Rebecca Hagelin has written a fine column on Carrie Prejean and the release of her new book. (The new book has Prejean doing the media rounds.) Hagelin gives credit where it is due, but points out the obvious—that you can’t tell the world that your goal is to be a Victoria’s Secret angel and hope to have credibility when you proclaim your Christian faith.
The issue for Carrie is not so much the past as it is the present. As I have repeatedly stated on Crosstalk as late as last week, you cannot profess to be a Christian and demand respect for your supposedly pro-family views when you’ve been cavorting in a naked fashion in front of millions of men. Breast-enhancement surgery for purposes of engendering male lust is no way to represent Jesus Christ.
Pro-family leaders (primarily male) made fools of themselves by publicly championing Carrie as the new face (and body) of conservative values. This was clearly a mistake. Featuring Carrie at the Values Voter Summit just before the sex tape announcement was rather ironic. “Nothing is private,” complained Carrie in a TV interview last week. No, Carrie, not even privates are private.
For the sake of Carrie’s soul, somebody needs to explain the rudiments of the biblical gospel to her. (Family values are not the gospel.) Her mentor can move on from there to help her understand biblical modesty and decency. Christ has been mocked and shamed, not because Carrie stood up for traditional marriage, but because she did so in a barely-there bikini.
*Update – Todd Rhoades of the Monday Morning Insight ministry blog evidently didn’t like my quote below that surgical breast enhancement is not a good way to represent Jesus Christ so he tweeted a snarky tweet on Twitter. So does Mr. Rhoades feel that surgical breast enhancement for the purpose of male is a good way to represent Jesus Christ? I’m interested in that line of thought. Does he have a wife? Does she know what her husband is saying on Twitter? Is she OK with that tweet? Do the “ministry” guys who follow Mr. Rhoades also follow the breast enhancement ministry line of thought? Just asking. (Todd has been a long time critic, for those who wonder.)*