Why are Christians against prostitution?

[SupahEwok]

So we can flood off topic with religious discussion then?

Maybe they'd restore R&P in full if that happened. Frankly, I'm not actually too concerned about that happening. Even before R&P was axed had there really been much R discussion in recent years? I don't recall that really being the case.

Not really much general political threads, either, or philosophy. "Current Events" really is all that it boiled down to in latter years.

I don't know why anybody's upset about where a thread is at this point, tho. Let's face it: the forum is so low traffic that the entire thing could be reduced to a single subforum and all active threads would fit the first page.

 

[Agema]

So we can flood off topic with religious discussion then?

With appropriate justification, as far as I can tell, yes. It just shouldn't be current affairs. If you want to discuss how a TV series handles religion (e.g. Netflix's "Messiah") this seems reasonable for Off-topic.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

They don't have good and coherent arguments. Religious people are against stuff most of the time because they're brainwashed to be against those things, without actually questioning the reasons, or because it makes them feel morally superior.

 

[Satinavian]

So we can flood off topic with religious discussion then?

Maybe they'd restore R&P in full if that happened. Frankly, I'm not actually too concerned about that happening. Even before R&P was axed had there really been much R discussion in recent years? I don't recall that really being the case.

Not really much general political threads, either, or philosophy. "Current Events" really is all that it boiled down to in latter years.

I don't know why anybody's upset about where a thread is at this point, tho. Let's face it: the forum is so low traffic that the entire thing could be reduced to a single subforum and all active threads would fit the first page.

There was other stuff. But after R&P was closed quite a number of non-US regulars left completely and never came back to Current Events.

But while religions only came up occasionally, there was far more historical stuff and a more global focus of discussion.

I miss it.

Note: Papyrus 66 was propertied to be written around 100 (when the 'final' edition of the Gospel of John finished taking shape. It was at least a 20 year process with at least 2 editions) and was found in 1952. I think its the oldest original codex to be found but copies of the earlier editions have been found.

But that is only about Marys sister and that early Christianity had lots of versions and already people trying to reconcile them.

The whole prositute stuff doesn't appear that early. And there is little to no evidence of huge controversies regarding the role of Mary Magdalene at that time, much less of concentrated persecution of her followers or of slut shaming.

 

[stroopwafel]

I think it has more to do with the Reformation and the puritan values of the Victorian era(of which we are now seeing a Renaissance) rather than Christiantity in general. Lust of any denomination is a sin but a very mild and easily forgiven one as seen in Dante's Divine Comedy(written about a century before the Reformation). For some reason the lustful went from the least of the sinners to the worst ones and that has probably everything to do with the split between protestants and catholics and the pursuit of puritan values to control the masses which continues to this day with any kind of organized religion(even if secularism thinned the herd dramatically). Prostitution is ofcourse the most obvious affront to those values. Though in light of all those recent scandals that is quite dishonest to say the least.

 

[McElroy]

They don't have good and coherent arguments. Religious people are against stuff most of the time because they're brainwashed to be against those things, without actually questioning the reasons, or because it makes them feel morally superior.

And were any good or coherent arguments ever made, Christians wouldn't use those? When they are going against secular policy decisions they kinda have to. Not that there aren't plenty of non-Christians who are squarely against prostitution anyway.

 

[Combustion Kevin]

In as much as there are against abortion, despite the bible not recognizing a child as a human being until they are a month old.

All in all, I prefer to view religion in these cases as a substitute for argument, not the moral grounds upon which the sentiments are formed, moral superiority is a drug to a lot of people that finds justification in both religious and secular ideologies.

As for me, I just want people to be safe, healthy, consent to the things that are done to them and do not subvert the rights of others, that is my ideology.