Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Originally posted by: irishScott
That's fine, but it's not like women are intentionally aggravating rapists. They wear clothing of that nature for a number of psychological reasons, one of which is attracting guys (the vast majority of whom appreciate a nice body). However, the vast majority of guys are NOT rapists. Thus it is not the women's fault for attracting the wrong type of guy.
Example:
Let's say you're single, you dress a certain way, and you get raped by a gay guy (Disclaimer: I am in no way making a statement against gay people. I actually support gay rights, and have a couple of friends who are gay). Should you change your clothing to deter these attacks? Would you? Even if you knew it was attractive to women as well?
Next: You keep making references to "Carnal Christians" so I suppose I should state my beliefs. I don't want to start a religious debate. This i just what I think.
I'm Agnostic. While I believe there is a god, I cannot believe it is a god whom condemns innocent unbelievers to eternal torture and damnation simply because they are unbelievers. Yet this is the case with every religion.
The Christians and Jews have their sinners and unbelievers who need to be saved.
The Muslims have their Kuaffar who are to be mistrusted and oppressed (and eventually eliminated when Islam takes over the world :disgust: )
The Buddhists have their unenlightened.
The Hindus have their untouchables.
And almost every other religion has some trait like this.
Hypothetical Scenario: A kid is born in a box, has no human contact, is fed through a tube and kept alive until he dies from old age. The kid has never heard of religion, let alone one god or another. Does god condemn the kid to hell? According to most religions, yes. I refuse to believe in such a hypocritical god; who claims to be infinitely merciful but condemns millions of innocents every day.
And in the off chance that these religions are correct, I will gladly go to hell with such legends as Mark Twain, Webster, and others in protest to this unfair and hypocritical arrangement.
I believe that carnality is a natural part of humanity, but we were given intelligece, and thus we are required to use it (who doesn't want to be intelligent anyway?). This entail controlling the carnality. Loosing control of it is inexcusable except in a few rare cases.
I will do my best to better humanity's state. If this is not enough for god, god can bite me. And according to most religions, he will.
Eh, I think my original statement has been drawn out as a 100% occurrence. I didn't mean for things to get this out of hand. I merely said originally that wearing skimpy clothes has a tendency to excite *some* rapists. I never said it would fix the problem, just help it
As to the gay comment, thats a bit out of the context I was referring to. People will wear what they do regardless of what i say. If it turns some drunk man on enough to rape say me, well... thats gonna suck, but im not changing my clothes (but im not that attractive to either sex, clothes or not
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As to the whole God thing... thats going to vary alot. I know in Christianity, you have a choice. If you dont want God, fine... but why should he let you into heaven if you dont?
As to your hypothetical question, once again, I dont know other religions. But Christianity has a part to it called *Age of Responsibility* Now I cant talk much about it because its way off topic. But anyways, until a certain time he is exempt from hell. this goes for babies and the like. It does not include tribesman. As you referred to intelligence, they are supposed to be able to tell that there is a God and as such find the truth. Complicated enough to explain fully in this limited space but its sort of an explanation.