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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1<\/strong> page.]<\/span><\/p>\n Just as She Was\u201d She Gave Her Gospel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Some churches have hell fire and brimstone. Others have raffles, bazaars, and bingo. The First Unitarian Church of Richardson has a stripper. \u201cBut I can\u2019t promise that every Sunday,\u201d said the Rev. Bill Nichols, pastor of the suburban Dallas church.<\/span><\/p>\n Exotic dancer, Diana King, danced for the congregation last Sunday. When she was through, there was nothing left but her G-string and the congregation\u2019s imagination. Diana, who has been stripping for seven years and whose parents are psychologists doing research in England, said she plans to conduct classes for woman church members. \u201cI would like to do a sermon using the exotic dance, and the members of the congregation could join me if they liked,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the Rev. Mr. Nichols, the church\u2019s 200 adult embers and their children watched in fascinated silence as Diana removed her clothing and did the same dance she performs nightly at a Dallas night spot. \u201cI haven\u2019t had one complaint,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like exotic dancing is a part of life. It fit very well into our service. We are inheritors of the Victorian ethic which I don\u2019t accept. She was expressing herself and I think she got that over to the congregation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Asked if she thought her nude dance sparked any feelings other than spiritual, Diana said: \u201dI don\u2019t know what you mean by spiritual. I don\u2019t dance to frustrate people. I create a fantasy. I like to turn people on. I really felt good It\u2019s hard to articulate how you\u2019re expressing things in church this way\u2026It\u2019s affirming nature and love. But you can\u2019t separate body from mind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It is a fair assumption that most people will not be amused by the event described in this article from Fort Worth Star Telegram<\/em>, (4\/29\/75, Morning Edition). However, perhaps it needs to be pointed out that any system of religion and morals that is geared to an \u201cif-it-feels-good-do-it\u201d philosophy, must sooner or later, resort to unabashed hedonism and amorality.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the Devil\u2019s favorite deceptions has always been, \u201cIt makes no difference what you believe, as long as you are sincere.\u201d Those who truly believe this dictum and have been loudly preaching it have no right to complain about a stripper in a church assembly, assuming she was \u201csincere\u201d in doing her act. In fact, they should encourage her.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why does it take such a blasphemous act as this to awaken us? Can\u2019t we see that Christ would never have come, \u201cIf it makes no difference\u2026\u201d? How long will it be before temple prostitutes are again offered to religious devotees?<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for, and it was published in a 1975 edition of the Granbury Gospel, <\/em>weekly bulletin of the Granbury Church of Christ, Granbury, Texas, of which I was editor. Exact date of publication is unknown]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] Just as She Was\u201d She Gave Her Gospel Some churches have hell fire and brimstone. Others have raffles, bazaars, and bingo. The First Unitarian Church of Richardson has a stripper. \u201cBut…<\/p>\n\n