Warning: The following article does not reflect in any case my own personal standpoint on prostitution nor any other issues mentioned. This article is rhetorical, intended to stimulate our “stagnant” neurones. If you succeed to draw a personal statement on my own standpoint regarding whether I agree or disagree with the things mentioned, then I advise you to re-read the article as you would have missed the point of it.

Blessed be the hookers, the prostitutes and the army!

Now, before you start thinking “what the flip”, let me take some lines to go over one of the fundamental baseline of Christian theology “thou shall not judge”.

In the book of Matthew chapter 7, verse 1, Jesus says “Do not judge or you too, will be judged”. I am not going to make an exegesis of this verse (although that would be pretty stupid), but I will use it as a trampoline, not to validate my sayings but for you to have a repair of what I am trying to communicate.

Today’s Christianity, or I should say “Christianity” has developed itself into a subsequent form of self motivated organism, self-sufficient in itself to draw rules and doctrines, on which most “stagnant” Christians, based on “morality” and “ethic” have drawn the distinction between accepting certain norms of life and rejecting others.

It is known that evangelicals, charismatics, well any Christians would meet, pray for their dear relatives or close people who serve in the army. Meetings, actually Prayer meetings would be held for those who serve their country; and God, Jesus would be asked to protect them, to make them safe and bring them back home.

Now let me put this in perspective.

Asking God, to bring the soldier safe back home is not different to ask Him to help the soldier kill his adversary (in case this one is in an engaged war zone); think about it, “protect him” and “bring him safe”… well if the soldier is fighting the “enemy”, and both are firing at each other… well the most probable case to have the “soldier” (whom people prayer for) back home safe, is that he wins the battle (so 90% that he kills his enemy).

Now….

Why does Christianity “accepts” and “blesses” the soldiers but do not bless the “hookers” ?

Lot of people would say well the “soldier” is serving his country, it is his job. Well isn’t the hooker working too? aren’t both making a living? one way or another, they get “cash” no?

Can you say one is “clean cash” and the other one “dirty”… if you are making the assumption that one is better than the other, in most of the case that being a soldier is better than being a hooker, then you are saying that “killing” is better than “having sex”.

Think about it for a second… which one is worse?

or not… don’t try to think about it, but wonder…

So next time you would pray for the “soldiers” in Irak or any other part of the world, would you also pray for the hookers, that God protects them, brings them safe back home, blesses them? Would you pray that they have a “good” time and “safe” time while on “duty”? I mean, you would do the same for the soldier, right?

See… why are the majority of Christians making the clear cut between “army” and “prostitution”? how could people come to such a state that their conscience is just giving them a positive attitude towards a man who takes the life of others… while the image of a girl who takes off her clothes and engage in sexual intercourse brings discuss?

why?… do you know why?

maybe because we are probably way off what Christ had taught us? way off what Christianity truly is?

It takes time to realize that maybe in our worship of God, we sometimes find ourselves off… off from knowing how to approach life? to approach true fullfilment…

This post is just an attempt… yes a provoking attempt to make you reflect on many other issues (not only the army and prostitution), but many others, upon which today, Christianity has drawn a middle line (I accept this because it “feels” right and I reject this because it doesn’t).

“quando il troppo storpia” - when too much makes it crooked.

till the next time, peace to you all,

Ali

postscript: as I do in all my articles, I ain’t going to tell you what to think… lots of people complain that I do not pursue my thoughts! why? because you are the one who should purse it, stop waiting for people to think for you, think for yourself…