HOOKAH LOUNGE

[Shawnster]

13 hours ago, minister159 said:

I think you mean, Jefferson Airplane, not the Stones.

Ah yes. I knew that didn't sound right. 

[Gimestr]

I don't find this as a Christian environment.  Even if you don't smoke anything.  Would you go to a gentlemen's club for a lunch buffet?  no you wouldn't.  even if you don't "look" or partake and are there strictly for the lunch specials.  its not a Christian environment.  I find hookah bars to be the same.

 

but then again, scripturally there isnt anything saying that he can't.  so its a conscience issue I guess.  kinda like the GBU about toasting stated.

Edited 20 hours ago by Gimestr

[Shawnster]

17 hours ago, Gimestr said:

kinda like the GBU about toasting stated.

 

No. There is a very big difference. 

 

For one, there is no way to go to a gentleman's club and have lunch but not look.  Unlike a hookah lounge or any other place where a patron must actively engage in the service (purchase something, etc...) the act of looking is completely passive. If one's eyes are functioning, then one see. 

 

For another, nobody would believe someone if they said you didn't look. At least with a hookah lounge it's quite possible to believe someone did not participate. 

 

Bottom line, however, is the perception. What do others think? In the case of a gentleman's club nobody would believe you didnt look and I'm sure a couple of elders would have a serious discussion with the individual. Going to a gentleman's club definitely makes one not exemplary or possibly removed from the congregation. Frequenting a hookah lounge could do the same 

 

Toasting, on the other hand, will not cause a serious conversation with the elders and one is still viewed as exemplary.