With the spread of smartphones and tablets, a few dangerous trends are also noticed - more and more people get addicted to their electronic devices, including an alarming number of children; and, more and more people indulge themselves in watching pornography, including an alarming number of children.
Source: Covenant Eyes Let’s admit it. It seems we constantly hear how porn is ruining your life. We hear how unethical pornography is and how those who consume it are sinning and on their way to hell. We hear it’s bad to look at sex and nude people on the Internet, magazines, or even sexually explicit movies.
Source: MereOrthodoxy.com - Sex in Movies: Was John Piper Right All Along? So Kevin Spacey is in the news this week for what increasingly appears to be a Weinstein- or Cosby-level history of sexual abuse. In Spacey’s case, however, his typical target was allegedly young boys he met through his work as an actor. The story began when actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of attempting to seduce him when he was only 14 years old. Spacey promptly apologized and tried to distract from the horror of the accusation by coming out as part of his apology. It worked for a minute, but then more victims came forward. Now, predictably, Spacey has announced plans to “seek treatment.”
Porn kills love. Porn kills your brain. Porn kills your soul. Resist the temptation and raise awareness. Source: Fight the New Drug Studies are showing that almost half of kids between ages 10-17 are watching porn online, and nearly 1/3 of teens are sending their own nude photos to each other. These stats only show a glimpse of the fact that our generation is experiencing the total dehumanization of sex, where connection and emotions are being completely separated from physicality, with no thought to what sex actually means.
By Fr. Hans Jacobse Original source. It comes from the depths of hell to destroy their characters before they can grow into a healthy sense of who they are. I am old enough to remember the sexual revolution and its dubious promises that once moral restraints on sexual behavior were removed, a new golden era would dawn in which everyone would live happily, carefree and satisfied.
Today people don't have to be on drugs to utterly destroy themselves. All we need today is internet connection. Internet gives us access to one of the most dangerous plagues in human history - pornography.
We can't prevent ourselves and, most importantly, our kids from all kinds of evil that this world has to offer, but we have to educate ourselves, in order to avoid the most obvious threats to our well-being. The following are two articles on pornography and its threat. Everything Changed the Day I Learned Minecraft Has Sex Mod - is an article on how crafty have gotten, pushing porn even through the games that are rated for "10 and under"! How Porn Affects the Brain Like a Drug - a comparison between cocaine and porn. Think there is no connection between the two? Think twice! |