Re: Erica Campbell / Erica Rose Campbell
Prof. Voluptuary, you made some excellent points earlier on the industry, and I respect where you may have disagreed with me. My point though, wasn't that her being cheated on was the ONLY reason for to shun modeling, just that very recently, she seemed to express some personal turmoil to us here, and that it might have been one of many factors.
And I noted that, but it was people responding to my posts back then that prompted
Erica to start talking about it. I think people read too much into things and should just step back and realize where people are coming from.
I remember when
Crissy Moran retired as well. I saw a great number of not just similar attitudes, but even a lot of assumptions -- regardless of whether or not they were positive -- but just continuous assumptions.
I dont want people preaching how they found god or trying to convert / save me etc
People who "share their faith" are rather annoying, let alone the churches that focus on "saving people." Now some people
do honestly "need religion" in their life for "order," because they can't be responsible without it. But I realized long ago that was not myself.
If people are really into "sharing their faith," they should make their own lives an example. That's the problem. A lot of people don't want to focus on their own lives, it's not a good example. That doesn't change whether you're an allegedly "saved Christian" or not. In fact, a lot of people like to "selectively read" the
New Testament and miss the larger message.
It's why people get so entangled with the concept if Jesus Christ married or not. It has nothing to do with the message at all. People want to focus on it like it's everything. To me, I can see it either way -- someone who died a virgin or someone who, by his very being human, to experience everything as a human, may have done so he understood it. Either way, to make stances on it is to make an argument, and miss the message.
And it doesn't stop there either. Mohammad didn't want to be idolized, he wanted his message remembered, not himself. That's why he made it virtually law that he would never be characterized. I mean, look at Christianity, and all the idolization that goes on -- from Jesus to the virgin Mary, and all that has been built up around them. Mohammed knew that was the biggest issue with most religions.
Yet we get riots and non-sense, even if only from a small majority, when anyone characterizes Mohammad. Why? Because people miss the message. They just want an excuse.
If Erica has endeavored on a spiritual journey, I wish her just as much luck as Crissy Moran prior. I will never fault anyone who wants to see what different views and what different approaches to life will do for them.
My spirituality is compatible with my lust, because it is left at the point where lust doesn't become a deadly sin. That's the problem, too many people don't take the responsibility that comes with the freedom to lust. And they let it transgress against others. Such people really do need religion! But it doesn't mean those of us who are responsible, those of us who try to build an industry of erotica that celebrates man and woman, are part of the same problem these people are.
As a character in the book (and movie)
Contact put it so simply, but truthfully, "I couldn't imagine a world without God." Some people just need such, for the well being of society.
