tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post237331765309837444..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: Some Demons are Stronger than OthersPr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-22573582895016918872011-08-13T07:40:59.092-05:002011-08-13T07:40:59.092-05:00I second the recommendation for OpenDNS. I use it ...I second the recommendation for OpenDNS. I use it at church and home. Its annoying when links from Facebook are blocked, albeit for good reason. I have no idea what the password is. Its buried deep in the recesses of the computer. But your suggestion of writing it down, handing it off, and having that person change it... that's good. <br /><br />Porn is poisonous.Christopher Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665531626315066953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-13138246680222716402011-08-12T13:18:37.454-05:002011-08-12T13:18:37.454-05:00I applaud Fr. Petersen’s insightful and useful art...I applaud Fr. Petersen’s insightful and useful article. Salvo’s argument for comparing porn addiction to drug addiction is equally compelling. However, and to carry the analogy further, heroin addiction begins long before the junkie is strung out on needles. It begins with becoming desensitized to drug related terms and behavior (D.A.R.E. programs have become infamous for this), then associating with and befriending drug users, using milder drugs, then skin popping, and finally IVing. <br /><br />The same may be said about porn addiction. It begins long before hard-core internet sites and XXX movies. It begins with the milder porn of popular entertainment (so-called). As early as kids movies that make references to “butts,” “crotches,” sexual double entendres, or other “crude humor,” to older youth and teen movies that are blatantly soaked in sex and profanity, to “adult” R-rated movies that are filled with the most offensive of casual sexual encounters (e.g. James Bond), to others that are smattered with no-holds-barred graphic sensuality (Matrix or 300), Hollywood has saturated our society with every sexual immorality. This doesn’t even include the television (Sex in the City, Sopranos, soap operas), and all the visual porn seen in magazines, billboards, and other advertising avenues. Christians, even our children, are exposed to this type of “Porn 101—Introduction to Pornography” at every turn. <br /><br />However, one must never restrict the problem of pornography to the sexual variety. Its ugly twin sister is violence, as Touchstone’s article suggests. The same “entertainment” industry churns out the most ghastly, depraved, and vile imagery of savage, barbarous, and blood-thirsty violence. Disgusting scenes over which people actually cheer or laugh! When one adds to that the step-sisters of both extreme emotionalism and gushy sentimentality, this witch’s brew of moral poison goes far beyond the problem of X-rated internet sites.<br /><br />Fr. Petersen’s appeal to confession, the Sacrament, and prayer is crucial, to say the least. But the warning cry must begin long, long before the individual is strung out on hard-core pornography. The appeal must work toward prevention, not just cure. And prevention in this regard involves a return to the Christian leading a truly “chaste and decent life in word and deed.” We must add on what we watch or read.<br /><br />Pastor William GleasonWilliam Gleasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332292750123949810noreply@blogger.com