Also, you’ll have a hard time bringing a no-party Christianity in line with the agape celebrations of early Christian communities.

It’s not supposed to be high art; it’s a skit. It’s awesomely bad. Or just bad. Or awesome. I can’t decide.

At any rate, as a point of clarification: The side hug isn’t about avoiding accidental crotch grazing. It’s about something else. Imagine a front hug with a full-figured woman, where she doesn’t lean forward at all. The average teen boy is going to like it. (Or feel incredibly awkward, if it’s a female relative.)

The side-hug is the next step past intentionally leaning into a hug.

It’s a joke; it’s poking fun. (Not least at folks who’d be so out-of-touch with how Christians actually think, so absorbed by the mainstream caricatures of Christians, as to think it was serious.)

Hence all the “rough rider” references and other forms of tweaking.

Personally, I thought the dead giveaway that this was none-too-serious was that the Darth Vader Imperial March music was being played slo-mo in the background. A serious statement of systematic theology this ain’t.

Oh those Christians! They get me EVERY time!

Are there Christian denominations hostile to sexuality and perceived possibly sexual behavior? Yes, there are. Puritans in the Old World would not hang up curtains in front of their windows so everybody could see they weren’t doing anything improper. The “True Love Waits”-movement has its roots in American Puritanism.
Are there Jewish branches of affiliation with a similar outlook on interaction between sexes? Yes, there are. Ironically enough, they established those hard lines under the Puritan American influence.
Are there males that get sexually aroused from hugs? Not going into details here, but yes, there are.
Is all of Christianity hostile to sexuality and intimacy? No, it isn’t. Not by a far cry. The brotherly kiss was not a Communist invention. Christians would do this when the liturgy asked them to give each other a symbol / gesture of peace reconciliation (Tom, what’s the exact phrase in English?) long before it became customary to have seperate sex seating in church (now not customary anymore except for in more traditional congregations). Nowadays, the common practice is to shake hands and wish the other person that peace shall be with them.

I was amused by that video, satire or whatnot just as I get amused by what my ultra-Orthodox friends listen to. It’s not always easy to tell what’s satire or what’s so absurd that it’s real-life satire.

To note: watch yourself with the “wigger” use — it’s not cool to appropriate/ smush up the n-word to get any sort of point across. For those of us who grew up in the 80s it was a normal vocab word, but no one looks at its use very kindly anymore. Just trying to save you from a future ass-whoopin’.

Thanks Jen. Aren’t there any… you know, African American Christian rappers?? Do they all have to be so darned… white? Ask your sister in law please…