Morning Nostr!
Question of the day: Would you be ok marrying a girl who's a prostitute?
Either Only Fans, Instagram, Striper or in a brothel.
Discussion
"Go and sin no more."
In John 8:11, Jesus commands an adulterous woman to “Go and sin no more.” Why would He say this if it were impossible to stop sinning?
In the last chapter of his Autobiography, entitled "The Man with a Golden Key", GK Chesterton wrote:"When people ask me, or indeed anybody else, "Why did you join the Church of Rome?" the first essential answer, if it is partly an elliptical answer, is, "To get rid of my sins."
He continues, "For there is no other religious system that does really profess to get rid of people's sins. It is confirmed by the logic - which to many seems startling - by which the Church deduces that sin confessed and adequately repented is actually abolished; and that the sinner does really begin again as if he had never sinned."
well.. that's not what she askes lol
but i assume your answer is yes based on this? if she confesses?
Many such cases.
The reasoning is to have them stop their activity through conversion.
Conversion means turning oneself to God.
Focus on that task.
Saint Vitalis was born sometime during the mid sixth century.
For much of his life, he was a hermit monk at his birthplace of Gaza in service to the Church at the monastery of Saint Seridus.
At the age of sixty, he felt called to travel to the city of Alexandria.
His hagiography explains that once he arrived he obtained the name and address of every prostitute working in the city. He then sought work in manual labor, and at the end of each day would give his wages to them.
Afterwards, he would teach each woman about the value of their human dignity and that they shouldn’t be objects of lust, saying “I beg you, take this money and do not sin with anyone tonight.”
His charism was condoned by the Church and pious tradition tells many prostitutes in the city of Alexandria abandoned their work and went on to become wives and mothers or find new employment.
In August 5th, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Afra (died 304), Martyr of the Church, before her conversion was a prostitute born in Cyprus.
We have Saint Mary of Egypt, Saint Pelagia, the penitent as examples of repentance and pursue of sainthood.
Saint Thaïs (pronounced “thigh-ees”), a prostitute who became a nun, was a repentant courtesan in fourth-century Roman Alexandria. She is one of the Egyptian Desert Mothers and a contemporary of St. Augustine of Hippo.
Her feast day is Oct. 8.
There is an Old Testament woman in the book of Joshua: Rahab the harlot, who is counted among the Saints in the Hall of Fame of faith.
There is at least one documented event where a bishop has exhorted prostitutes to leave that sinful life while exhorting men to take those for wives and help them leading a saint life, through marriage.
What if she refuses Jesus and she wants to be married to you but still work as a prostitute?
There is no way outside of His path.
You are literally saying: "What if she refuses Jesus, the Truth in person?"
The opposite of truth is a lie.
There is no sacrament away from Jesus.
There is no repentance and reconciliation for salvation without God.
The Truth is Life.
There is no life with a woman who chose death.
For me thats a no definitely not judging sexwork.
But i whouldnt want that being a part in a relationship.
I had a skipper on a boat I chartered that had married a stripper named Darlene.
They lived in a trailer park and were going through difficulties.
For sure. But it's not "because of". It's "irregardless of".
I dated a former stripper for a while. She was a lot of fun and knew how to party, but she wanted to marry me and that definitely wasn't happening.
The problem is that she was irredeemably broken. She took the job because it was the only one where she could work and drink and do drugs all day without getting in trouble. Most of her best friends are dead from the lifestyle. And she could be a lot of fun and really sweet sometimes, but she was also psycho sometimes.
Aristotle once said "We are what we continually do. Virtue, then, is a habit". In the same way, vice is also a habit, and it's a road some people walk down and it is big and meaningful decision.
Can people change? Absolutely. But the larger the change and the longer you've been the person who needs the change, the more effort is required to do so, and the more will is required to change course. It doesn't just happen, and it doesn't just happen because you think she's beautiful and would like to see her on a better path.