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mmm, there’s an alternative. Pray that they meet God! Maybe it seems ‘easier’ to ask God to put them out of business, or to attempt to do it ourselves, but far better that people come to God & that changes things? What chance do these employees have of knowing God if His people are trying to put them out of business? Far better to do as Jesus says & attempt to do some good for them, they may see Him in those kind of actions. I’m not comfortable with the idea, if it was to succeed, of sacrificing the jobs of 98% of the employees who’re doing nothing wrong.

I guess the other thing for me is that if you have the understanding that you talk about, then seeing the images shouldn’t make a lot of difference. If I value people as loved by God then why would I be affected by the other message that people are objects? OK, I’d prefer that IPC also understood that, but they’re not to be attacked, they’re to be treated well. Jesus’ harsh words were always for people who claimed to know God but acted hypocritically.

So I’m not saying do nothing, I’m saying pray for them that they will realise His presence. Pray for His people who already work for the company that they’ll be a great influence there. Jesus promised that he would act, not just answer, but act, if we pray according to who He is & what He would do. So why do some prayers seem unanswered? Because in God’s judgement that’s for the best. We need to align ourselves with His heart for people. We need to care about offenders as well as victims.

Happy to be shown that I’m missing something here!

You’re right, but same as with the Pharisees, these guys were doing it under the guise of God’s work, i.e. in the Temple courts. It actually says He did it to fulfill prophecy, and actually there’s nothing to say that they weren’t back in business the next week.
Whereas people accused by the religious people of being ‘sinners’ – tax collecters, adulterers, prostitutes, those were the people that Christians have sometimes had a habit of condeming, but Jesus spent time with them. The people you mention who produce the wrong stuff are just another example.

He seemed to be most annoyed by religious hypocrisy rather than much of the other stuff. Everyone else needs to be shown the life they’re missing out on. It seems the ones hiding behing religion are the ones who need the biggest shocks.

I’ll shut up now as I guess once something’s in print it’s hard to change position. But we all need to constantly learn, I used to think I knew a lot of stuff that was more complicated than I thought.

apologies Sam, I confused you with the poster…

So a lot of those titles do not even have pornographic images in them, seems a bit extreme to target titles which cater to a particular group, unless horse and hound has been getting more racier lately. I also see that the Sun, and the Sport aren’t on that list FHM= once a month, those two ‘papers’ everyday, what is the bigger threat