OK, so Calvin College cancels a concert by a group called The New Pornographers, solely on the merits of the group's name. Christian college..."pornographers"...what's the question here? We're not talking music, we're talking appearance. It shouldn't matter that The New Pornographers perform fluffy indie rock. It shouldn't matter that their name came from a cheesy Japanese film. The name "appears" to support something that Calvin College does not, and should not support.
So why are 90% of the comments on the internet trashing Calvin College for being a bunch of narrow-minded, judgmental bigots?
1 Thessalonians 5:22 warns us to "abstain from all appearance of evil." That doesn't seem like bad advice for a Christian college. I may have "Zoot Suit" by The Cherry Poppin' Daddies on my mp3 player, but I'm far more likely to book the Brian Setzer Orchestra for a Christian event than I would be the Daddies. Am I judging their music? No. I'm judging their choice of names.
Perhaps Calvin College should book the Nazi Kitten Killers. I hear their music is great. And after all, who cares about appearance?
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