I'm back! Well, risky? yes! But that's a far cry from repugnant, and beats the heck out of sinful.
Christ was invited to dinner by a Pharisee (Luke 7: 36-48) and he, in turn, allowed a prostitute to enter and wash his feet with her tears. The Pharisee said to himself: "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner." Part of Christ's reply was: "You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven--for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.".
I'm not writing this to rebuke you but to point out that what Christ sees isn't necessarily what we see. Who knows what purpose we serve in His kingdom? Who knows what will come of out our efforts? Is it unseemly to consort with prostitutes (or strippers...in your context)? Perhaps, in our World. But is it in Christ's World? It merely seems to me that the answer to that rests with Him and not us. Perhaps we should reserve our judgment on such matters, and let Him rule.
You're equating Jesus' dealing with a repentant sinner to these dumb kids hiring a stripper so they can get their own personal jollies?
Hmmm....I sense tortured logic at work here.
I'm all for the kids getting off. But the ones involved with the stripper were not exactly your moral pillars of society. And as far as comparing their behavior to Jesus...whew....that's a real stretch.
I prefer to look at this case and these events in light of that statement. If ever an incident occurred which illustrated the maxim: "The Lord works in mysterious ways," this is definitely such an incident.
Let us begin with: If the strippers hadn't been hired, they wouldn't have been arrested.
That is true, but because of it, they learned a lesson that I wouldn't wish on anyone. But let's go a bit further.
If the strippers hadn't been hired, they wouldn't have been arrested.
Ah yes, but - if they hadn't been arrested, and if they didn't have the financial strength to vigorously fight the charges, we wouldn't have seen what a rqir Brodhead was. We wouldn't have learned how hateful the gang of 88 was. We wouldn't have seen the "lynch mob" mentality which was tolerated at this institute of "higher learning." We wouldn't have read and heard the countless, and unconscionable, reports slanted to the guilt of the players, rather than a presumption of innocence those same entities would have assumed had the races been switched. Worst of all, IMO, Nifong would still be railroading people with no oversight. And his investigator and the ass-clown members of Durham PD would still not have come under such intense scrutiny.
Many many people are going to get what's coming to them because a frat hired a low class stripper.
Yes my friends, the Lord does work in mysterious ways. And you can't tell me he doesn't have a sense of humor!