Christian Bribes
Isn’t it interesting to watch how so many Christians decide to spend their money? While I, a sex-blogging agnostic, donate money to the Red Cross to help people in need many Christians tend to donate their money to other more questionable causes:
The owner of a strip club says he’s considering a six-figure offer from a church to buy and shut down the location.
Bill Martin, owner of the Just Teazin club in Painesville Township, 25 miles northeast of Cleveland, declined Thursday to identify the church or when he might decide whether to accept the unsolicited offer.
His club has been the target of protesters who object to it operating in the community.
Martin said it was a legitimate business protected by the Constitution. “I’m a strong believer in the U.S. Constitution. Until we become more like the Taliban, I don’t see why people have a problem with upholding the Constitution,” he said.
So, instead of donating their money to the poor and needy, these Christians are trying to buy out strip clubs in order to shut them down. How clever… and evil. There is nothing worse than a Christian trying to convert you and change society into his/her ideal image.
The sad thing is that this is not the first time that this strip club owner has received an offer to purchase a club. Apparently, Union Congregational Church bought one of his former clubs in 1996 for $36,000.
This makes me wonder… how many other strip clubs have been bought and shut down by Christian churches? I can just see them scheming in their little bible study groups… Hey guys, I’ve got an idea… instead of feeding the hungry, let’s pool our funds to shut down the local strip club! We can give the owner a paycheck of a few hundred thousand dollars and then we can convert all the strippers to join our campaign for the second coming of the son of God! …Lunatics…
This reminds me of how Christians in the US were sending money up to Canadian conservatives earlier this year to try and prevent same-sex marriage legislation. Well, I’m happy to say this to the fools who donated their money to this anti-humane cause: HAHA… YOU LOST.
Signed, Ms. Kitka
November 4th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
His reply should be that he’ll shut down his club if and only if they close down their church and no new church(es) take its place. He should object that him, his employees, and his clients all think their organization is a bad influence on the community.
Or maybe he Larry Flint’s empire should start buying Churches and converting them into strip clubs, because if its one thing we all know, those crazy conservatives have a hard time turning down $$$.
November 4th, 2005 at 6:44 pm
Oh get a grip and go to church. Your anti-Christian bloviating is predictable.
November 4th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
Hey bobster, if YOU don’t like it, change the channel.
It’s all nice and dandy that you dissaprove of Ms. Kikta’s anti-Christian comments… but what about the intolerant attitude hard-liner Christians have against ANYTHIG that doesn’t fit in with their religious values? Aren’t we allowed to dissaprove of that? Aren’t we allowed to speak against something we find unfair?
If there’s one thing I can’t stand in this world is someone trying to enforce his/her religious beliefs on me. Some have tried. What I noticed is that these people have a very narrow-minded “black or white” view of the world. Sorry to burst their religious bubble, but it’s not that simple. We all live in this greyish area , and we all have to make some effort to meet in the middle of it all.
Can’t we all just… get along?
November 5th, 2005 at 2:45 am
> Can’t we all just… get along?
Don’t say that too looud!
A while ago some poor guy got nailed to a cross for spreading such ideas…
November 5th, 2005 at 12:23 pm
WOW! Rainer that’s hilarious, and space monkey reminded me of a story about mormans.
it’s kind of long so I’ll put it in point form.
-I was walking my dog, and she stopped at a corner and lied down. there was no one in site.
-I go to try and get her to get up and keep walking, only to look up at two mormons who came out of nowhere
-they ask if I want to talk about god, I politely say no
-they continue to talk to me about god
-they ask me if I would like a bible
-I tell them if they give me a bible I will burn it in front of them
-they leave with a disgusted look on their faces
kind of sad how I have to be mean to these guys to get themto leave me alone whilst I’m walking my dog, let alone have them coming to my house every year to try and convert me.
which brings me to my next point about their trickery in talking about god
-I was at home when this lovely looking lady came and knocked on the door.
-she asked me if I cared about the environment (which I do)
-then proceeded to talk about god, I never even seen it coming
November 5th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
I’m so glad I have such a strong anti-Christian following that I can just sit back and watch them defend me from the attacks of fundies.
Just as El Space Monkey has been dubbed General Jorge of the Kitka Militia, Spiklos has just been drafted… welcome to the Kitka Militia, Private Spiklos!
Remember soldiers, we already know that what the fundies are doing is wrong… and knowing is half the battle!
November 5th, 2005 at 2:54 pm
wow drafted I feel special. and as any good soldier does he brings special news to the commander. http://rwor.org/s/evolution_e.htm its lots of reading, but it attacks christian fundamentalists a lot, and shows how the “tactics” they use so we can be aware of what they are doing. although most of the topic is on evolution, its still useful
November 6th, 2005 at 1:49 pm
I think we should scheme to use their money. Let’s set up strip joints and adult bookstores on the assumtion they’ll offer us money. When they do we use that to build an even bigger raunchier bookstore and so on. Tie up their money so they can’t spend it on bible thumping politicians. Well, this does take someone with capital to throw around…but I find the idea amusing.
On an easier to impliment note-think of the people trying to convert you as free labor. Tell them that you don’t believe in god and your soul is surely going to hell. You’d be happy to let them try to convert you if, and ONLY if, they do some work for you WHILE preaching.
Let them preach all they want while washing your car, cleaning your house, doing your laundry. I know some friends who got some Mormons to help build their house using this method. If they’re going to bug you may as well put them to work!
November 6th, 2005 at 5:24 pm
Kitka, for some reason, at the end of your comment, I felt like screaming out “G.I.Joe!”
In conjunction with Spiklos’ story, I had the same problem with Jehova’s witnesses. My dad works with a Witness, who brings him their magazine “Awake!”. My dad reads it for fun, since my dad is Catholic, and a beleiver in God. I’ve browsed through them occasionnaly out of curiosity. Almost like a button that reads DON’T PUSH.
Last time I saw Witnesses at our door, I was blunt: “I don’t believe in God. I tolerate all religions, and appreciate when they don’t try to force their religion down my throat.”
Score 1 point for Jorge… but they wouldn’t give up THAT easily.
“OK, we understand. But have we read our magazine ‘Awake!’? The articles aren’t all about God”
“No, they don’t. But they still have a religious overtone to them.”
I guess I’ve been brand non-convertible, because they haven’t come back since. YAY!!!
According to their religious beliefs, I am going to hell for various reasons, and most probably so are you all. You know what? Considering the company I would keep ‘down there’ compared with the people who are going ‘up there’, let’s just say I will welcome you all with open arms and party hats!!! As usual, BYOB!!!
April 13th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Your blog is interesting and informative. Thank you
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:31 am
“In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
Jude 1:18
May 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I feel very strongly about someones will to provide. If someone or some group doesn’t like a business or establishment, then don’t go. I for one dont like going to strip clubs as I dont see the appeal to spend money on looking at girls while I have a sexy wife at home, and more so I can use the money spent on that for any possession that I could want. But the point I am making is that I just don’t go to these places. I surely don’t waste time trying to organize a way to shut it down. My view is that the owner is making money for his family and the workers are all making money to pay their way through college or to support their family as well. At least you know when you go to a strip club that you can’t touch and you will only be abke to look at them, at least they are honest when you go into one of these clubs, can you say that about attoney’s, car salesmen, politicians, etc? All of these people lie to benefit their cause or their wallets, all in the meantime stating their disgust and dis-approval for others and business’s that they don’t like. In my opinion the disgust lies within themselves and would state to the church, although I love god and hope one day to be sitting next to him after I shall pass, I don’t feel that a business such as a gentleman’s club is the face of the devil or an unsafe establishment, it is a way for myself to support my family without lies, without scamming, and without shoving drugs down poeple’s mouth. That if they have such a problem with one of these clubs to just not go to one and to concentrate on their priests who certainly have more of a disgusting reputation than a club that has woman for viewing pleasure. At least the strippers don’t rape little girls or anything like that, and the people that go to a strip club certainly will have a normal childhood and adulthood, can you say the same thing for the children that were sexually abused by priests that they trust?