Yikes.


(That's all I have time for right now. Maybe I'll post more of a response later.)

Quite the point, Jeff. Yes, the increase of pornographic abundance is definitely due to the fallenness of our flesh. But then you could blame the fallenness on Adam and Eve for having partook (?) of the fruit they were told not to eat. But then, of course, Eve coerced Adam to eat of the fruit, so it's more her fault than his. Oh, but hey, it was the serpent (Satan) who influenced Eve to do it in the first place, so yeah, it's his fault. Oh, but the fruit was there to be eaten, so I guess it's really the fruits fault for existing, except that God created that fruit and put it there in the garden, so it's God's fault. In case you haven't noticed, the blame game gets pretty messy.

Yeah, it's our fallen flesh that makes us desire the 10 minute excitement of masturbation with the aid of pornography, but it's our own responsibility to not give in to it. And it's quite possible that the government is doing (much) less than it should to prevent pornography from becoming so overwhelming, but when's the last time you let the government know how much of a problem you had with it? It all comes back to you, the citizen. After all, the people are given the power by the constitution, are we not?

So I don't think it's right that you blame the secret desire, the devil, or the porn stars, Jeff, but it's also not appropriate that Jon blames the whole problem on male Christians.

who screwed up this blog... it looks so ghetto on my computer.

i know... nice way to start a conversation jeff... ive been MIA... from this site for a very long time... hmmmm

the only blog that had anything really recent and really interesting was Jonsblog.... and Kairsies...

I was amazed how thought provoking some of the stuff was

jon writes
"Our country was founded by actions that run in diametric opposition to the Biblical view of government laid out in Romans 13. "Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves." The Declaration of Independence was an act of pure rebellion, which, as fundamentalist parents love to tell their children, is as the sin of witchcraft. We seem to think that because we won we were justified. Nowhere in scripture is victor's justice provided for."

I found it interesting to think about... and I believe to ONLY use Rom 13 to define your worldview is a dangerous way to live. You really need to take the whole of scripture to find out how to live.

I had to disagree though with this statement...

" The United States Supreme Court is not responsible for the overabundance of pornography in our culture. Lazy, selfish, sinful Christians (male Christians) are. "

uuuhhhhh no... I don't think so... how can you blame that on male christians? Call me simpleminded, but arent the pornographers responsible for creating pornography? And the consumers who pay for it are feeding the beast. I don't like being blamed for it. I believe most of the blame needs to go to our inner flesh - who desires a quick fix to a emotional need... oh, and a physical need in some cases. And some of the blame needs to go to the enemy the devil, who roams around the earth seeking whom he might devour... And some of the blame needs to go to the females, who prostitute themselves and their pictures for CASH.

Things I'm procrastinating on:

The email telling everyone about my interim trip to Ecuador
Cleaning my room
Finishing my journal for my interim course
Eating dinner.