This is not just directed at you, OldFriend, but in general,and maybe rhetorically.
Isn’t this a conservative site? How is it repugnant to say that men shouldn’t be looking at women stripping, that their behavior was risky?
Where are all the Christians who yell at me on other threads?! ;)
I directed my comment to YOU personally.
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.