Also , I understand we as Christians and Humans are like cars in some way every 3,000 miles we need an oil change ,a tune up, tires rotated ..The Lords Prayer is very useful,daily if possible,and asking to be delivered from Porn or anything that is unhealthy.We must be at the point to understanding our need of God’s grace ,mercy and help continually! That’s All ,Thanks Jeff!!
A Healthy Group Discussion on this would be helpful with the right people of course…I will mention now the “Environmental “ factor for Christians. NOT being legalistic,Where do we spend our time? Between TV,Movies ,Social Media,do set parameters on computer and websites?..If a “Christian “ is without any parameters or ” self discipline “We” will get stuck in the quicksand of Pornography..The alert system in our life needs to go off..Then What!..”Deconstruction “ time ..!! To place one self in a “ Better “ place ..Go to the beach or the park,shut down the excess noise of the news , entertainment..Learn as a Christian to practice letting the peace of God rule in one’s life.
Religious people are prone to attacks by the devil. The Bible says "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)
I think you can edit this sentence in the following way: “The stress of proving oneself in an arena where every inadequacy is evaluated is a potent flashpoint for the ignition of ANY addiction.” Being constantly watched and held to impossibly high standard, and evaluated on how well you do that- that is breeding ground for addictive behavior. I honestly don’t see a differentiation between any particular addictive or compulsive behavior in this context. What does this mean for the church? Maybe the church should start to practice what they preach- LOVE one another, don’t judge, walk along side people instead of constantly scrutinize, judge, and evaluate. I say that with a broad brushstroke- “the church”. Some do this better than others. And maybe take a different approach to teaching what is right and wrong. Do you remember what “Nazzy Bowling” was? It was dancing. Because there was a “DON’T DO IT OR YOU’LL GO TO HELL” mentality, OF COURSE everyone wanted to do it. Tell your kid they can’t have ice cream for 18 years and guess what? They’ll go get ice cream. I’m not saying let your kid watch porn- but I am hopeful that parents are having conversations nowadays instead of the “we don’t do that because it’s a rule.”
Thanks, Kristin. That's some good insight. I think for the purposes of this subject I'll probably change it to say something like "...ignition of addictive behaviors including sexually compulsive behavior." I want to keep the distinction between addiction and compulsivity. Alcohol/drugs have a definite (external?) chemical dependency component which drives behavior. But your thought is great, and gives me some more to think about.
Also , I understand we as Christians and Humans are like cars in some way every 3,000 miles we need an oil change ,a tune up, tires rotated ..The Lords Prayer is very useful,daily if possible,and asking to be delivered from Porn or anything that is unhealthy.We must be at the point to understanding our need of God’s grace ,mercy and help continually! That’s All ,Thanks Jeff!!
A Healthy Group Discussion on this would be helpful with the right people of course…I will mention now the “Environmental “ factor for Christians. NOT being legalistic,Where do we spend our time? Between TV,Movies ,Social Media,do set parameters on computer and websites?..If a “Christian “ is without any parameters or ” self discipline “We” will get stuck in the quicksand of Pornography..The alert system in our life needs to go off..Then What!..”Deconstruction “ time ..!! To place one self in a “ Better “ place ..Go to the beach or the park,shut down the excess noise of the news , entertainment..Learn as a Christian to practice letting the peace of God rule in one’s life.
Thanks, Sean! Glad you have you as part of this community.
People have forgotten the meaning of life. It's really simple:
To Know God.
To love God.
To serve God
Anything else is from the devil.
Religious people are prone to attacks by the devil. The Bible says "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)
I think you can edit this sentence in the following way: “The stress of proving oneself in an arena where every inadequacy is evaluated is a potent flashpoint for the ignition of ANY addiction.” Being constantly watched and held to impossibly high standard, and evaluated on how well you do that- that is breeding ground for addictive behavior. I honestly don’t see a differentiation between any particular addictive or compulsive behavior in this context. What does this mean for the church? Maybe the church should start to practice what they preach- LOVE one another, don’t judge, walk along side people instead of constantly scrutinize, judge, and evaluate. I say that with a broad brushstroke- “the church”. Some do this better than others. And maybe take a different approach to teaching what is right and wrong. Do you remember what “Nazzy Bowling” was? It was dancing. Because there was a “DON’T DO IT OR YOU’LL GO TO HELL” mentality, OF COURSE everyone wanted to do it. Tell your kid they can’t have ice cream for 18 years and guess what? They’ll go get ice cream. I’m not saying let your kid watch porn- but I am hopeful that parents are having conversations nowadays instead of the “we don’t do that because it’s a rule.”
Thanks, Kristin. That's some good insight. I think for the purposes of this subject I'll probably change it to say something like "...ignition of addictive behaviors including sexually compulsive behavior." I want to keep the distinction between addiction and compulsivity. Alcohol/drugs have a definite (external?) chemical dependency component which drives behavior. But your thought is great, and gives me some more to think about.