{"id":582,"date":"2011-10-06T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/to-pray-for-rihanna-and-the-farmer\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:20:15","slug":"to-pray-for-rihanna-and-the-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/to-pray-for-rihanna-and-the-farmer.html","title":{"rendered":"To Pray for Rihanna and the Farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_jcVaIRcBNs\/To5Nki4SewI\/AAAAAAAACJk\/0pZQLpZZxt4\/s1600\/Rihanna_2010+.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-_jcVaIRcBNs\/To5Nki4SewI\/AAAAAAAACJk\/0pZQLpZZxt4\/s320\/Rihanna_2010+.jpg\" width=\"240\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Rihanna showing too much skin? So says an Irish farmer. Around his neck of the woods he\u2019s known as \u201cthe Christian.\u201d Rihanna &amp; Co. wanted to shoot a music video on his property, and he agreed until he saw how scantily clad she was. Here\u2019s the scoop,<br><a name=\"more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-aPDTCSPSd4A\/To5VlmzmQ7I\/AAAAAAAACJo\/L2Eu6PExk4g\/s1600\/2011-09-28-10-36-54-9-the-farmer-alan-graham-who-owns-the-land-is-walki.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-aPDTCSPSd4A\/To5VlmzmQ7I\/AAAAAAAACJo\/L2Eu6PExk4g\/s200\/2011-09-28-10-36-54-9-the-farmer-alan-graham-who-owns-the-land-is-walki.jpeg\" width=\"105\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i>A Christian farmer in Northern Ireland who allowed pop star Rihanna to film a music video in his wheat field, asked her to leave when he saw she was half naked.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Farmer Alan Graham also encouraged the global star \u2013 infamous for her risqu\u00e9 performances \u2013 to seek after God and his Son Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>He has been praised for showing a strength of belief that was once commonplace, and for standing up against \u201cthe sexualistion of society and our celebrity culture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Graham said he has no ill will towards the singer, but he asked the film crew to stop shooting the video when things got out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was inappropriate. I requested them to stop and they did,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had my conversation with Rihanna and I hope she understands where I\u2019m coming from. We shook hands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Graham confessed that he had never heard of Rihanna when he was first contacted about using his field for a music video.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI didn\u2019t know who was coming. If the name \u2018Rihanna\u2019 had been mentioned, well, no disrespect but it wouldn\u2019t have meant anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said: \u201cEverybody needs to be acquainted with God and to consider his son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and his death and Resurrection.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christian.org.uk\/news\/christian-farmer-tells-rihanna-to-cover-up\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the rest here.<\/a> Only 23 years old, Rihanna has had a meteoric rise to fame. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rihanna\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">only 45 million fans<\/a> on her Facebook page. She has also been abused by her high-profile boyfriend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?aq=f&amp;gcx=c&amp;ix=c1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Rihanna+beaten\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a few years back<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Offer up a prayer for her, so that Mr. Graham\u2019s chivalrous, and Christian, action helps her realize that she is a pawn of an industry (and culture) that seeks to profit off of turning her into an object. While you\u2019re at it, say a prayer for Mr. Graham too,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>He has since been inundated with hate mail from her some of her fans \u2013 but despite the fuss, the farmer insists he\u2019s thinking about naming a grain in the superstar\u2019s honour.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Graham tells Britain\u2019s The Sun, \u201cI\u2019m taking it all in my stride, it\u2019ll soon die down. To be honest, all this fuss has kept me back a bit. I\u2019ve got straw to harvest that I haven\u2019t been able to finish yet\u2026 Maybe I\u2019ll name a type of grain after her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to have her back. She was lovely and gracious when I spoke to her. Just as long as I know what she\u2019s wearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news\/farmer-gets-hate-mail-over-rihanna_1248049\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">before the visit.<\/a>\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good on you, mate!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6738513599344023043-8422926499279822413?l=yimcatholic.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rihanna showing too much skin? So says an Irish farmer. Around his neck of the woods he\u2019s known as \u201cthe Christian.\u201d Rihanna &amp; Co. wanted to shoot a music video on his property, and he agreed until he saw how scantily clad she was. 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