Is This a Christian Position

[reba]

Why stop there?
Why not prevent only baptised Roman Catholics?
Why not prevent only people who don't work on the Sabbath?
Why not turn away blacks or Jews?

I'm being serious. Where is line of absurdity draw here?
Why not just exclude everyone who isn't your faith?

You should be able to do so....
You being the owner of an apartment building and wishing to rent only to those of your liking should be your business.

 

[Grazer]

Im pretty sure you can not even ask a prospective tenant about marital status, religion, race or sexual orientation,,,,

I thought as Christians we were supposed to obey all laws

You can and they do as part of ensuring they are complying with equality laws.....spot the irony

 

[joethemechanic]

You can and they do as part of ensuring they are complying with equality laws.....spot the irony

But you can't legally refuse to rent to them based on any of the above mentioned.

And as Christians we have to obey all laws,,,,,

 

[Roof]

But you can't legally refuse to rent to them based on any of the above mentioned.

And as Christians we have to obey all laws,,,,,

The question is stated as a morality question, not a legal question.

The friends apartments location is not mentioned so which set of laws are to be obeyed?

 

[Elijah674]

Yes we all sin and Christians a simple sinners saved by Grace....

I personally to not equate a planed sin in the same regard as (For lack of vocabulary) oops type sin.... Just my personal opinion... based on the laws of the OT

Please dont talk to me about not judging until allow your children to be cared for by the neighborhood child molester.

Joh 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Mat 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.


Both verses are scripture one is not more or less scriptural than the other.

Agreed! (again:yes)

Psalms 19:13 explains what presumptious sins which are knowingly done over & over lead up to. (the Great Transgression)

My wife & I a long while back were a worldly couple. I was in building & remodeling. (a licensed builder in Mi.) We had bought a very nice acre on land just a few hundred feet off I-94 in Mich. We even had the 'spects' all drawn up to build a motel. We very shortly after became sincere Christians and ran across this same question in perhaps a little different way? another way than just this position.

Our conviction ran in several different 'personal' tests. Who can you be accountable to rent to was only one, and then.. we also believed in keeping the Lord's 7th day Sabbath Commandment. So, there was just no way for Jan and myself to do business on the Lord's Sabbath.

--Elijah

 

[abide]

A romantically involved couple living together outside of marriage would put them in the near occasion of sin and under serious temptation. They're seriously playing with fire. Bad idea.

I am sure they are married couples in our society who are living in the same house BUT separate. Sometimes they may each have a lover. What would a Christian landlord do then. He cannot know that they are unfaithful to each other... I think we tend to classify sexual sin as the most grievous. Would he refuse a couple if he knew they had lied on their income tax.

I personally think that the judgment should be left to God.

 

[DarkHorseRising]

Why stop there?
Why not prevent only baptised Roman Catholics?
Why not prevent only people who don't work on the Sabbath?
Why not turn away blacks or Jews?

I'm being serious. Where is line of absurdity draw here?
Why not just exclude everyone who isn't your faith?

Ultimately, you can. The problem is that if you narrow the field of people too much, you'll have difficulty finding a "proper" tenant without months of vacancy while you search.

Also, it's a two way street. If you find a tenant who is perfect in every way, what makes you think they're necessarily chomping at the bit to have you as a landlord?

Common sense works best here. Filter out all the most serious dealbreakers and accept that neither you or your tenant will be perfect. You don't need to be best friends, just have a reasonable working relationship.

 

[elizabethbraddock]

It's his property, he can rent it to whomever he chooses.

Morality aside, it's good business sense. People simply shacking up tend to break up far more often than married couples, necessitating a costly search for new tenants.

This is true, and while I may agree with this person, he is breaking the law by discriminating. He may find himself in deep doo-doo if he is caught.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

A person/owner should have a right who he wants to rent to, personal preference.
If the law says otherwise, then sell the apartment house and get into another line of work.
I rent the mobile home next to me.
I rent to my preference only.
If the law says to me otherwise, I will leave the place empty.
Personal preference.

We are all at a different place in our walk with God.
If he is in the middle of our endeavors, we will ultimately be making the right choices.

 

[hallowbonnie]

"He among you who is without sin, let him cast the first stone"

Everyone lies right? So if you rent an apartment to anyone, technically you are profiting from a sinner. If all sin is the same, then all profit is equally as tainted.

I don't believe your friend should look into this as deeply as he is. He should leave the judging to God, not himself.

couldnt agree more

 

[Christ_empowered]

As long as he's following the law...good for him. The laws in the US are getting more and more restrictive, especially (it seems) with regards to gay people. Christian photographers can't refuse to work for gay/lesbian "weddings." Christian clerks can't refuse to handle marriage licenses for these same couples..."discrimination," you know. The way things are going in the US and Canada are probably indicative of where the US is going, albeit somewhat more slowly. That being the case, it won't be long before any anti-gay, anti-fornication, anti-immorality (generally accepted immorality, of course) is regarded as "hate speech," or something like that. Awesome.

Anyway, as long as your friend is obeying the law and not putting his investments at risk, I think he's doing a good thing.

 

[taikina]

isn't hospitality a christian virtue? forgiveness? isn't the housing situation already bad enough over there?

if i provide this as an example of how christianity can be an outlet for being bad, then i'm putting down christianity and breaking the tos.