Comments by "Maksie0" (@Maksie0) on "Can Sex Workers and Pastors Find Middle Ground? | Middle Ground" video.

  1. Strongly disagree.
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  2.  @ikbeneenaardbei4896  "Because it's real" doesn't really answer the question
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  3.  @christopheroluwasona66  Aren't facts supposed to be demonstrable?
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  4. Got an ETA on that?
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  5. Sounds to me like you're the one with issues.
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  6. Why would it need to be "justified"? It's work. Does a grocery store clerk need to "justify" their grocery store clerk work?
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  7. Are you serious? Christianity seems pretty anti-humanity to me. I always hear about how we're so awful and terrible and deserve to go to the spicy torture world, and how we're so lucky that Jesus gave his life for us.
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  8. You are the lowest of society.
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  9. But it is a book, and it is very old
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  10. Seems like a change for the better.
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  11. Plenty of people fuck without getting "spiritually bonded" whatever that even means.
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  12. How do you know?
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  13.  @christopheroluwasona66  🙄
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  14. Sex is sex. If you wanna claim "souls" are involved, prove it.
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  15. Who cares what you think, Mike?
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  16. Our respective parents
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  17.  @blakeemel3819  Their parents
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  18. Anyone who thinks these people deserve death is a vile person.
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  19. Not everyone is part of your religion.
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  20. "Satanic laughter"? What the fuck
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  21. No, farming is hoe work. pErIoDt!!1
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  22. This is why no one respects you.
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  23. Why should I put in effort to decipher an ancient collection of stories?
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  24. It's not consistent with observable reality, and there's no demonstable evidence for its supernatural claims.
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  25. There's the genesis account that goes counter to what we know about the origins of the human species, the Noah story that objectively did not happen as the world has never been fully submerged in water (not would the ark as described be physically possible, and apart from that just claim upon claim upon claim of supernatural things that have not met their burden of proof. We know that people do not come back to life after three days, and that people don't walk on water.And no one has ever demonstrated observable evidence of a god. It's strange that such a powerful being would be completely invisible and undetectable. The world that Christians claim was created and designed by a god is indistinguishable from one where he never existed.
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  26. People say the same about Islam, Buddhism, Scientology, etc.
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  27. I'm pretty sure a defining aspect of a slave is that they aren't paid
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  28. Why's that?
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  29. Before I start worrying about things "hurting god", someone ought to demonstrate that this god character exists in the first place
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  30. How is it not?
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  31. I guess everyone without a womb got off easy on that one.
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  32. You're sounding very silly right now
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  33. Sex outside of marriage is the epitome of normal. All other animals have sex outside of marriage. We primarily did too, until we invented marriage. A lot of us still do.
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  34.  @allofchristforalloflife8437  Sure there is. Humans are a social species, and as such, we've developed a sense of morality based on common well-being. And you and I are men, and you and I are also primates, mammals, and animals.
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  35.  @allofchristforalloflife8437  If by "evolutionist" you mean someone who accepts the scientific consensus held by the vast majority of biologists, sure.
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  36.  @allofchristforalloflife8437  You're right! However, as professional biologists are experts in the field and all of them apart from a very small minority support the scientific theory of evolution, I feel like we can trust their expert opinion. Especially considering that for evolution to become a scientific theory in the first place, demonstrable evidence is necessary. Otherwise it would still be a hypothesis. If at this point a scientist presented new evidence that disproved evolution it would turn the entire field of biology on its head and probably earn them a nobel prize.
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  37.  @allofchristforalloflife8437  Because, again, we're a social species. And as such we've developed social rules that help us get along better with each other. You seem to have this idea that morality only works if it's some sort of ultimate morality. I don't see what that has to do with the original argument though.
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  38.  @allofchristforalloflife8437  Until this god has been demonstrated to exist, I couldn't care less about what people claim he demands from humans. From my perspective as an atheist, Judeo-Christian values are as much a product of evolution as anything else, considering we as humans came up with these traditional morals. I simply don't think they're good ones. Perhaps they worked for an ancient society where personal freedom was seen as less important than other things. Especially if you weren't a man, and double especially if you were anything but cisgender and heterosexual.
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  39.  @allofchristforalloflife8437  This discussion is moving all over the place. You seem to find it difficult to stick to one subject. Anyway, I'll indulge you again. By "good" I meant "effective at promoting human happiness and preventing suffering". I don't know what gives you the idea that I use Dawkins as an authority on these things. As for the world being "made by random chance", that seems like a bit of a strawman. All evidence points to the earth being formed by the natural process of accretion. Not something guided by a sentient being, sure, but not what I'd call "random chance". When a drop of rain falls from a cloud to the ground, no one is moving that drop. But it's not moving by random chance either. It's simply the natural process of gravity at work.
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  40. You say that like being a pastor is more "honorable" than being a sex worker.
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  41. I've never seen a soul or a spirit, I can't say I'm convinced. Monogamy seems like a human invention to me. One that you can choose to make use of or not.
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  42. I was kind of hoping to see more in-depth discussions in the comments, but most of it seems to be "sEx WoRkErS rUdE"
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  43. The sex workers weren't unreasonable. Just unapologetic. And more power to them for that.
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  44. What's wrong with orgies?
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  45. I don't see how an orgy is mutually exclusive with proper hygiene.
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  46. Your god's gonna tell me why people can't take a shower and then participate in an orgy?
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  47. Why?
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  48. It is an old book though
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  49. Making people feel good isn't a positive effect?
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  50. No we don't though.
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  51.  @farihinazman1141  I dunno, you brought "we" into it.
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  52. Not "some strange man or woman", but their teacher.
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  53. A bunch of religious people preaching about their irrational supernatural beliefs makes for a terrible conversation.
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  54. Maybe that's how you prefer it, but that doesn't mean it should be the default for everyone.
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  55. How are you gonna forbid an adult from doing something?
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  56. What exactly do you mean when you say you "don't agree with homosexuality"?
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  57. My body is a meat machine full of organs and covered in skin and hair. It, and any genitalia that may be dangling from it, belongs to me, not to your chosen deity.
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  58. Does that mean that urologists and gynaecologists are all going to hell?
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  59. "Sexual soul attachment" is real? It hasn't even been demonstrated that "souls" exist, let alone that mashing genitalia together has any impact on them. This is silly.
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  60. "Christian values" from what I've seen are often inherently misanthropic, stating that humans are bad and must beg for forgiveness to avoid being sent to some eternal torture world. Humanistic values put human well-being and happiness first.
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  61. It's evidence of nothing but your confirmation bias.
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  62. This is peak irony. You're accusing people of being brainwashed while claiming that they're agents of an evil supernatural being working to take over society.
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  63. I like having bagels, but only with cream cheese. Therefore, everyone should only eat them with cream cheese.
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  64. Drugs aren't inherently bad either. I hope you're not arguing for the imprisonment of sex workers.
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  65. In excess maybe. Water is harmful in excess as well.
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  66. No thoughtful sentence has ever ended with the word "PERIOD".
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  67. It's an umbrella term for those, along with camgirls/guys, phone sex operators, etc.
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  68. You don't have to respect it.
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  69. Why?
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  70. Sex work doesn't necessarily mean prostitution. And sex work isn't inherently degrading, it's just framed that way in our culture.
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  71.  @DanielSilva-gz1dy  What I do with my penis and balls doesn't involve your deity.
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  72.  @DanielSilva-gz1dy  Sounds like ol' Jehovah needs to learn about consent.
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  73.  @DanielSilva-gz1dy  I agree! Don't see how it's relevant though.
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  74. Yeah, I'm putting my values above those that were thought up over two thousand years ago.
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  75. Yeah well this god also condemns gay marriage and supports infant circumcision, so forgive me if I don't care about his opinion all that much.
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  76. Cool feelings.
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  77. Demons aren't real
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  78.  @zachmoldowan4636  Oh, you're using demons in the figurative sense? I thought you meant like little evil creatures with horns.
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  79.  @zachmoldowan4636  Don't worry, I guarantee that I won't encounter them.
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  80. Too bad Christians in the US don't want teenagers to have decent sex education.
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  81. Ugh, again with the religious stuff. Putting a penis in vagina doesn't "meld your soul with theirs" or whatever. And if you want to convince anyone they're sitting in a chair dangling above a volcano, please give us some demonstrable evidence for the volcano.
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  82. Demons aren't real
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