Everything is wrong with porn - from its exploitation of the men, women, boys and girls, who are the objects of the content of the shameful material, to its destructive affect on the mind, soul and spirit of the end viewer. It also affects the user’s family and other interpersonal relationships. Pornography is only of temporal benefit to its producers and purveyors. Pornography is a billion dollar business at the expense of societal welfare.CHOOSING LIBERTY OR LASCIVIOUSNESS
The “American” Civil “Liberties” Union (ACLU), activist judges and other so-called “protectors” of “free speech” and “liberty” are actually promoting people’s possible enslavement to an addictive, unhealthy and an abnormal behavior. There is absolutely nothing redeeming in viewing or reading pornographic materials. It is a colossal waste of time and treasure.But some would argue that viewing illicit or indecent materials (as measured by God’s standards, non man's) is a personal choice and is something anyone, including children, should be able to do in a “free” society. To that I say we must have standards in a civilized society. Despite what the secular-humanists espouse, man is no mere animal given only the selfish satisfaction of his needs. No, man is the highest form of God’s creation; we are made in His image and likeness. That is what distinguishes us from a sheep or a frog.
In terms of immorality, making and partaking in pornography ranks with the atrocity of abortion, child abuse, adultery and the perversity of homosexual behavior. Pornography is the antithesis of morality. It is a violation of the basic laws of nature and of nature’s God. God’s plan for sex is that it be fulfilled only in a traditional one-man, one-woman relationship. Therefore sex outside of this relationship is wrong, no matter if the behavior involves adulterous, promiscuous or self-gratification relationships or activities.
The only real solution to STDs, teenage pregnancy, addiction to pornography is sexual abstinence until marriage. The opposite is taught in our government schools. The secular humanistic, hedonistic worldview mocks at this solution and cries condoms and more money for medications to overcome the affects of HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. Ever since the secular humanist religion replaced the true God in our educational institutions we have strayed further away from these truths, including clear teaching of moral absolutes. Our sex and violence oriented media and entertainment industries feeds the wanton desires of a growing pagan society, which includes infecting and assimilating of a growing number of worldly Christians.
PORN POISONS, PRECURSOR TO CRIME
Furthermore, pornography is a prelude to some criminal behavior including rape, child abuse, sexual assault, pedophilia etc. Adult bookstores and movies with provocative sexual content should be labeled Hazardous to your mental, social and spiritual well being. It is toxic, more harmful to humans than cigarettes or any pollution. It is after all, mind pollution, plain and simple!
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
Avoid pornography, don't buy-into its allure, don't purchase it, don't view it . . . easily said, but more difficult to do. But as the Bible, the Word of God, says, "With God all things are possible.' . . .
The only real solution is for each individual, starting with those who are true followers of Jesus Christ, is to repent of our personal wickedness and to embrace and follow God’s plan for our lives. He tells believers in the Bible that we are to be holy as He is holy. What? Yes, that is God’s standard. Wow, that is definitely not the world’s standard, just the opposite.
God made us with a free will. We are not robots. We are free to make choices in many areas of our lives. We ultimately choose how we live and what behaviors we do. We can choose to obey God or we can choose to ignore Him and live for only for ourselves. We have that degree of freedom. Why then would be choose to give that control to our lower natures and expose ourselves to becoming addicted to sex? Why would we allow our passions to control us and not principles? Why? Man is in a fallen condition. Man has a depraved nature.
There is, however, ultimate hope in Jesus Christ, who is God’s provision, to overcome our lower nature and to enable us to live in a higher realm here on earth in preparing us for our more permanent destiny. It all starts with giving our lives over to God, through the means of His Son, Jesus Christ. A few days ago we celebrated Christmas, which commemorates the birth of the Savior. In a few months we will be celebrating Easter, when we remember the Resurrection of the Savior. In between the Birth and Resurrection, Jesus, who was fully God, became man, suffered and died for our sins on a cruel Cross. It is only through Jesus that anyone can have the hope of an eternal relationship and fellowship with God.
The Bible talks about two paths or ultimate outcomes of our lives will lead. Despite what the man-is-god philosophers say, earth is not our ultimate destination. We live and we die, yes, but our souls live on forever. We are not reincarnated, but we do exist beyond the grave. There are two possible fates that await us.
One destination is everlasting separation from God. This is the ultimate state of existence for anyone who rejects the provision of Jesus to restore them to God. Hell is real and hell is in essence an existence totally devoid of God. As the Bible so well states this is the broad way which leads to destruction. The other is a narrow way, which leads to life.
The other destination or ultimate state of existence is in the presence of God forever. Contrary to the teachings and beliefs of Mormons or Muslims or any other religion for that matter, we do not earn our way to heaven. Entry or access to heaven only comes to us through a personal relationship with the Savior, Jesus Christ.
THE ULTIMATE CHOICE
At some point in our lives here on earth we must deal with what to do with Jesus. We either reject or we accept Him. We must have accepted Him as our personal mediator or reconciler to make us in right relationship with God. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to (God) the Father except through Me.”
The key is the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We must realize that God loves each of us uniquely and unequivocally. But, at the same time we must acknowledge that we are sinners, wicked individuals, hopelessly lost and apart from God. We must accept by faith that Jesus died for our sins, evil, indiscretions and wrongs. Through a free act of our will (choice) we must ask Jesus to come into our lives and to live, to guide and to help us to live up to the standards that God sets forth in the Bible, His Word to a fallen race of man. How do we do this? We can do this through a simple heartfelt conversation with God.
See these related AGC articles:
Pornography Exposed, People Exploited
Sex Businesses Deceptive Campaign and Why God's People Hate it
Porn is goodness. God is dead. And your article needs to bite the wax tadpole.
ReplyDeleteexcellent! it is such a problem and you have pointed it out. niven, sounds like he has a major problem but does not want to admit it.
ReplyDeleteCalling it an addiction is unnerving, even the DSM-IV does not include the term anywhere, instead they use the term 'substance dependency'. You might want to consider people who can not stop abusing it as compulsive and obsessed, but they aren't hurting anybody by using the 'net.
ReplyDeleteWhat porn does, basically, is to dull the senses.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, there is no personal, human contact that can ever satisfy the lust that results from porn. Therefore, the one who participates in porn, is encapable of having any actual, true relationship.
This pretty much cuts off the porn addict, from anything real.
Seems to me, a sad situation. I'd hate to think that my life would consist of nothing more social than, say, the internet. How cold is that?
It would also seem to me, it truly does cause sex crimes, in that someone who is truly addicted cannot find satisfaction in a relationship. There would have to be more....more.....more