdered… out of Ignorance and darkness in which they dwell.
You are typical of the Masses of ignorant Unbelievers whom are alien to what motivated Men like John Chau.
You don’t have a clue what debt you have to The Christian Gospel, and Christian ethics, and Christian heroism, and Christian self-sacrifice.
You have no clue what great lengths God has gone to to save your very soul… Your hard heart and ignorance blinds you, and condemns you. From the abundance of your heart you slander God’s servant.
Pretty lame ‘token’ effort at appeasement!
Sorry Chris… It’s a fail.
Disingenuine.
You have put in far more effort, and made yourself far more conspicuous for other Non-Christian celebrations… eg Hindu festivals, personally appearing in videos, etc … obviously courting foreign deals and the votes of migrants at the expense of credibility and trust at home… from Kiwi heartland.
This demonstrates a nonchalant distain for New Zealanders Christian sentiments on your part and completes a disenable pattern in your political conduct, esp in consideration of the mass migration you are facilitating, in lockstep with your peers in other Western nations… your active participation in the globalist experiments with ‘Multiculturalism’… expecting Kiwis to ‘make room’ for alien cultures and beliefs…. at the expense of our own.
Even though I am repelled by this plot, wisdom ought to dictate that in the execution of this process you take extra care to assure New Zealanders your experiment is not at the expense of their cherished customs and beliefs!
That’s the Rub and the folly of your indifference.
If you hoped multiculturalism to be a success, you ought to have been extra diligent to recognise Christianity’s rightful Pre-eminence here among New Zealanders it being integral with the very foundations of our nation, our culture, our values , our ideals, our history, from which our Freedoms, Rights, and quality of life have been the fruit… instead you show indifference. It’s as if you do not wish to acknowledge the debt Western civilisation owes to The Christian God and the Christian faith. It’s as if you are intentionally and implicitly against Christ.
Otherwise you Globalist would not be actively seeking to diminish Christianity.
See how big an error it was on your part to think a petty little paragraph would suffice to placate kiwi Christians who have been provoked to alarm by the Globalist agendas that are seeking to overthrow *everything we hold precious* even our right to serve God Almighty!
Easter Sunday being traditionally a celebration of that monumental event in the history of the World… the resurrection of Christ from the dead… in victory over sin and death! Having sacrificed himself on the Cross for us all. Amen… Praise the Lord!
We owe *him* everything.
Here is King Charles, the king of this country, swearing an oath on his coronation, with his hands on a Holy Bible, to maintain the true profession of the gospel.
Most of what we have witnessed so far has been sadly anti-Christian.
It has been primarily The Christian faith that has shaped Western civilisation and our national character of tolerance and fraternal love for our fellow man… yet your address failed to acknowledge any of that!
Our heroism in times of crisis and trial, our Faith in doing good, and doing the right thing… these characteristics did not spring up in a void! Yet Today Socialists and Globalists label Christians Bigots, and Far right extremists, etc… the most outrageous of slanders!
Globalist politicians outlaw public demonstrations of the Christian faith while facilitating those of alien origins.
You Globalist politicians are fools.
Not only do you place yourselves at variance with the True God, if you had any brains at all you would protect the free speech and religious liberty *of everyone*… including Christians… yet we see the opposite. We see Christians being jailed for refusing to compromise their peaceful beliefs, and speaking their minds.
It turns out it is Globalist multiculturalism that is intolerant of Christianity.
666.
If you exercised power with true objective equality… One law for all peoples and faith, then Christians would find far less grounds to be alarmed about… but you don’t. Your agenda includes the active suppression of Christianity. The suppression of Christian values. The suppression of Christian liberty.
Buckingham Palace has attempted to ban this video. His Majesty King Charles III is trying to lecture the British to abandon Western values and Christianity in favor of 'the wisdom of Islam'. If he likes it so much, let him abdicate and go live in Iran. pic.twitter.com/etDs3Jmn4W
King Charles failure to make a public Easter declaration, is being widely juxtaposed against his enthusiastic endorsement of Ramadan.
The duplicity is barefaced!
The people have every right to express their alarm.
And here in New Zealand we see the same ambivalence from you… Christopher Luxon.
That is no coincidence.
Many Britons are calling for King Charles abdication.
They correctly assert he is unfit to rule, and is in serious dereliction of his constitutional duties.
Christianity has been fundamental to the enlightened, and progressive Rule of Law that has created all that is Great about the British empire and Western Civilisation.
The very reasons why Christendom are the First world nations, where freedom and rights prevail, and where the Plebs may openly critisise the powers that be.
As sworn ‘Defender of The Faith’ for the Church of England King Charles ought to be the loudest voice of opposition to the Islamisation and Globalisation of Europe via the systematic crime of unrestrained illegal mass migration, instead he is an enthusiastic advocate of it!
Though It’s not the place of the King to dictate religion, his ought to be the loudest voice against Starmer’s Radical Leftist violations of British subjects rights and principles of Law!
That most certainly ought to be of the highest concern of the King.
The Greatest Betrayal In English History – My Easter Message To Our MUSLIM King pic.twitter.com/5DFp3Risn1
— Godfrey Bloom – The New Philosophers (@Godfrey_Bloom) April 3, 2026
Britons are systematically losing their Religious Rights and liberties to appease the militant extremes and arrogance of Islamic migrants… who burn down churches and stage Mass public prayers in the streets and parks deliberately imposing themselves upon the general public. This is not peaceful religion… this is an aggressive power play for dominance.
The Police do nothing about this, yet arrest any Christian peacefully exercising their religious liberty to preach in the public square.
This one eyed misapplication of Law and Order is clearly intentional and coming down from Claus Schwab’s Master Plan at the WEF… through his minion embedded in the British halls of power Starmer who is now implementing this systematic overthrow of Britain.
The Globalists want to silence and snuff out Christian resistance. That’s why they are hell bent on passing ‘hate speech laws’ and gaining absolute control of the internet.
This pattern of duplicity and injustice towards Christian’s rights is becoming more evident all across the Commonwealth and Western civilisation, and that it is now provoking a backlash from Western Christians is fully understandable and justified.
We know what you are trying to implement.
You plot against the people of your own nations!
This is the real crisis of our times… not Climate change!
This is a radical political revolution that is seeking to overthrow Western Capitalism and Freedom.
Globalists like Luxon display a complete indifference to what is really going on… why? because they are part of the plot!
They are leading our nations into the Jaws of the New world Order.
They hope Christianity crumbles to dust!
That’s their plan!
I hate to break it to you Chris Luxon… King Charles… Starmer… Albanese…and every other Globalist traitor to their Nations… but the people will rise against you!
Mark my words… we of the Christian West will not surrender our National sovereignties and identity to Globalist Tyranny or allow Islam to impose it’s narrow and intolerant, and backwards delusions upon our Free Nations. .
Is this why The Globalist Puppet masters really see Christianity and enlightened Libertarianism as the greatest barriers to their New World Order?
Yes indeed.
They know Christianity stands against everything their tyrannical Satanic New World Order hopes to achieve. Total control. Total domination.
It’s obvious you people are deliberately undermining the Christian foundations of Western society.
When Christian today exercise their free speech to point out this duplicity, it is they who get labeled bigots and haters!
We are nothing of the sort. We are decent people. People of principle. And we have expectations of minimum conduct from newcomers.
Most of the migrants that have come to New Zealand are good and enterprising people, yet there are limits to the numbers that can be accepted without serious detrimental risks to our democracy… and to the maintenance of our entire mode and quality of life as a free people.
If you don’t appreciate this fact you have no business being PM.
There is nothing bigoted or racist about it.
It’s political science.
Any migrants who come with good intent, and a willingness to create a life for themselves via their own efforts are welcome… as long as they integrate and respect the rights, and customs of their host nations citizens. Ie They ought to conform to our laws, our society, not the other way around, and any that commit crimes ought to be swiftly punished and deported… setting strict terms and conditions for their ongoing residency.
New Zealanders ought not to lose any of their rights, nor cease to enjoy the free exercise of their customs to placate the sensibilities of immigrants.
These are non-negotiable conditions for residency.
anyone who is offended by our ways… has disqualified themselves as being suitable for residency.
This is basic… This is reasonable… this is sane… yet you globalist’s are too feckless and too malicious to grasp the errors of your ways.
You are too maniacal in your zeal against Christianity in you subversive plans.
Zero credibility!
We see where you and your peers are taking Western civilisation and it is hostile to our ideals, values, and beliefs.
You hold our religion in contempt.
With such an attitude you seriously expect to be popular?
That is absurd.
We shall resist at all cost.
Remember you work *for us* *The people of each sovereign nation… not the WEF!
You all will answer *to us*.
How can you forget this fundamental?
You really think we are stupid?
We shall stand against this plot and with Providence on our side… we shall prevail.
Kings may lose their thrones!
You too shall be out on your arse.
Ponder this PM Luxon.
You wonder why you are doing so poorly in the polls? If only you were not so dismissive and so antagonistic of what makes New Zealanders tick it would not be so!
You only won the last election because you were not Chris Hipkins… not because of your policies… which ultimately and pathetically prove little difference to Labour.
So reviled is Ardern that she has had exiled herself to Australia. Not from Bigotry and Hate… but because of the righteous indignation of the people of New Zealand she deceived and trampled underfoot… as she recklessly followed her own radical agenda at variance with the will of the NZ people.
Think long and hard about your own legacy.
You seem to have learned nothing as to why she is now so justly reviled.
She was so delusional as to work to destroy our country… our values… our ideals… all in the name of ‘kindness’.
Why are you doing exactly the same thing?
Why do you follow the same Globalist agendas instead of standing up for what we New Zealanders desire and expect?
Whether you grasp it or not You are part of the Greatest *unwanted Socialist revolution in history*
It’s Anti-Freedom.
It’s AntiChrist.
I don’t think you have the faintest idea what you are actually doing!
Completely clueless.
You probably think everything I have written here is the work of a loon.
I am no loon. I’m giving you the real sause.
Are you smart enough to realise that?
Like so many nations in the same politically manufactured Crisis, New Zealand is looking for new strong Nationalistic leadership that puts New Zealand’s interests first.
A leader who loves and uplifts *New Zealanders Culture, values, and traditions* , and stands against the attempted Globalist Tyranny that is seeking a ‘Great reset… where by we are told we shall own nothing… and be happy’.
No more Beef. No more dairy. No private cars, We shall eat Bugs and live in 15 minute cities. Everyone shall have digital Id’s and use Digital coupons and permission slips, and each shall have a social credit score. The internet shall be fully controlled. There shall be only one truth allowed… the official narrative.
Rants like this shall be punishable crimes.
Everyone shall be vaccinated.
Men shall be called woman, and woman shall be called men. The Truth shall be labeled hate.
*This is madness*
No. Not on our watch!
We shall defend our Freedom and rights.
We reject Global tyranny.
We shall retain our Christian Ideals and beliefs.
The WEF Globalists have taken on a fight they shall not win
We shall place our faith in Christ and Freedom.
Without hate… without apology. We shall remain Good, and honest, and tolerant of others… yet we shall never surrender our faith. We shall never surrender truth.
New Zealanders right now are looking for leadership that will stand up for our way of life.
Think about that.
Ultimately we all shall answer to God himself.
Do not Mock.
One day you shall stand before Christ and give account for your deeds. This is certain. Will you be found to have been a worker for Good or evil?
Think about that.
Happy Easter.
God be praised.
Tim Wikiriwhi
Christian Libertarian.
New Zealand.
PS… As a Bastion of Freedom, and a stark contrast to all this betrayal and systematic assault upon Christianity and the Free West stands Donald Trump’s United States of America.
Here is a leader who refuses to surrender his National sovereignty to Globalism. Here is a Leader who appreciates the importance of the Christian faith.
God Bless America!
And listen to Maragret Thatcher!
We must not profess the Christian faith and go to church simply because we want social reform and benefits, or a better standard of behaviour, but because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom, and the supreme sacrifice of Christ. pic.twitter.com/YD9Rmjap5K
— Margaret Thatcher (@realmrsthatcher) April 5, 2026
I’m going to say it… Is this yet another victim of the Covid Jab?
47.
I’ll leave that speculation there.
3 Doors down sure did rock the world!
What a shame… what a Great Loss.
I take solace, and I hope his family and loved ones do too in the fact that Brad was a strong Christian who shared his faith.
So for him Death is not the end.
Amen.
Brad Arnold, Lead Singer of 3 Doors Down, Dies at 47
Sorry Neil!
*God* is the correct answer… and it is pure logic… ask Aristotle… the Father of Logic.
Your ‘God of the Gaps argument’ is fallacious.
It appeals only to tards.
Tyson is talking out his arse!
Why?
*Both Newton and Kepler were devout Theists!*
Science underpinned their faith in God!
God was integral to their Natural Philosophy.
I dare anyone to fact check my claims above about logic, Aristotle, Newton, Kepler, and their philosophy of science.
*Tyson himself actually ascribes to ‘Atheism of the gaps’!*
(If you can’t fathom this… go ask Grok what that might be!)
Oh and Jesus died for our sins and rose again the third day! Those are what are called *historical facts*.
And they are Good News! God Loves you and has provided a way to forgive our sorry arses *for Free*. You only need to receive his gift… by believing it… putting your trust in God’s Grace.
It’s that simple. Trusting in Christ is the wise move people. He’s the greatest figure in human history.
Tim Wikiriwhi.
Christian Libertarian.
Here’s what Grok AI says about Kepler… which also perfectly describes Newton’s thinking as well…
“Yes, Johannes Kepler was unequivocally a theist. He was a devout Christian who believed deeply in God as the creator and rational designer of the universe.Kepler’s religious views were central to his scientific work. He viewed astronomy as a way to understand God’s geometrical plan for creation. He famously described his efforts as “thinking God’s thoughts after Him” and saw himself and other astronomers as “priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature.”Here are some direct indicators from his own words and historical accounts:He wrote: “Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to men is one of the reasons that Man is the image of God.”
Another: “Great is God our Lord, great is His power and there is no end to His wisdom. Praise Him you heavens, glorify Him, sun and moon and you planets.”
He saw the heliocentric system and the structure of the solar system as reflections of the Trinity and divine order.
Kepler was raised Lutheran, studied theology alongside mathematics and astronomy, and remained a committed Protestant (though sometimes described as “unorthodox” in certain doctrinal points, he never abandoned core Christian theism). He refused to convert to Catholicism during periods of religious pressure and faced exile partly because of his faith.In short, far from being an atheist, deist in the modern distant-clockmaker sense, or agnostic, Kepler’s entire scientific motivation was rooted in his belief in a personal, intelligent, and glorious God who created an orderly, knowable cosmos. His discoveries were, in his own view, ways of glorifying that God.”.
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again.
I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.
Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous and so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful… The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday.
I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.”
― Ann Druyan
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My commentary…
These words (above) very much remind me of my beloved Uncle who passed away in recent years.
He was a committed atheist who believed life was ultimately meaningless and that death was the end.
I can be certain he never entertained any hope or expectation of ever seeing his beloved wife (my fabulous Aunty) ever again.
How tragic and empty.
They did not *know* they would never see each other again… that was simply an article of their faith… and what a hollow faith it is… devoid of meaning… devoid of hope… foolish even… given so many of us know the truth of the Bible.
The time of Sagan was tragically dominated by the delusions of scientism and materialism… both have been overthrown… yet sadly so many millions still cling to them because they cannot fathom or bear the alternative paradigm. They are Aliens to God… Aliens to the truth… They prefer the darkness of Nihilism.
I know this because I was once one myself… a militant atheist trapped in the delusions of materialism… despite the fact that it’s foundations have been utterly overthrown.
The Ultimate death nail being the fact that the Laws of physics have been proven to be contingent, temporal, and strictly limited… not absolute as was once believe as the foundation stone of Materialism. That has been Blown to pieces. I tell my Children that even though I shall die… I will see them again, as we have that Divine promise in the Gospel and the historic fact of the resurrection of Christ.
Christianity is a superior faith in every way over the paucity and delusions of Atheist materialism.
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Retort 1….
My reply…
Nihilism. Yes. For it follows from Godless materialism.
You don’t have to take my ‘whacky’ ‘crack pot’ theistic word for it.
No less than Nobel prize winner for Philosophy Atheist Bertrand Russell deems it so!
I myself had a wonderful and intelligent Atheist Uncle… I do not hesitate to say he was a good man. Kind, and charitable, yet he would be the first to admit that atheism has no foundation for morals.
I loved him very much and had many conversations attempting to sway him to realise his errors… He would no be moved.
He simply chose to be kind… displaying many atheists cannot bear to live consistently with their own professed world view, but instead mimic Christian values… as if morality really is objectively true. This evidences the inner conflict such atheists face… for intuitively we sense moral laws… yet they cannot be reconciled as objectively valid from Atheist premises. Instead they are often given ‘Darwinian Attributes’… ie that moral sentiments ’embed themselves’ biologically… not because they are *moral laws* in the Christian sense… but because they serve beneficial genetic survival properties…. so such rationalisms…
This is the tragedy of the delusions of Materialism… for such souls pass into eternity not accepting or admitting their own sinful fallen moral condition and need for Christ.
Tim Wikiriwhi.
Christian Libertarian.
King James Bible believer.
It is heartbreaking to know Hell and the lake of fire are real and that millions of souls will be lost in anguish and despair for eternity… some being people I love… yet they chose to enter eternity without Christ. They were deceived. They did not consider themselves evil sinners in need of Salvation. They did not believe they had an eternal soul. They did not believe morality to be objective reality… they thought life was meaningless atoms. They thought I am a bit naïve to believe Jesus rose from the dead. They certainly did not believe Hell was real or the Bible true. They thought that A Good God could not exist… and hell exist at the same time.
They thought that must be an impossible contradiction.
There are people who will read this and think… “yeah… Those are my thoughts too! Hell can’t be real!…”
These are the greatest errors any thinking person can make.
I know this to be true.
I know God is the righteous Judge.
God is loving, God is gracious, God is forgiving.
Yet God is Just, God has set the terms for receiving salvation. He provided the way… yet to receive the gift of salvation requires Each of us to realise we are sinful and in danger of God’s righteous judgement. Only then can we appreciate the Gospel… that because God loves us he sent Christ to die on the cross for our sins, and that he was buried, yet rose again from the dead in victory over sin and death.
These are historic facts.
God has reached down from heaven to save us… yet we must humble ourselves and admit we need the Cross of Christ, and put our faith in the power of his resurrection.
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I despair for every person who rejects the gospel.
You seal your own fate.
Nothing anyone can do to save you… only Christ.
Let no one say that I never spoke the truth to them on this matter.
This meme (above) was posted by a Christian X Guy.
What follows is my rebuttal
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You are way out of line!
You are saying they need exorcism!
Bogus!
Making false memes like this is Demonic.
What’s hypocritical about foolishness like this is this type of thinking comes from types who think their own sins are ‘less wicked’… and that is self-delusion.
I am instantly wary of Preachers who take the ‘Holier than thou’ stance rather than the stance of Grace… such as Paul did when he calls himself the chief of sinners, and confessed to suffering ‘Thorns in the flesh’.
He confessed… “The things I would not do… them I do… ” He found a law… that with The Heart he served the law of God… but with the Flesh… the Law of sin.
For as long as we are in our mortal bodies… sin is with us. Christians who watch Porn… are struggling with their sinful flesh… their ‘Old man’.
*I myself struggle a lot!*
I am not a great Christian.
I am not a Pastor… because I am unworthy.
I do not meet the criteria of holiness.
I openly confess this. If I am anything… I am a Christian who does not try to hide beneath a fake cloak of self-righteousness.
I don’t pretend to be anything other than a struggling Christian blundering my way through this life.
I’m an encourager of all Christians struggling in this world to persevere… to trust in God’s love and grace… do not quit… for in truth Most Christians today are struggling.
This is my testimony.
I do not ‘excuse’ my own sin or the sins of my brothers and sisters… I sympathise with their struggle.
These are more my people than those who claim to be Holy.
There are no scriptures that say Christians in our time can be possessed of devils.
When a person puts their Trust in Christ, the Holy Spirit enters that person and they become *sealed*. They are Saved and eternally secure… Sealed unto the day of Redemption (the Rapture). The Christian is to ‘put on the whole armour of God’… to withstand the attacks of the Devil… such as ‘The Brest plate of Righteousness’. Failure to live a holy life definitely gives the Devil opportunity to stick in his darts … to destroy your testimony… and perhaps even kill you… yet The true Christian *cannot be possessed by Satan or Demons*.,, because of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
When Christians sin… this grieves the Holy Spirit, yet the Christian is never forsaken.
Christians struggling with Porn, Alcohol, etc
need fellowship and encouragement… not condemnation and Exorcism!
You are doing them a great dis-service in my opinion… your false doctrines are more likely to destroy them and drive them away from their faith.
Christian X user asks the question… “Should Porn be allowed on this platform?”
Public nudity in a free and civil society has always been a contentious issue. Even the discussion of Sex is contentious.
As a Libertarian Christian I have defended the rights of Sex workers, and Public parades such as ‘Boobs on Bikes’ from Oppressive Councils and laws that were under pressure to prohibit these things largely from Christian activist lobby groups.
Some people will wonder how as a Christian I might take such a position? I take that position because I believe in a separation of church and state, and I do not like Christianity and the bible being used as a bludgeon to persecute sinners and infidels. I believe that to be absolutely Unchristian, and also a corruption of the Law… and a violation of individual rights.
Many anti-freedom people think that by taking the side of prostitutes that I am endorsing prostitution, yet that is false. I do not want anyone (man or woman) to prostitute themselves, yet that does not mean I therefore should support laws against them.
I believe In liberty.. as a Libertarian Christian we have far more hope of saving people from prostitution if we show love for them rather than hateful oppression. Christians can still work to reduce prostitution via the gospel… which is the true Christian way to battle sin and improve the world…. all under freedom.
Now I said all this here to give context to the question raised above. Porn in Western society may be construed as being anything from showing a nipple… to full on Sex. I personally am not bothered by the former being allowed in public yet would be very bothered by the latter… so even Libertarian Tim thinks there must be a line drawn *somewhere*.
Myself… applying the principle of Equality before the law when supporting ‘Boobs parades in Hamilton’ was that if men are allowed to walk topless down the street so too should woman be lawfully allowed to. Instead of allowing woman to do so, we could instead simply create a new prohibition against men having bare chests…. yet is this the best direction for society… less freedom… more laws/rules/punishments? It’s obvious to me thats the wrong direction to take society… that leads to what is happening in the Islamic world with Burkas and Beard police.
The truth is Christians need to be tolerant of others who do not share *all* the same values and sentiments we do… yet who are still peaceful and civil. Ie seeing a boob on the street you may find offensive (I don’t) but is certainly does not violate any of your rights!
If we were to apply that to social media platforms and boobs were allowed… then anyone offended by it could scroll past that post… and even block the sender of the post…. thereby *self policing* their own content without imposing their views on others. And this is how a free and civil society really works. Tolerance… and Individuals taking responsibility for their own moral standards rather than expecting the government to act like the Taliban.
X could set up an ‘R18’ tab (maybe they already do) and users could click that tab to prevent any R18 content appearing in their feed. They probably already do this… I’m not sure. I’m fairly certain most x users don’t want explicit porn turning up in their feed, yet I’m sure the odd boob pick from a chick on the back of a motor cycle does not bother too many people????
Ultimately such questions are for the Platforms themselves to figure out… yet if they get it wrong It would impact on their User satisfaction and cause people to leave. Lets say X allowed nudity yet not explicit sex acts… at first some millions who cant handle the sight of a boob to leave. That would be an expected cost. yet eventually those numbers would recover and users would just take such stuff in their stride like adults. And personally speaking I think that is progress… an escape from the petty legalistic prudish attitudes that still support Legal oppression under the guise of Christian virtue.
If nudity was allowed on X that would not mean Christians could no longer maintain their own virtues. They might face more ‘temptation’… yet it would be up to them to overcome that as all Christian ought. Ironically It’s the more Pious types that have the most problem when confronted with a boob! Everyone else just laughs… or scrolls past.
