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Jon Kuhrt, 4000-odd people out of everyone who must have seen the billboards is not a particularly high percentage in an adult population of 50 million. It worries me that this is an example of minority outrage forcing their definition of what is moral upon a majority. Indeed, how many of this 4000 actually saw the adverts personally, and how many were simply outraged at the thought? Do you really believe these adverts would have forced normally faithful persons into committing adultery, or is it just the thought you find distasteful? I am quite sure those seeking extra-marital affairs will be able to deduce other ways of meeting potential partners. Extra-marital affairs with work colleagues are quite common, so do you propose separating the sexes to prevent facilitating what you consider immoral behaviour?
I do not agree with adultery, but it is not a crime in the UK and no crime was being committed by the advertising of the internet service. Since when do we have a right to not be offended in any manner, even by simple thoughts? We live in a democratic society with freedom of speech, expression and thought. When this becomes eroded by the moral panic of a minority of self declared thought and morality "police", we take a dangerous step towards, at the very least, a nanny state and at worst, oppressive constraints upon our freedoms. Let people make their own decisions and their own mistakes. You do not "know better" than anyone else.

Some positive aspects of the internet and social networking as forces of good, in the way they destroy the myth that Christianity is a homogeneous religion of love and kindness. Christianity is exposed as a fractured and highly bigoted religion with prescriptive fascist anti democratic dogmas and a very long history of repression and genocide. If Christianity had its way there would be no internet or social networking as the history of Christianity demonstrates beyond doubt that it has opposed science and modernism for centuries. One of the particularly nasty facets of Christianity is its ability to use the fractured nature of the church to its advantage, this is amply demonstrated throughout 4thought, to deny and condemn yet affirm and support simultaneously, win or lose an argument Christianity can always claim it was in there? Why was there a need to tell us that he is a Christian? Was it simply to demonstrate that he does not have an original opinion on the subject but is required to take a particular party line? At least for the time being!

I'm so impressed with today topic, finally somebody pointed out about this dangerous games , so well done!

Its hard to say, I diffinately think social media is changing our culture but to say its changing our morality is a string statement. Firstly we need to identifty what, and where morality comes from? Personal I believe morality is something in built, naturally present. And on this basis I believe levels of morality stay roughly the same but does change in contents. So I guess the answer is yes and no...

Jon Kuhrt
Does it really matter if people choose to have Marital Affairs?
It's none of my business.

Good solid functional family units are so very important to how our society functions. The better they work the healthier we are are as emotionally intelligent and functional individuals. Regardless to any religious belief, that a company wishes to actively profit from aiding and abetting the deconstruction of this, has to be morally corrupt.

Throughout history morals have been taught as life skills within the family through each generation. In today's society children are lucky if they see either parent for any longer than a couple of hours a day. And even then it is likely that they would still have their phone etc in hand. We are adults and parents and it is extremely important that WE teach our children right from wrong. And to begin by setting a good example.In the meantime it is hardly surprising that they will be seeking attention from else where. So put YOUR phone ect down and give them some. Maybe give your wives and husbands some too.

Before lecturing the rest of the world on family and morality I think Christians should put their own house in order first. Rather than concentrating on what consenting adults are up to why not expend a little more of their evangelical energy and effort in protecting children from the more fundamental evil that infects Christian morality.
Children who refuse to obey their parents must be executed?.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. -- Deuteronomy 21:18-21
He that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. -- Exodus 21:15
He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. -- Exodus 21:17
Children who mock their parents will have their eyes plucked out by ravens and eaten by eagles.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. -- Proverbs 30:17
Like Abraham, parents should be willing to kill their children for God.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and ... offer him there for a burnt offering.... And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. -- Genesis 22:2,10
God killed all the firstborn children in an entire country.
The LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon.... And there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. -- Exodus 12:29-30
Sometimes God kills children for misbehaving.
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. -- 2 Kings 2:23-24
Someday God will force parents eat their own children.
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. -- Leviticus 26:29
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters. -- Deuteronomy 28:53
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend. -- Jeremiah 19:9
And then there's this statement, which could only be found in the Bible:
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. -- Psalm 137:9

I'm an atheist and I work with the homeless. Pretentious? Moi?