Taboo #2 -- What Is So Bad About Playboy? -- 110911

Tonight we continued our Taboo series by asking the question what is so bad about playboy?  We started by looking at the symbols of various groups and showed that regardless of how various groups view that symbol and what it represents that there is always a real thing it represents.  For playboy it boils down to pornography is what it represents.  So what is porn?  It is any depiction that is intended to cause sexual arousal.  It could be a movie, a picture, a drawing, a story, a song, etc...  Porn isn't just a guy issue.  1/3 of all online porn usage is by females.  1 in 3 teens have seen sexual material online without trying to find it.  83% of programing on tv contains some sexual content.  It is in more things that you view than you think, pornography is everywhere.  Why is pornography bad?  First of all the Bible says it is (1st John 2:16, Matthew 5:28).  Secondly, it twists our view.  It turns people into objects to bring us pleasure.  Sex no longer becomes something good and pure, created by God for man and woman in marriage but instead an activiy to mearly bring pleasure to yourself whenever you can get it and with whoever you can get it from and in any form you can get it.  Because of this objectivication we harm our current and future relationships.  Thirdly, it exploits people.  Many who are involved in the industry are involved because they are poor and need the money to survive or pay for their addictions.  Some are abused and want to feel loved and the industry pounces on these people because to them it is all about the money not about the person.  Fourthly it causes addiction.  It becomes visual crack cocaine for people and then the mind gets bored and wants more.  Finally it is a gateway to worse things: sexual activity, molestation, rape, prostitution, etc...  So why is playboy so bad?  Supporting a symbol is supportint he meaning of that symbol and what it produces. 

The good news is this if youa re addicted youc an find freedom and forgiveness in Christ.  Galatians 5:1 says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdended again by a yoke of slavery."  #1.  Admit the problem (to yourself, to God, to someone who can help you take the necessary steps).  #2.  Seperate from bad influences (places, computers, tv shows, movies, friends).  #3.  Fill your life with God (go to church, read the Bible, pray).  #4.  Find a person to walk with you through the battle (will pray for you, encourage you, keep you accountable).

I give tonight: A-
Favorite Moment: "The flag of England"

Taboo #1 -- How Far is Too Far? -- 110211

Tonight we kicked off our Taboo series by looking at how far is too far when it comes to sexuality.  We looked at what the Bible says and came up with 7 lines and a final verse.  i will be brief with this blog and just list those 7 and the final verse.

#1.  No sex before marriage (aka fornication) -- Sex is any activity in which there is pleasure brought to the human sexual organs, it doesn't only mean vaginal sex.

#2. No adultery (keep to your spuse only)

#3.  No divorce (keep to your spouse for life)

#4.  No bestiality (keep only to humans)

#5.  No bisexuality/homosexuality (keep to the opposite gender)

#6.  No non-Christians (keep to those of your faith)

#7.  No lust (it isn't just about the body but the mind too)

Ephesians 5:3 tells us that there isn't to be even a hint of sexual immorality.  Why?  Because it isn't proper for us as followers of Christ because we ar ecalled to be holy.

I give tonight: C-
Favorite moment: Too much unexpected mustache