RE: Heaven seems awful 2 me-"Theist laughs at loudly & with great cruelty"
May 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm
(May 14, 2016 at 10:36 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(May 13, 2016 at 1:57 pm)Godschild Wrote: 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
Your mistake was not reading everything I posted, I said I didn't put all atheist in that category. No I wasn't defending any atheist in my statements, I was stating what Christians do. I have been waiting for an atheist to supply facts about what they do to fight against the sex slave trade, you did and I thank you. I didn't see it was my responsibility to hunt down those facts, just as the atheist here tell me they do not see it their responsibility to hunt down positive facts about Christians, if one did I would probably have a heart attack. Again thanks for the response.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.