THEY FORGOT THAT DAVID DANCED

When I was growing my father served a church that believed that social dancing was a sin, so much so that they dismissed his predecessor for chaperoning a school prom and pressured my dad into pulling me from a square dancing exhibition at school. I came across this article in a recent blog from Scot McKnight.

Baraboo man accused of using stun gun on 'sinner'

Published: Feb 10, 2010

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Baraboo man was accused of repeatedly shocking a male dance instructor with a stun gun, claiming the instructor was a "sinner" who "defiles married women." A Dane County prosecutor said the suspect, 59, hastily arranged a dance lesson at the instructor's Madison home and showed up with a stun gun and sledgehammer last Friday. The criminal complaint said the man told a detective that his church does not condone touching while dancing and that he was going to scare the instructor "and tell him to leave the women alone."

The Wisconsin State Journal said the instructor told police that the suspect phoned for private dance lessons, and when he opened the door to his home, he began to shock him repeatedly in the neck with the stun gun.

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Information from: Wisconsin State Journal, http://www.madison.com/wsj

All I can say is that "they" - that church years ago and this year far too recently forgot that David danced before the Lord, and told us to praise Him with dance. Thankfully, most Christians today have a more spiritually sensitive (as opposed to culturally laden) understanding of God's Word, the Bible.