Porn Again

PORNOGRAPHY and
CYBERPORN

Can a man hold fire against his chest and

not be burned? Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet?
Proverbs 6:27-28

THE TIMES
PORN DISCOVERY

LED TO DIVINITY
SCHOOL DEANS
FALL RESIGNATION

My first responsibility will be to meet Dr.

Thiemann and to discuss the whole matter
with him to try to ascertain some of the
details, Isaken said.
Church action could range from
admonition to censure to possibly
dismissal.
We have no history on this sort of
matter, he said.

 Hotel reports that, bar none, an

evangelical youth pastors

conference rented more adult videos
during its stay than any convention
they have ever hosted
Most paid in cash so they would not
be found out.

The Global Market

Todays legal porn business is a

56 Billion dollar global industry

Today there are several groups

that sell their stocks on the

Nasdaq and Dow Jones

McPorn
There are more outlets for

hard-core pornography in
this country ( an estimated
15,000-20,000) than
McDonalds restaurants
(approximately 9,000)

THE MOVIES
Nationally, adult videos bring in 212
Billion a year, according to Adult Video
News, and account for more than a
quarter of all sales and rentals at the
typical video store.
This is more than Hollywoods domestic
receipts and larger than all the revenues
generated by rock and country music
recordings.

 The United States is now by far the

worlds leading producer of porn,

churning out hard-core videos at
the astonishing rate of about 150
New titles a week (most being
made in the San Fernando Valley
near Universal City and the
Warner Bros. back lot.)

The Hotel Industry

Last year guests spent 175 million to
view porn in their rooms at major
hotel chains such as Sheraton, Hilton,
Hyatt and Holiday Inn.
The Omni Hotel Chain has decided
not to carry pornography, even though
they will lose 40% of their revenue
from having such movies available.

The Help Lines

Last year Americans spent between
750 million and $1 Billion on
Telephone Sex.
AT&T is one of the biggest carriers of
phone sex.
The average call lasts between four to
eight minutes costing from 89 cents to
$4 a minute

 According to the owner of one

of Americas largest audiotext

providers three quarters of the
callers are lonely hearts seeking
conversation with a woman--the
sexual content of the call is often
of secondary importance.

Television and Cable

More than 80 percent of all
customers signing up for Cable TV
opt for erotic films. The
availability-the near-ubiquity of so
much sexual enticement, the
constant barrage of innuendoes,
and the nonstop polemic for
indulgence inevitably attracts.

Take A Cruise
There are now packages

on cruise ships for those

who want to be around
porn stars as well as
participate in the action.

Lookout Wal-Mart
There are now a group of Wal-

Mart like stores on the West coast

called Castle Stores where you
can sit in a Barnes and
Noble/Starbucks setting with your
better half and look at and select
movies together. The stores
clientele is about 50% couples.

Classes at School
Wesleyan University
CO289 Pornography:

Writing of Prostitutes

The Genders

Men are by far the largest consumers of

porn (surprise--NOT)
But did you knowthat a survey done by
Redbook magazine, famous for its recipes
and household tips , found that almost
half of its readers regularly watched
pornographic movies in the privacy of
their homes.

PORN SITES MAKE HAY:

ONLINE ADULT BUSINESS IS
GENERATING $200 MILLION
PLUS A YEAR
The Internet pornography

industry is arguably the most

active and lucrative area of
digital commerce in
cyberspace

 While most corporate home pages

tabulate monthly hits in the

thousands, top adult sites regularly
garner more than 1 million hits per
day. That puts them well ahead, in
fact, of such corporate sites as
General Electric or Boeing Co.

 80 to 90 percent of all (e-commerce)

on the Internet is conducted at Adult

sites.

There are 10,000 sites generating

about $1 billion in revenue per year,

most through electronic credit card
transactions

Operators say adult sites that get 10,000 hits

per day usually gross about $3,000 per
month.
Midsize sites attracting 50,000 hits daily
bring in roughly $20,000 in revenue monthly.
Large sites, with multi-million daily hits, can
bring in more than $1 million per month

Study: 200,000 hooked on Net

Sex
At least 200,000 Internet users are

hooked on porn sites, X-rated chat

rooms or other sexual materials
online, researchers say in one of the
first studies to estimate the number
of cybersex compulsives

This is a hidden public

health hazard exploding, in

part, because very few are
recognizing it as such or
taking it seriously, the
researchers said.

Porn Site Webmasters are on the cutting

edge of Internet Technology and proudly
remind anyone who will listen that they have
been the pioneers in every new media
technology, from dial-in bulletin boards to
videos to full-streaming video
They developed masking so that when one
tries to exit a site another site will
immediately pop up as quickly as one clicks
to exit.

Spinning Off the Cutting

Edge

The Internet has removed the biggest

obstacles to selling pornography and
sexual services:

SHAME
IGNORANCE

The World Sex Guide

This is an Internet site that

gives detailed (anonymous)

reviews of brothels, escort
agencies and nightclubs in
hundreds of cities around the
world.

THE FUTURE

The Department of Justice says, Never

before in the History of
telecommunications media in the United
States has so much indecent (and
obscene) material been so easily
accessible by so many minors in so many
American homes with so few
restrictions.

 Every American

classroom will be
connected to the Internet
by the Year 2000

Larry Flynt
I envision a future in which the TV

and the personal computer have

merged. Americans will lie in bed ,
cruising the Internet with their
remote controls --and ordering hard
core films at the punch of a button.

CHRISTIAN MEN AND

INTERNET PORN
50 PERCENT OF MEN WHO

ATTENDED PROMISE KEEPERS

EVENTS ADMITTED THAT
PORNOGRAPHY--ESPECIALLY
INTERNET PORN-WAS THEIR
GREATEST STRUGGLE

In a survey conducted by Leadership

Magazine to pastors and lay leaders they
found that 62% have regularly viewed
sexually explicit media (movies and
Internet)
55% confessed to having no one with
whom they are able to discuss sexual
temptations

THE CHANGING FACE

OF PASTORAL
LEADERSHIP

THE TOP TEN HAZARDS OF

THE MINISTRY

ROLE CONFUSION

Conflicting or unclear expectations

THE UNFINISHABLE NATURE OF
THE MINISTRY
Cyclical nature of the task
Lack of clear Finish Points

Boundary problems between work and personal

life
Lack of Sabbath Rest

HAZARDS CONTINUED

THE INTANGIBLE NATURE OF THE

MINISTRY
Burn out prone profession: Lack of
Discernable progress

SPIRITUAL HAZARDS: IMMERSION IN

SPIRITUAL THINGS

Lack of worship
Absence of Spiritual Direction
Pastors, Spouses, and Children lack a pastor

HAZARDS
OURS IS A LOSS PRONE
PROFESSION:DEPRESSION
HAZARDS TO OUR BODIES
Sedentary Nature of our jobs
Inadequate sleep and nutrition
Cumulative Effect of Adrenaline and

stress

HAZARDS

HAZARDS TO OUR PARENTING

BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS
UNPROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES OF
CHURCHES
Inadequate pay
Lack of clear and honest appraisal

Hazards

CONFLICT

Conflicting groups
Pastors are lightning rods for church
conflict

ISOLATION

Expert syndrome
Unique sexual temptations:Transference
Challenge to find and keep friendships from
limited pool of contacts

Frederick Buechner
Lust is the ape that gibbers in our loins.

Tame him as we will by day, he rages all

the wilder in our dreams by night. Just
when we think were safe from him, he
raises up his ugly head and smirks, and
theres no river in the world flows cold
and strong enough to strike him down.
Almighty God, why dost thou deck men
out with such a loathsome toy?

LUST.
IS THE CRAVING

FOR SALT BY A MAN

WHO IS DYING OF
THIRST

THE THIEF
COMES NOT
BUT TO STEAL,
KILL AND
DESTROY..
(JOHN 10:10)

THE STRATEGIES OF THE

THIEF
We are his favorite subject
He never takes a day off
He knows exactly what he

is after

THE THREE POSSESSIONS THE

THIEF WANTS MOST FROM
CHRISTIAN LEADERS

TO

STEAL OUR

PERSPECTIVE

HOW DOES HE STEAL OUR

PERSPECTIVE?
THROUGH THE MALE

MYSTIQUE SYNDROME
THROUGH A CULTURE OF
FANTASY WHICH LEADS TO
DISSATISFACTION

THE MAGAZINE READ

MOST BY MEN...

Playboy and

those similar to it

THE FANTASY
WOMEN WILL BE AT HIS BECK AND
CALL TO SATISFY HIS EVERY NEED
ONCE A MAN MARRIES AND TAKES
HIMSELF OUT OF THE DATING
GAME--THIS ONE WOMAN
BECOMES THE FRANCHISE AND
OVER TIME CANNOT COMPETE

He then begins to hear...

OTHER VOICES

(VS.3-6)

RATIONALIZATIONS
To be an effective Christian leader--I need to
understand the struggles of others
Didnt Jesus hang around with prostitutes
and sinners?
Voyeurism is better than adultery
I need moderation--not total deprivation
Nudity is art
Some stimulation will help my sex life

Other people do far worse

LUST..
Points in only one

direction. Always
you want more

Through the False Promise of

Intimacy

I was searching for intimacy, or love, or

acceptance, or reinforcement of an insecure

male ego or maybe even a thirst for
transcendence. I was searching for something
that could never be satisfied by two-dimensional
photos printed on slick magazine paper. And not
until I recognized that could I begin to turn
toward a more appropriate sexual identity.

Through beginning to Doubt...

THE SUFFICIENCY

OF GOD

The Tale of Two Cities

The lure of the city of man often
drowns out the call of the City of
God. Mans city is visible, substantial,
real; as such it is far more alluring.
Gods city is ephemeral, invisible,
cloaked in doubt, far away. It may not
even exist--no one knows for sure.

IF THE THIEF CAN STEAL

OUR PERSPECTIVE....
THEN HE CAN KILL OUR
PURPOSE
Can develop a survival mentality
Can numb out
Can become obsessive about the
moment

 I learned quickly that lust, like

physical sex, points in only one

direction. You cannot go back to a
lower level and stay satisfied. Always
you want more. A magazine excites,
a movie thrills, a live show really
makes the blood run.

 ALTHOUGH SUCH ACTS ARE

INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME,
I REMEMBER WELL THAT
WHERE I ENDED UP WAS
ALSO INCOMPREHENSIBLE
TO ME WHEN I STARTED.

IF THE THIEF CAN KILL OUR

PURPOSE.....

THEN HE CAN DESTROY

OUR

PASSION
Can become reactive rather than

Proactive

In my search I de-mystified
sexuality. I made the female body as
common as a daily newspaper, rather
than as rare as the one I had chosen
to spend my life with. I destroyed the
fences around sexuality chasing away
any remnants of holiness.

BUT I HAVE
COME THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE
LIFE