Is going to a strip club a sin?

[Bella Vita]

Short and sweet and right to the point... Yes it is and not at all a way to start off a marriage very very bad idea!!!

 

[StillTryin]

whether it is a sin or not, don't let that fakeness destroy your sexual purity. those places can bring a man down from the first visit.

 

[Autumnleaf]

Edit: my *fiance (hubby to be)

Oh and to "saint2300", unfortunately even after we know the Lord, we still many times need His forgiveness. A slip-up is easily forgiveable, but when we become entrenched in the pattern of sins, then it's a dangerous place to be. I know, I've walked that line before.

Slip ups can be serious. Baby serious.

 

[iambren]

As a Christian I can go anywhere I want. The Holy Spirit lives in me and I am free. My friend's name was David. We were college roommates for one year at Ohio State. He was a Jewish atheist raised in a Jewish home. Yes, we had many talks about my faith and his rejection of it. He did have a good soul though and I respected his inner moral compass, a sense of what is right, and his ability to make friends. He asked me to be his best man and I traveled from Ohio to Mass. to be there, he married a Catholic girl and had 4 kids. I still have a love for David, he got a weird virus and died in his later 30's leaving a home paid off for his wife and kids. The last time I saw him we talked of God and I was pleased that he had moved up to being an agnostic. His widow(we've kept in touch) said a priest spent time with him in his room before he died. So who knows?

It probably was when he married and I was up there that he invited me to the strip club. I admit some curiosity and joined for the "one beer" male bonding. I was shocked, I don't remember feeling I'd sinned, but did feel like taking a shower. I don't like strip clubs and I've never felt comfortable in bars either. But I tagged along to be with him and in this big universe I don't believe it affected me one iota. It was only a few years later when he invited me out for a beer at a strip club that the ugliness viscerally got to me. I said "Dave, let's get out of here". We left and I haven't been back to one in 25 years ie since then. I would have a problem with a Christian man going for lunch to a strip bar every day. Reflects a problem. But in my situation I don't feel it was a big deal.

 

[Life2Christ]

If you can go there and not get aroused while feeling comfortable then it is not a sin for you to go. Jesus could do that because that is the kind of guy he was. In my whole life I've met maybe a hand full of guys who could do that. If you can pull it off go for it.

This is terrible Christian advice. I don't even know where to begin. Did you know many strippers are either runaways, delinquent youths or were sexually abused? They are in it for the money and attention (nothing else) which means they have to shut their conscience off. Preventing yourself from getting turned on is not even the issue. The people inside these clubs are LOST. They are in the dark, from the owners to the waitresses to the performers. It is a place of darkness and abuse wrapped in the cloak of lights, music and laughter. There is a lot of money to be made and no one cares about anyone else. To make that money you have to be stepped on or step on someone. Women pervertedly surgically alter their bodies to stay in the game.

To the OP, your friends are robotically doing what others have done before them. They are probably not bad people, but they are only thinking of themselves. You know it is a sin. I know it is a sin. The question is: what are you going to do now?

 

[JRSut1000]

Very straightforward answer Life2Christ - I couldn't agree more!

 

[Human Clay]

Bad company corrupts good habits.

 

[JesusFreak4L]

I would ask myself, "Is it going to benefit me in anyway?"

 

[briareos]

Well the OP hasn't returned, I think he gets the point

 

[slockmn]

EVERYBODY!!

I will not be going to a strip club. Those friends of mine will just have to understand that I'm a nice, god loving guy who will not do anything wrong in the eyes of the Lord.

Besides; It should be common sense to not go to those places even if your Athiest.

I think I'll go bowling instead

 

[JRSut1000]

Yes!! He chose MY idea! By the way, so proud you!!

 

[razeontherock]

So how many frames does one have to play before you spend the $ of a trip to Vegas? But seriously, yes, congrats!

 

[JRSut1000]

Haha, I don't think bowling is THAT expensive...of course I haven't gone in years...trying to get the hubby to go this weekend, been trying for a few months now.

Anyways!! Have fun to the 'original poster'!

 

[LOCO]

EVERYBODY!!

I will not be going to a strip club. Those friends of mine will just have to understand that I'm a nice, god loving guy who will not do anything wrong in the eyes of the Lord.

Besides; It should be common sense to not go to those places even if your Athiest.

I think I'll go bowling instead

Mate, you're doing the right thing. Good on you for having the moral courage to say no, many men don't.

These strippers are somebodies daughter, sister, mother, and/or wife. They have just lost their way, men shouldn't implicitly support their bad choices by leering at their flesh.

Go to the Grand Canyon or see a show, Cirque du soleil etc

Blessings for your marriage

 

[Lance Leander L. Cembrano]

If you can go there and not get aroused while feeling comfortable then it is not a sin for you to go. Jesus could do that because that is the kind of guy he was. In my whole life I've met maybe a hand full of guys who could do that. If you can pull it off go for it.

The problem is, would your friends be sinning while they were there and do you want to be part of that?

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A man will lust after naked women. God said no to sexual immorality/ fornication. So why is this a problem? You're lusting after those harlots/ harlots/ strippers, that's adultery in the heart. According to God, adultery is sexual immorality.

 

[Lance Leander L. Cembrano]

If a Christian sleeps with prostitute, what will happen to him?
Lost his Salvation?

That's sexual immorality, in the form of pre-marital sex. If he is saved, he still has his salvation. Be God will punish him or curse him in this mortal life for his disobedience, even though he knows what he's doing (fornication) is wrong.

 

[Lance Leander L. Cembrano]

Scripture advises to avoid thing that even have the appearance of evil. How is this something borderline that might go one way or another? You would clearly be going there for reasons other than preaching the Gospel.

Really this is about loosing your friends. If you do what they want you to do you have your friends. If you choose God you probably will loose some of them who will call you a weird zealot. But really, how much more will God give you and show you if you take a stand for Him?

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Hear, hear!

 

[Armoured]

Is going to a strip club a sin?

Only if you inhale.

 

[BadHabit]

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

THIS.

A good Christian man has no business in a den of vipers like a strip club. Your friends sound inconsiderate of your feelings and beliefs. Who needs enemies with friends like that?

 

[Lance Leander L. Cembrano]

THIS.

A good Christian man has no business in a den of vipers like a strip club. Your friends sound inconsiderate of your feelings and beliefs. Who needs enemies with friends like that?

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I concur.