Ronald: Although I disagree with you, it seems, I at least think you are making some good points that I happen not to agree with. Number 4 on your list, however, is not up to your usual debating abilities. I wouldn’t do or bring a lot of things to church that are not sinful. I take a couple of dumps a day, but I wouldn’t squat down and fire one off in the sanctuary. Is dumping a sin just because I wouldn’t do it in church? That’s extreme, but how about this—sometimes I like to fix a pack of Ramen noodles and eat them with alternating spoonfuls of peanut butter. For the potluck, I will probably not bring Ramen noodle-peanut butter casserol. Not because it’s sinful, but because, well, people would not like it and probably think I was a freak. The two examples are different than your number 4, obviously, but the principle is the same: deciding what we would do in/take to church has little to do with the moral soundness of the act. That reminds me of a lady I really respect asking me once if I intended to get down on my knees and ask God to bless my activities before I went into a casino in Las Vegas. She turned up her nose in victory as if her point were won, and I didn’t want to risk making her angry, but what a silly way to “prove” something is wrong. I don’t get on my knees and ask God to bless my activities before I brush my teeth or put my deodorant on or sharpen my pencil. What does that prove? Such arguments originate in the assumptions that the arguer already holds about the activity in question.