The Agenda of the Pornographer

read the original article from Agape Press by Mary Rettig

My thoughts:


Americans have become such easily led......sheep.


Come up with some sort of reasonable explanation, repeat it often enough and

Wal-la!

It has become FACT....TRUTH....THE ACCEPTED NORM....

This is what has happened to pornography. What once was viewed in darkened theaters or sleazy joints has graduated to the posh and glamorous halls of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, your prime-time television.

Your pornographer has been working overtime to convince you that pornography is an "art" form; it is freedom of speech; it is NOT harmful to anyone.

These are ALL lies. Just as Julia Sugarbaker stated in Designing Women: "I may not be able to define pornography, but I sure know it when I see it." ~~in the episode where she kept running down the newstands cardboard cut-out of a scantily clad women wearing a dog collar.

In Pamela Paul's book, "Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families" she discusses how pornography has changed American life for the worse. In surveys and research, she found that most respondants cited only negatives from the viewing of pornography.

To most Christians this is one of those "well, duh" moments! But for many Americans, they have bought the entire store and not just the bill of goods in regards to pornography. In fact, even though many Americans consider themselves "Christians" they have allowed themselves to become addicted to pornography. These people cannot see the harm of pornography until it is too late. When families are broken and irreparable. When marriages have broken up. When children are in therapy because of a negative view on sex or worse....

Pornography harms men. Men are NOT geared to viewing it, just as they are not geared to sexual promiscuity~~that's just the lie they tell themselves~~to justify this behavior. Once addiction to pornography has taken hold, they are not able to control it~~it controls them. It becomes an obsession. They view women differently and this will have a negative impact on their relationships; in fact, they develop trust and loyalty issues. Pornography takes their focus off their partner [should read wife] and detracts from their own sexual skills.

Pornography harms women. It demeans them. It encourages men to continue to treat them as second class citizens. It is harmful to their marriages, their children, their family. For those who appear in pornography it is harmful to their self-esteem.

Pornography harms children. When children are victims of the pornographer (pedophile), it destroys their innocence, their childhood, their very lives. When children view pornography, they get a warped sense of what sex is~~or should be. The long term damage is yet unknown.

Of course this is one reason the homosexual movement targets the young~~and utilizes pornography to entice, and encourage experimentation with their sexuality.

No matter their age~~very young to adolescence~~ these children are growing up too fast.

They are being deprived of their childhoods~~which should be a time of care-free, innocence and HAPPINESS.

In fact, someday, these same children will be on the future Oprah's and Sally's and Phil's demanding explanations, apologies, perhaps even ACCOUNTABILITY!

Pornography is an addiction. It has associated with it ~~the demon of lust. Which in generations past, was acknowleged as one of the seven deadly sins. Many today scoff at the thought of demons or satan. Just because you don't believe in them, doesn't mean they don't believe in YOU!

Al Pacino's Satan character in "The Devil's Advocate" had it figured correctly~~it has been satan's greatest achievement to convince 'modern' man that he doesn't exist! How easily then to lead mankind astray; to convince him there are no consequences to his actions~~when in fact there are serious ones.

Morality plays use to be big in this country. Our young people of today have no idea what a morality play is. But there was a time when Americans heeded the warnings of these. It was a way to 'experience' the lifestyle~~problem~~ and see the consequences vicariously.

I think, we should all re-experience some of these morality plays if for no other reason than to remind ourselves that there are CONSEQUENCES TO EVERY ACTION WE TAKE IN LIFE.

Some of the absolute best morality plays: ANY Twilight Zone episode; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde; Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Modern ones: The Lord of the Rings trilogy~~it's about GOOD vs. EVIL! The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis; Jurassic Park~Just because we CAN do a thing (scientifically) doesn't mean we always SHOULD do a thing!; the aforementioned "The Devil's Advocate" (**this one does have strong language and sexual content--Pacino's speech near the end is worth it in order to understand satan's agenda~~yes, the devil does have his own agenda as well! It's ~~~ YOU.)

The authors of these works knew human nature~~which unfortunately, hasn't changed in millenia! Proof: try reading the.....Bible!

Pornography exists to make someone MONEY. Your family, your life is in a shambles, but the pornographer doesn't care. He was ALWAYS in it for the MONEY.

So, America, the question is....are you going to continue to be sheep? Or are you going to grow up and think about the consequences to your actions BEFORE you take those actions?

It is the mature person who can see the long-term effects, the consequences, to those actions. It is the selfish, self-centered, immature individual (child) who cannot or refuses to see them.

No, Pornography is NOT normal;

it is NOT hip and

it is NOT harmless.

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