RE: Heaven seems awful 2 me-"Theist laughs at loudly & with great cruelty"
May 14, 2016 at 10:36 am
(May 13, 2016 at 1:57 pm)Godschild Wrote:(May 12, 2016 at 3:08 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: What's your evidence for this?
Think about it, do you really believe that those who believe that sex outside of marriage is wrong that we would actually promote the sex trade. Yes, I know there are Christians that watch porn, that have affairs, and some who abuse children, these are the exceptions and not the main stream of Christians. The Christian church works to rescue those sold into slavery and travel around the world to do so. The church works to promote education against the sex slave trade and as far as I know was the first organization to take serious action against it. Now states like mine are involved in stopping the sex slave trade, we have some of the toughest laws against it and they will pay dearly when caught practicing the sex trade. The Christian church in it's efforts to stop the sex trade has influenced others to stop it. So with this understanding who's left to promote the sex slave trade..... unbelievers are the only choice, there only two sides to this and the Christians as a whole fight against it.
GC
I haven't read the last couple of pages of this thread, so someone may have already answered this, but I feel the need to stop and respond, here.
The "sex trade" is not the same thing as "sex trafficking". And many humanist/atheist groups stand up against it, too. Indeed, many of us would argue that it is the Christian-derived approach to thinking of sex workers as "sinful" that leads to much of the potential for abuse. But the simple fact is, all people of good will, regardless of their religious beliefs (or lack thereof), are opposed to sex trafficking and slavery, and it was a scumbag move to imply what you just did.
Here's one (of several) articles from The Humanist, on the subject:
http://thehumanist.com/magazine/january-...roundswell
Here's an article by a humanist about the way your attitude toward sexual "morality" actually makes things worse:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clay-naff/...52158.html
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
