Written
by Mel and Julie
This article is about the dangers of adult pornography
and does not necessarily go into depths of the dangers of child pornography; that
is an issue all onto itself!
First, we want to make several things clear: we do not believe men are the only
offenders. That brings us to the other
thing we want to make clear: we do not see pornography as just naked pictures,
but sex scenes in movies and books can be pornographic as well. People, particularly women, can be just as
addicted to smutty novels as men can be to naked pictures of women.
Society will tell you it is the spouse’s fault if
his/her mate looks at pornography. Julie
just read a statement yesterday that said something like, “your husband looks
at pornography because you are not properly arousing him and you must work
harder to do so.” We wish we had copied
the statement, but it was on MSN under an article about sex myths in
marriage. Well, the writer of the
article just wrote a BIG LIE! Just like
it is not your fault if your spouse
cheats, it is not your fault of
he/she looks at porn! It is the offender who needs deliverance from sin.
Matthew
5:28 “But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has
already committed adultery with her in
his heart.
Pornography is not a victimless sin. Your family will always suffer if you allow
viewing such filth to corrupt you. If you make it clear that you do not see
anything wrong with looking at naked women to whom you are not married, you are
teaching your children it is okay to demean women and that their mother is not
enough for you. You are raising them to
be disrespectful of women and see women as only sexual objects. If you have/had a daughter, how would you
feel if men were ogling her the way you lust over someone else’s child?
Jeremiah
23:24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not
see him?” says the Lord; “Do I
not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
Yes, we are very well aware that most of the people
in the magazines and web sites are there by their own choice. Yet, the viewer does not know this as
absolute fact. That young-faced adult
could very easily be a child forced into the sex trade very much against his/her
will. Now, you are not only supporting
smut, you are supporting robbing children of their innocence. Do you think those viewers ever think of
that? They would if suddenly their
missing child showed up on a pornography site.
This does not just happen in foreign countries; sex trade for under age
children is a very real problem in this country too.
Mark
4:22 “For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything
been kept secret but that it
should come to light.
It is a proven fact that pornography creates serial
killers and rapists. Ted Bundy is
probably one of the most notorious serial murder/rapist that admitted his
addiction to porn is what peak his interest in killing. We are not saying all who are addicted to
porn become killers and/or rapists, but it is a very, very real trend. Just as an alcoholic starts to need more and
more booze to get him drunk, so the smut addict needs more and more provocative
images to turn him on. He searches out
other types of porn, often leading to live performances, and when he cannot get
satisfaction, it is a very real possibility he will take it by force.
Pornography is so easily acceptable that men/woman
of all ages are walking around continually seeking visual stimulation. The way women dress becomes more and more
obscene every year. Women and even children dress in shorts so short their butt
cheeks hang out, their tops are see-through, and they have no problem bending
over in a skirt so short you know what color underwear they have on. There is very little modesty left in our
society. It makes it very difficult for
those who choose to dress modestly because men have been trained to believe
that all women want is to be drooled over and gawked at. We hate this because we are married and
extremely loyal to one another. Also,
because it makes Julie’s skin crawl as she does not know what these strange men
are thinking as they very openly lean their heads out of car windows to stare,
or very obviously look her up and down.
It has gotten to where she hates going out in public at all and very
rarely goes alone. It is because men are
so full of lust they see every woman as a sexual object and have no problem
making her feel uncomfortable. And it
doesn’t matter if he has a wife with them or if we are together as a very
obvious couple!
Pornography is also a huge problem with Christians
because the church has the culture well ingrained within it. Mel was shocked by
a comment made by a leader of a home Bible study group. He asked the people, “Do you know why over
50% of Pastors view some form of pornography?”
Then he remarked, “Because they are human that’s why.” This man is the product of the modern day lukewarm
church that tolerates everything. God’s Word teaches us that we must repent of
our sins and be born again in order to be saved. To be born again means to put
off our old sinful nature and to become a new creation in Christ. God’s Word is clear that we must not touch
what is unclean!
II
Corinthians 6:17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the
Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”
Here are some startling
statistics: The photograph was invented
in 1839, and in just 11 quick years the word “pornographer” was seeded into our
dictionary. Pictures of prostitutes were sold at an alarming rate. When
surveyed, 53% of men who attended Promise Keepers said they viewed pornography
that week. More than 45% of Christians admit that pornography is a major
problem in their home. An anonymous survey conducted recently by Pastors.com
reported that 54% of pastors admitted viewing porn within the last year. In an
online newsletter, 34% of female readers of Today’s Christian Woman admitted to
intentionally accessing Internet porn. One out of every six women who read
Today’s Christian Woman say they struggle with addiction to pornography
(Today’s Christian Woman, Fall 2003). The problem is that the churches are
failing to preach on repentance, as well as holiness and have replaced the
truth with their form of perverted grace doctrine. There is not grace for un-repented
sins. Christ’s atonement on the cross is only for sins that we repent of, as
well as sins committed in ignorance.
This is not an easy subject to end, so we will end
with this:
Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever things
are true, whatever things are
noble, whatever things are
just, whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely,
whatever things are of good
report, if there is any virtue
and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”
