It was recently in the news that a woman stole breast implants by impersonating someone else. Nothing else captures, I believe, the height of our problem in America than the lengths that we will go to get something that we don’t really need.
Don’t get me wrong, there are good reasons for getting Breast Surgery or other kinds of plastic surgery done. There are people that get burnt or struggle with cancer, and reconstructive surgery is something that allows people to maintain a sense of dignity.
And then there are people that aren’t content with what they look like or who they are. They perpetually need to change who God made them and they do this constantly to try to look differently. However, age does catch up with you, and you won’t have the body that you have now forever.
You can work out—like I’m starting up doing again—you can watch your figure, you can find the best specialists in plastic surgery, and you will still age.
Better to focus your life on things that will last rather on that which will fade away.
In Rumsfield’s words, you have to live with the body you have, rather than the one you want. I can understand people changing their hair color and minor stuff like that, but altering body parts is not exactly advisable, from a mental and physical point of view. Tends to distort your true nature and your turns you into someone else altogether.
Posted by Ling | March 26, 2009, 9:49 amYou know, granted, I only pop in here every once in a great while and browse your articles… and it’s always something askew that catches my eye.
This time it’s this phrase: “There are people that get burnt or struggle with cancer, and reconstructive surgery is something that allows people to maintain a sense of dignity.”
I’d just invite your audience to think about that for a while. Does reconstructive surgery allow one to maintain a sense of dignity? Is dignity really skin deep? Is that what we ultimately believe is truth?
Honestly I’ve met some horribly deformed people with a healthy dose of dignity and humility at the same time! How is this possible? Jesus Christ.
It reminds me of the Phantom of the Opera. You know the moral of that story? The Phantom wasn’t unlovable because he was deformed, he was unlovable because he allowed his deformity to define him and he compromised his morality over it.
There are many breast cancer survivors who choose not to have breast replacement surgery because they want to make a statement that their breasts do not define them.
Lets praise those who truly sacrifice their egos, step outside the bounds of society and find higher virtues, rather than making convenient, comforting excuses for those who take the path of least resistance, define themselves by outward appearances, and are at the end of the day, too tender and weak to do what is right and good, and yet difficult.
After all, Christ preaches no less. Notice those that Jesus heals in his ministry are those who despite their physical handicaps, broke strong social taboos by approaching the man at the center of attention in a large crowd and in faith asked to be healed. One was so bold as to be lowered through a roof!
Now don’t get me wrong, Min, I realize the main thrust of your article is exactly what I’m saying here. But that one line practically parry’s that thrust! It’s like you are saying, “Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting you should stop buying expensive cars, I mean, after all, I’m sure they allow you to maintain an air of superiority, I’m just saying we shouldn’t base our self worth on the monetary value of our cars.”
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Posted by Arthur Eiss | March 31, 2009, 12:30 amBreasts are something in our culture that have become increasingly sexualized. From young girls we are taught that in order to get any male attention we need to have a large and gravity-defying chest. Young girls are sometimes ridiculed for not being developed yet in the chest. It’s these kind of wounds that stick with women for their lives. As a result, insecurities are developed. Women then begin to place their self-value in their chest size, thinking that getting a new chest will make things all better. The thing is, it rarely does. We must see ourselves as Christ sees us and not as a young girl being teased.
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Posted by militarywifey | April 18, 2009, 6:26 pmDefinitely, militarywifey. I can remember in high school what a big deal it was for girls to start developing– it was weird in some cases. It’s really hard to be logical with hormones, however. I mean, all guys and all girls have roughly the same parts and what is really different is the inside, and yet that’s totally the opposite of what our bodies are telling us.
Posted by MInTheGap | April 20, 2009, 9:55 amI never was much of a breast-guy… especially not in highschool… I’ve always been an eyes and face guy … but you know… even a woman’s hair can be an object of lust… or an object of pride.
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Posted by Arthur Eiss | April 21, 2009, 11:39 pmYou have to consider the difference between cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery. Cosmetic procedures are more focussed making a change toward beauty to “enhance” one’s appearance and for anti-aging purposes. The other is typically done after accidents and major events like being caught in a fire.
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