tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8932732663012167584..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Porn Covers UpPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-50550813373004999992015-11-14T13:02:11.675-06:002015-11-14T13:02:11.675-06:00@Janis: far from chattel, the women who pose for ...@Janis: far from chattel, the women who pose for these rags are free agents using their stock in trade to generate income; the pron worrld is up to its giblets in human trafficking, but this is completely voluntary.Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-18359900701877979222015-11-13T09:54:08.669-06:002015-11-13T09:54:08.669-06:00On top of all the illicit sexual desires (from bot...On top of all the illicit sexual desires (from both sides), never forget covetousness. This sin may easily precede actual sexual sin. Fenimism is right on one count (I can't think of any others): Women are chattel in these types of magazines. Doesn't that combine the breaking of two (actually three) of the commandments? And the temptation goes both ways; women can covet another woman's husband as easily as any man.. <br /><br />Playboy covering up will likely make no difference to the rest of the world of porn. Indeed, if there had never been a Playboy magazine, we would have managed these sins all on our own. It's the horrors of twisted, devious sins promoted in media, the degree and collateral damage that is diffferent/worse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060779600417891751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-19281512453710122062015-11-13T09:33:14.306-06:002015-11-13T09:33:14.306-06:00"We as Lutherans can be proud....?" Int..."We as Lutherans can be proud....?" Interesting comment but untrue. . Since the beginning, people of both genders, including Lutherans, struggle with their sexual and biological longings, with or without the presence of pornography in our culture. Since I am nearly 71 years old, I did not see pornographic material in my early youth. It was not culturally acceptable or moral in the post war years. But....there were still movies with attractive stars and neighborhoods filled with beautiful women, and sexual attraction and impure thoughts still managed to find their way into my innocent adolescent brain. I saw evidence of the power sexual desire holds by observing my small town and the adults who lived nearby. The Episcopal minister who had a wife and two boys...and a girlfriend on the side....until he indiscreetly pursued her in view of his congregation and was exposed. A local Catholic priest in the church I attended was a deviant who targeted altar boys. I was an altar boy, and we knew this. Eventually, decades later, he was exposed and removed from the Catholic Church. Many evidences of sexual misconduct led me to believe that pornography alone will not lead to sexual misconduct. When David gave into desire, he committed adultery with Bathsheba. Every day, someone, Christian or non Christian, gets involved in an affair, unable or unwilling to consider the consequences, loss of reputation, destroyed marriages. If all the pornography in America were outlawed tomorrow, there would still be illicit sexual activity. I believe in marriage and fidelity, and that men should marry early and remain monogamous, as should women. The Bible, knowing the physical needs and urges of people, notes it is "better to marry than to burn." I suppose the easy availability of Internet porn is another Satanic tool against especially the Christian male...and for this reason it is important to guard one's heart and mind. But the culture in which we live, the way women dress, media images....all present a daily temptation to sexual thoughts to all men in our society. We cannot avoid thoughts at times, given the continuous imagery, but we are still to make every effort to remain pure. In this area, where few pastors like to seriously talk about, spiritual warfare rages.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-6077221749199884122015-11-13T08:52:23.452-06:002015-11-13T08:52:23.452-06:00We as Lutherans can be proud of the women and men ...We as Lutherans can be proud of the women and men in our congregations that have found ways of experiencing and expressing an image of Godliness. <br /><br />There are no values in pornography in terms of mutual trust, self-image, gender relations. It truly is about buying/selling and surely is a satanic business. ErnestOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077415409728022160noreply@blogger.com