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To: Frank Sheed
Jesus once said something which should scare the bejabbers out of any red-blooded male alive today. In Matthew's Gospel He is on record as saying;

".......and you have heard it said that thou shalt not committ adultery but I tell you that anyone who looks lustfully on a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Those who place this sort of temptation in the way of fallen human nature face a terrible judgment. This applies not only to pornographers but those in the fashion and popular music and entertainment industries. So much of modern popular culture is aimed precisely at generating those impulses which Jesus condemns.

Saying "if you don't like it don't look at it", just doesn't cut it. It ignores a) fallen human nature b) a basic human right not to be afflicted with this sort of perversity and temptation and c) the destructive effects which it has on families, relationships and human dignity.

The good news is that we have a choice. We can either curb our own addiction to moral depravity or we can let the Muslims do it for us when they round up all the pornographers and slit their throats. 'Course, they'll probably slit ours as well but by then true Christians will probably prefer this to continued living in Sodom.

30 posted on 03/21/2007 12:00:50 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Thanks for your incisive comments. You seem to understand the gravity of what happens when man's every "wish" can come true. What happens when the "computer virtual reality world" literally leads people to act out latent desires to the point where they die of exhaustion?

The movie, "Forbidden Planet," demonstrated the effect of "monsters from the Id." The movie was way ahead of its time.


31 posted on 03/21/2007 12:20:56 PM PDT by Frank Sheed ("Shakespeare the Papist" by Fr. Peter Milward, S.J.)
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