{"id":105,"date":"2009-03-04T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/03\/66-backrub-chains.html"},"modified":"2009-03-04T07:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T07:17:00","slug":"66-backrub-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/03\/66-backrub-chains.html","title":{"rendered":"#66 Backrub chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa102\/lollygrass\/?action=view&amp;current=backrub1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" src=\"https:\/\/i201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa102\/lollygrass\/backrub1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Backrub chains appear frequently at youth groups and bible camps. Whenever pubescent* Christians of mixed gender are gathered to study the Bible or worship, the likelihood that a backrub chain will form is increased tenfold.<\/p>\n<p>Backrub chains do not appear nearly as often in non-Christian settings. This may be because there is more frustration present in people who &#8220;struggle&#8221; with kissing, etc. before marriage. In the evangelical subculture, mass backrubs in an open setting are considered acceptable.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%\">*The presence of backrub chains can extend well past adolescence, into singles ministries and, creepily, beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backrub chains appear frequently at youth groups and bible camps. Whenever pubescent* Christians of mixed gender are gathered to study the Bible or worship, the likelihood that a backrub chain will form is increased tenfold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,112,61,4,8,197,9,95,59,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backrub-chains","category-bible-camp","category-bible-college","category-bible-studies","category-sex","category-singles-ministry","category-struggling","category-tension","category-worship","category-youth-group"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>#66 Backrub chains - Stuff Christian Culture Likes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/03\/66-backrub-chains.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#66 Backrub chains - Stuff Christian Culture Likes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Backrub chains appear frequently at youth groups and bible camps. 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