icons and ethics

(thanks to team pyro for the little story)

So this iconic guy's talking with an iconic girl, and asks whether she'd be willing to engage in carnal acts for $1 million.

She considers, shrugs, says, "For a million dollars? I guess."

"Would you do it for $5?" he follows up.

She is shocked, and deeply offended. "What do you think I am?" she rages.

His classic retort: "Oh, we've already established what you are. Now we're just haggling about price."


--i was thinking today about the things we allow ourselves to do when the percieved payout is good.

by this i mean, we usually live by the rule, "the ends justify the means."

unfortunately, this is no way to live. consider these three senarios:

would it be right to hold a wine tasting party in order to host non-christians and christians together with the purpose being evangelism?

would it be right to hold a drug tasting party in order to host non-christans and christians together with the purpose being evangelism?

would it be right to hold a body tasting party in order to host non-christians and christians together with the purpose being evangelism? (yes, i said body tasting)

most of us would say no to the latter two, some to all three. the only one prohibited explicitly in scripture would be the third one.

most of us however wouldn't think it was wrong to use non-CHRIST honoring music in order to "reach" non-christians.

bp