Sinful Spaces ((full)) -

What makes a space "sinful"? It is rarely the bricks and mortar themselves. A church basement is holy; that same basement, converted into a speakeasy with a hidden door, becomes a den of iniquity. The sin is in the programming and the permission .

Overt sinful spaces can be regulated, taxed, and made safer. Underground sinful spaces—the unmarked basement, the hidden rave, the trafficker’s back room—are where real harm festers. The Dutch red-light district and the Las Vegas Strip are not monuments to chaos; they are highly controlled, fire-inspected, and surprisingly bureaucratic zones of tolerated transgression. sinful spaces

Some theological discussions use the term to describe environments (like certain music venues) where the presence of God or the Holy Spirit is debated. What makes a space "sinful"