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**dexterljohnthefinanceguy** · 12-04-2010, 08:13 PM

I personally can't buy into this idea although I think it is very prevalent, even outside of religious circle - witness the adage "what goes around comes around".

As for thinking that everyone who has HIV/AIDS is either sexually promiscous or a prostitute, I think the idea is absurd and may reflect a negative view of sexuality in general - a problem that has always haunted Christianity in the guise of "the original sin".

I think, though, that having "a reason" for such misfortune makes it somewhat easier to bear.

12-04-2010, 08:13 PM	#2
dexterljohnthefinanceguy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 626 Senior Member	I personally can't buy into this idea although I think it is very prevalent, even outside of religious circle - witness the adage "what goes around comes around". As for thinking that everyone who has HIV/AIDS is either sexually promiscous or a prostitute, I think the idea is absurd and may reflect a negative view of sexuality in general - a problem that has always haunted Christianity in the guise of "the original sin". I think, though, that having "a reason" for such misfortune makes it somewhat easier to bear.
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