Strippers Picket Church

PDN

I was tickled by this story when I was in the States earlier this month.

http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-portland/religion-strippers-bikinis-picket-church-ohio-video

Apparently a Church has been picketing a strip club in Ohio in a depressingly common attempt to force their moral standards onto the rest of the population. The strippers turned the tables and have started turning up on Sunday mornings dressed in bikinis to picket the Church!

"A man reaps what he sows." (Galatians 6:7)

Nailz

Awesome day at Church!

Ush1

Nailz wrote: »

Awesome day at Church!

Exactly!

Might have the effect of more people wanting to head to church to see them!

Zombrex

Ush1 wrote: »

Exactly!

Might have the effect of more people wanting to head to church to see them!

LOL ... praise Jesus, now I'm must going to pop out to er see those terrible immoral strippers outside ... er .. down with this sort of thing ....oh baby!

homer911

If they had any sense they should have invited the strippers into the church...(suitably clothed)

I can appreciate a certain amount of outrage if the strip club is located in an area close to schools or where young children hang out, particularly if graphic images appear outside (there was a recent case in England) but a lot of American Christians seem to go so overboard with their protests that they are just asking for trouble. (Matthew 7:3)

A quiet, dignifed, and occasional protest would have been a far better witness for God

I wonder if any of the license plates noted at the strip club turned up at the church - then the strip club could have put them online!

PDN

Ush1 wrote: »

Exactly!

Might have the effect of more people wanting to head to church to see them!

Judging by the photos of the strippers I doubt if there will be any traffic jams.

Ush1

PDN wrote: »

Judging by the photos of the strippers I doubt if there will be any traffic jams.

Ya never know with those Godless types! Gotta agree though, think they use "exotic" liberally. Sitting on camping chairs smoking a ciggarette like...:pac:

PDN

One of those girls has a belly bigger than mine!

Fanny Cradock

Mercy! They need to work on their signs. Short pity statements, ladies, not essays.

Galvasean

Just watched the video in the link there. It took them 4 years to come up with this plan?

Galvasean

PDN wrote: »

One of those girls has a belly bigger than mine!

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Manach

To scientifically verify PDN's claim surely we need verifiable proof - a photograph of the said belly might be in order?

28064212

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Mercy! They need to work on their signs. Short pity statements, ladies, not essays.

Pithy? Or should they be working the sympathy angle? :pac:

Fanny Cradock

28064212 wrote: »

Pithy? Or should they be working the sympathy angle? :pac:

By coincidence, either could work. Why place unreasonable limits on creative slogan making? Signs are cheap, after all.

PDN

Manach wrote: »

To scientifically verify PDN's claim surely we need verifiable proof - a photograph of the said belly might be in order?

You'd need a bigger monitor for your computer.

loveacca

War a few months ago concerning a certain section of the community going to mass half naked and causing major stress to the mass goers. Love to see the reaction here of a few strippers turning up at mass

The Smurf

loveacca wrote: »

War a few months ago concerning a certain section of the community going to mass half naked and causing major stress to the mass goers. Love to see the reaction here of a few strippers turning up at mass

I'd say a fair few parishioners would fashion cord whips and drive them from the Temple!

Plebs

If you tried to enter church grounds dressed in a bikini top, you'd be refused entry. And rightly so.

Anyway, recreational protesters will eventually get bored and find something else to satisfy themselves with.

The Smurf

Plebs wrote: »

If you tried to enter church grounds dressed in a bikini top, you'd be refused entry. And rightly so.

Anyway, recreational protesters will eventually get bored and find something else to satisfy themselves with.

I'm not so sure. If our local priests are anything to go by, you'd have to attend Mass with no clothes on in order to be certainly refused. However, I think it a disgrace that priests do not speak about modesty of dress. In their desire to 'not offend' they let the people continue in their ways without any hint of correction.

antiskeptic

PDN wrote: »

Judging by the photos of the strippers I doubt if there will be any traffic jams.

You make a habit of looking at photos of strippers?

PDN

antiskeptic wrote: »

You make a habit of looking at photos of strippers?

When it's in the newspaper beside a story about a church? Yes.

antiskeptic

PDN wrote: »

When it's in the newspaper beside a story about a church? Yes.

I've added a 'smilie' to the previous msg in order to better convey the intent.

PDN

antiskeptic wrote: »

I've added a 'smilie' to the previous msg in order to better convey the intent.

So have I to my answer. Lol.

Fanny Cradock

If only all life's misunderstandings could be solved by the addition of a smiley.

Splendour

PDN wrote: »

"A man reaps what he sows." (Galatians 6:7)

If I were that Pastor, I'd 'sow' a few outdoor speakers onto the church and see what it reaps :pac:

Galvasean

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

If only all life's misunderstandings could be solved by the addition of a smiley.

That's a very naive viewpoint. :cool:

Fanny Cradock

Galvasean wrote: »

That's a very naive viewpoint. :cool:

It was more wish than viewpoint