Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!OWUCOMCN!MJMCCULL From: MJMCCULL@OWUCOMCN (Mike McCully) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: Drug money and Christian ethics - MJM Message-ID: Date: 11 Jan 90 15:35:00 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 13 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Original_To: BITNET%"christia@finhutc",MJMCCULL As long as we are discussing hypothetical situations about being a lawyer and so on, here's another one: Say that in your neighborhood a poor boy becomes incredibly rich through drug dealing. He offers to donate $100,000 to your church for the purpose of evangelism, helping the homeless, or some other worthy cause. You know that his money has been earned through the destruction of many young lives, that is, it is essentially "blood money". Do you accept this money? Would it make any difference if he repented first, gave up drug-dealing and joined your church (the Zaccheus parallel; but it's still blood money)? Mike