Re: Prostitution, Adultry and Christianity
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What? So if a non-Christian forms the opinion that prostitution is immoral and does not condone it in this case, his opinion is totally cool and rational right?
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Nope. And I doubt many atheists here would say otherwise.
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I am pretty sure "your Christian friends at work" or whoever had their reasons for thinking prostitution was wrong even in this case. Just because you disagree with them does not mean they are irrational.
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Correct. We may conclude they are irrational because they are Christians, not due to their stance on this particular issue.
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Also, maybe I am misunderstanding your conclusion, but from this: "Such is the irrationality Christian's exhibit." it appears you are stating that because you quizzed a few random people who happen to be Christian at work, and you disagree with them (and this automatically makes their opinion irrational), that all Christians exhibit irrationality. If I find a few atheist friends who think prostitution is always wrong under any circumstances, would I be correct to say "such is the irrationality atheists exhibit"? Think about this for a second.
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We know they are irrational since they are Christians. We also know they took the incorrect moral stance on this particular issue. Since a common manifestation of Christian morality is a depraved view of sex, including a universal condemnation of prostitution, it is reasonable to conclude the former had something to do with their view of the latter. It's not a proof, just a reasonable likelihood.
If an atheist condemned prostitution in this case, I would also strongly suspect some form of irrationality. Being rational implies atheism, but being an atheist is only necessary and far from sufficient to imply rationality.
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