I just read the following article in the Yahoo! news section:
It's hard out there for a virgin...
Fri May 5, 8:49 AM ET
A brothel has become the first in Berlin to offer special deals for virgins with prostitutes trained in the delicate art of catering for customers who have never had sex, a German newspaper reported Friday.
The brothel in the red light area of the Kreuzberg district of the city charges 60 euros for a half an hour of sex and works within the laws of Germany where prostitution is legal.
"These are men who either never had sex before or have never been in a brothel before," the brothel's operator was quoted as saying in Berlin's B.Z. tabloid.
"It's the first house of love in Berlin that specializes in taking care of beginners," wrote the daily on its front page.
Prostitutes are given "sensitivity training" for first-time clients, who the brothel operator said are not necessarily young but often 40 or older: "They need to be aware of how much courage it takes to go to a brothel the first time."
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Let me repeat that final quote: "They need to be aware of how much courage it takes to go to a brothel the first time."
Excuse me? Courage? I can think of a few words that would make for a better description. Perversion, for one. Immorality, for another. Or how about total lack of respect for self. Total lack of respect for women.
Actually, come to think of it, even cowardice would be a better word than courage. Yes, cowardice, because paying someone to have sex displays an unwillingness to deal with reality. Maybe the reality of an unhealthy marriage. Maybe the reality of one's own deep psychological problems. For virgins, maybe the reality of not being able to develop healthy, committed relationships.
This article shocks me. Not because prostitution is legal in Germany. I already knew that. And not even because this brothel is catering specifically to virgin men.
(Guys, would you really want to have to tell your future wife that your first sexual experience was with a woman you had to pay? A woman you didn't even love? A woman you didn't even know?)
No, what shocks me is the attitude in this article. The mindset. The view that prostitution is perfectly normal. Perfectly acceptable. Perfectly okay. And, underlying all of that, the view that if you think this is wrong, there must be something wrong with you.
The article emphasized the "sensitivity" of the trained prostitutes. Well, I think the whole thing is fundamentally sick and wrong. I guess that makes me insensitive.
So be it.
People, I refuse to sugar-coat this. On this subject, I will gladly stand up under accusations of being politically incorrect, intolerant, and judgmental.
Prostitution is a sin. Under any circumstances.
Visiting a prostitute is a sin. Under any circumstances.
Sex outside of marriage is a sin. Under any circumstances.
This is the kind of thing that caused the fall of Sodom, Gomorrah, and the Roman Empire. (Greatest nation of the world, brought down by immorality. Does that ring a bell?)
This is why the world needs us Christians to be light. This is why the world needs us Christians to be salt. (Matthew 5)
Without light, people stumble around in darkness and fall.
Without salt as a preservative, things rot.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
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3 comments:
You know, I used to think that people here in America were talking more about having sex than were actually having sex. And then I met a lot more people, and I thought that it would be an accomplishment to make it out of High School as a virgin. Before I was married, I wanted a man who had waited for me as I was waiting for him. I am happy to say that I got him. We are both lucky to have parents who are still together. That is almost as rare.
While Christ can make you clean, you can never forget the experiences, and you can never get away from paying the cost, suffering the consequences.
The greatest Courage would be to not conform to the world's view of sex. Courage is to walk away, not to engage in the sin. Respect for GOD and for self should come before the desire for self-satisfaction. Sex in God's ideal of marriage is a beautiful thing, but this perversion is a disgusting and unfortunate reality of the power of Satan's hold on this world.
Salt brings out the flavor of good food. We have to bring out the good in the bland flavor of the sinful world. You are right that the underlying messages are there. Being IN the world but not OF the world makes us unique, and in the politically correct arena, we are viewed as wrong.
(joking now) We are wierd. We are different. We are crazy. We follow a God we can't see, follow rules that seem harsh, do things so backwards. (done joking) We have courage that the world cannot comprehend.
Wow, I really am floored by that article. It proves to me how many people in this world walk around with a distorted view of reality. It's interesting that something that in the end will cause so much pain and misery attracts so many people "in the moment". Fleeting happiness.
When we, as Christians, come across articles such as these, I hope it inspires us to reach out to people like this before their fleeting happiness leads to their destruction. I hope it gives us courage.
Michelle and Amy: I can only second (or would that be third?) what both you have written. It's a scary thing to draw inspiration from what is right and then stand firmly for it....but we also have to keep in mind that the Creator of the universe is not only standing with us, but also holding us secure.
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