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To: TheKidster

You said — “Slavery deprives people of their GOD given right to liberty through force. Which of these three; life/liberty/property does prostitution deprive people of through force?”

Prostitution is sin. And thus, as sin, it deprives one of life (the judgement of God for sin is death). It deprives of liberty, as one is then cast into the lake of fire. It deprives of property, as one has nothing since all that all that God gives is given to those who are in Christ, while everything else is taken away from those who have sinned and not accepted Christ.

And so, we see that it (along with a multitude of other sins) takes away, life, liberty and property.

And as far as force, is concerned — it is a much overrated “quantity”. These days force is not needed, all one has to do is simply lie and cheat and deceive — and no force is needed. For example, a person can lie and cheat and deceive someone into giving them $10,000 for an investment that is to earn great rewards and dividends, and find themselves out the “returns” and the original investment, to boot. Those who do so, don’t have to be accused of using force to commit this crime of deception, only that they intended to defraud the individual.

And thus, those who are lied to, cheated and deceived into prostitution (namely they are *defrauded* into prostitution) are just as *sure* to lose life, liberty and property as those who have been forced into it.

God doesn’t lie and tells us the truth, when he says, the wages of sin is *death*. And that death is to be separated from God and all that is good, being in the “lake of fire” for eternity. If that isn’t the loss of life, liberty and property, I don’t know what is....


254 posted on 05/10/2007 8:16:18 AM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Star Traveler
Prostitution is sin. And thus, as sin, it deprives one of life (the judgement of God for sin is death). It deprives of liberty, as one is then cast into the lake of fire. It deprives of property, as one has nothing since all that all that God gives is given to those who are in Christ, while everything else is taken away from those who have sinned and not accepted Christ.

Nothing personal, but I sincerly doubt you could make the "argument" you made without using such a heavy dose of metaphysics. Go ahead and try, limiting your argument to the "Earthly" realm . . .

261 posted on 05/10/2007 8:46:15 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Star Traveler

Government is legitimately allowed to use force to prevent people from being defrauded - you are correct and i should have specified that. It does not apply here though, unless the John refuses to pay or the whore rolls the John.

Sin begins well before an actual act is performed, anyone familiar with the bible knows this, especially if they have accepted the gospel and Jesus’ sacrifice on thier behalf. Sin begins in the heart so if you really want to use the force of Government to save souls we need to outlaw lustfully looking at a woman. That’s all it takes to condemn one to hell because Jesus clearly told us that is a commission of adultery in one’s heart and James tells us that to break one point of the Law is to break the whole Law. Remember GOD is perfectly Holy and will not countenance sin - there are no degrees with HIM. He is perfectly holy and just. GOD holds us accountable for our thoughts, words and deeds and sin’s development follows this pattern. Sinful heart produces sinful words and finally when opportunity finally knocks sin is realized by action.
That is why religion will not grant salvation, religious acts and religious abstinance will not sanctify - remember Jesus’ reference to the pharisees and saducees as white washed tombs?

I say all this to point out that legislating morality does nothing to make a society moral. At best it white washes things on the surface, at worst it creates secret perversions and a pride of the outward appearance that hardens society’s heart agains the conviction of the HOLY SPIRIT within a society’s heart.

While those who support a nanny state kneel before the alter and pray to God a prayer of thanks that they are so moral and upstanding and better than thier fellows, The LORD will be listening to the hookers and pot smokers who beat thier breasts before the alter crying in humility for true relief from the sin in thier hearts.

The more you legislate moral issues that don’t deprive others of tangible life, liberty and property through force or fraud the less relevant you make the church and set people up as idols who feel they can do a better job of convicting society of it’s immorality than GOD’s Holy Spirit and His Word.

Remember what happened to the last guy who thought he could and should take GOD’s place? Unfortunately there is no forgiveness for him and he prowls around us like a lion searching for whom he may devour.


270 posted on 05/10/2007 9:36:51 AM PDT by TheKidster (you can only trust government to grow, consolidate power and infringe upon your liberties.)
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