I was hesitant as to whether I should post this thread. After discussing it with God I decided it was an important issue, and may help someone out.
I have a couple of Christian friends. They were married and have one child, but sadly they are divorced.
Both of them think it's ok to view porn.
They don't believe it harms anyone. I asked them if they think God's ok with it, but they had no answer - they both sat looking dumb. They both continue to view it, I'm sure.
I thought I'd give my friends here my take on the subject.
I won't go into any ugly detail, but I believe my point will come across. Here it goes.
I am turning 43 tomorrow. I am married, and we have three teenaged sons and a foster daughter.
Even when I was a young man I never liked porn, it felt wrong. I was wild when I was younger; I did drugs and drank. I was the lead singer of a semi-successful rock band here in Canada, so I also had more than my share of women around me. I had attended parties where someone would put a porn video on, and I would leave the room. The part about that which made me proud was, being a singer I always had "followers" around me, and when I left a room where porn was being viewed, they would ask me what was up, and I would tell them what I thought about porn. In the end, many of these people admitted that porn made them uncomfortable, but they didn't want to seem "wimpy" so they pretended they were into it. So after that came out, it gave these folks the courage to also leave the room, or to turn it off.
I always respected women. My fellow band members were sex fiends and treated women poorly. They acted as if it was some kind of contest to see who could bed the most women. I was a "freak" because I refused to sleep with a woman unless I was in a relationship with her. Now that I am born again, I regret even doing that. I believe that we should wait until we are married to have sex.
I went through a period when I was addicted to drugs where I would fantasize about women. I would act my fantasies out with my present girlfriend, and now that I look back on it, I am severely disappointed and ashamed of that time of my life. I never forced or hurt anyone, but it was pure lust, and that is a dark, unloving action.
I overcame my drugs and drinking after I had an experience with God. God actually spoke to me one night. He called me by my name and spoke to me.
After that, I came into contact with a couple of strong Christian people who got me on my path to Jesus. In the following years I was healed of my addictions, and my life took a drastic turn for the better. I quit the band just as we were in negotiations to sign with WEA. My friends in the group didn't speak to me for years after that. I have a good relationship with the guitar player now.
From time to time I find myself having an impure thought pop into my mind. I'll see a pretty woman, and before I know what's going on I'll have this thought. I found a fantastic way of stopping it. Whenever it would happen I would tell satan to "go away" I would call him a liar, and demand that he stop in the name of Jesus. I would do this in my head, so as not to freak out any bystanders!
It really works. The thoughts are very infrequent now. If we would all be honest, we would admit that this happens to all of us, both men and women, it's one of satan's most vile weapons. The good news is that we have a loving God who will never leave us alone to fight these kinds of attacks.
Porn is one of satans most destructive weapons. It demeans women and men. It leads to all manner of devious behaviour.
I watched a news special the other night that brought me to tears. There are men in America who travel to third world countries in order to have sex with children. A group of rescuers went under cover with hidden cameras in order to rescue these poor innocent babies from the scum that sell them and the scum that buy them. These babies are as young as 6 and 7 years old! I was almost sobbing when I actually saw these wee babies lined up for inspection by their adult attackers. They were shoped out by their relatives in some case. Even some of their own parents would sell them! These innosent little lambs were actually laughing and playing with each other, because at the point of the filming, they were being presented as virgins, and had not been raped yet!! My God, I'm crying again just thinking about it. Please! Please pray for these little angels, and may God curse those who would do such evil to these poor babies! Thank God for the fires of Hell, so that those scum will get what's coming to them! The filth that would do such evil to these sweet little babies are headed for an eternity of fire.
Back in America, the news team caught up with one of the scum that had sex with some these children. He was a doctor!
He said he was drugged at the time, or drunk, and he was not responsible for whatever may have happened. They actually got this goof on tape bragging about the "sweet young thing" he had purchased for $300, and how he could keep them for three nights for that price!!
I dare not express publically what I would do to such scum if I ever had the chance.
Pedophiles and sexual offenders all have at least one thing in common - they all started out looking at some from of porn. It was "innocent, harmless fun"! After a while the porn wasnt enough for them, they wanted to act out what they were seeing (sound familiar ladies?) All molestation and rape begins with a thought. The perpetrators have the thought in their minds then they plan their attack then they execute the attack. Looking at porn places thoughts in our minds. The act cannot take place unless the thought is there first. Think about that my friends. Isnt it better to fill your mind with good thoughts? The world would be a much safer place for all of us.
There is no excuse for anybody who claims to be Christian to legitimize any form of porn. It's just as vile for non-believers, but especially so for those of us who claim to love Jesus.
Ladies, if your husband is Christian, and he thinks God is ok with his porn, please tell them to get rid of it! Give him an ultimatum - he keeps his porn, or his wife, period! God will not welcome a lustful heart into His home. So your husbands are actually trading their eternal souls for a few years of viewing porn. satan loves this.
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