A guide

for religious Jews, to help them overcome one of the evils of the internet:

GuardYourEyes.org

It's good to see some of the Jewish community recognizing one of the biggest problems of the internet and trying to do something about it. We hear about it in the Christian community quite a bit...

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An issue people need to be aware of

Documentary Gives Pornography a Human Face

The intertubes has become the world's single best delivery tool of pornography. Pornography now has the ability to reach a far wider audience than ever in the history of people viewing it, with whatever implications that entails. It may be the single most destructive thing brought about by the intertubes, and people need to be aware of it, and really, to actively seek God's help to strengthen themselves to refuse to support it in any way. It's easy to resist temptation when the target of the temptation is unavailable, but when it is, people need to be especially vigilant...

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Good grief!

Parents outraged once again at retailer selling sex

Orignally being marketed to girls age 7 and up! These people have no shame! They could easily be classified in the same category as pornographers. Just to appease the god of this world.

Fortunately, I've never purchased anything from them, nor will I ever, now. The only way people can express their displease is with their money. That's all these people understand...

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Our culture

leans very hard toward the 'commit a wrong and you're never forgiven' school of thought.

Bishop approves return of investigated priest

I think a large percentage of the population would consider a 'Botany Bay' sort of exile as a mild punishment for people who have committed some sort of offence, whether they've gone to court or not...

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One would think

that they'd have security in place to prevent this sort of thing before it occured...

Porn gaffe on kids' channel

Maybe Tim-Warner and Playboy are just trying to prepare a new generation of viewers? How's that for a conspiracy theory?

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Interesting



Religion News: Atheist group holds ‘Smut for Smut’ swap

(It's the first small article.)

I guess they don't believe that pornography has any negative effect on society or individuals caught up in the world of pornography, either as workers or viewers. And they accuse people who believe in God as living in a fantasy world?

Oh, well. They're young college students, idealistic, living in a black and white world with no experience in the gray areas, the fuzzy areas between black and white. Let them get some real experience in living. A lot of them will either change or modify their beliefs or see the ridiculous aspect of the 'smut' swap...

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What can one say?

New website to examine harms of pornography ‘pandemic’

There's nothing else to say, really. Other than it's ironic that the intertubes are being used to educate people about a pandemic that is partly caused by the intertubes. It is a real problem, though. I know of people that this has effected directly, and at least one marriage that has ended as a result of it...

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So tragic...

Pornography – and Marriage

"Most men, including doctors, have not the foggiest notion that the wives develop deep psychological wounds, commonly reporting feelings of betrayal, loss, mistrust, devastation, and anger at the discovery of their husbands' use of pornography, especially Internet use."

I know of one marriage, that of friends of mine, that ended because of the husband's addiction to internet pornography. It's so tragic...

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This is why

really good computer security is necessary...

Framed for child porn — by a PC virus

Get a good anti-virus program, password your network, don't leave your computer running connected to the internet, practice good download and email security, buy a Mac, all these things will help to keep you virus free and safer from intrusion...

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While this might be overblown

it does speak to some freedom and safety concerns for the public, some of which may be in conflict with each other...

The Neighborhood Pornucopia

While I certainly don't condone this behaviour I do find one thing interesting. In the discussion within this article there is what seems to be a common belief that anyone doing this, and becoming aroused while doing it, are an immediate threat to the safety of those around them. It's an odd thought...

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He makes a valid point...

Church must root out `evil' child porn: Archbishop

""As long as the human heart is susceptible to iniquity, we will face scandals among the apostles.""

For the same reason I believe we'll never have peace in the world I also think that we'll never see the end of porn or child porn either. Not that I think we shouldn't fight against it, it's just that because "the human heart is susceptible to iniquity", and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight to that, we will always have them to fight against.

Never give up the fight, but don't be surprised if you don't win...

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Such a terrible thing...



Diocese won't pay Lahey's legal bills

"Bishop Raymond Lahey not staying at Rogersville, N.B. monastery"

This is a terrible thing that I certainly won't try to minimize. I've been away from the news for a few weeks, so I don't know the details about this case. I wonder about the nature of the child pornography itself. For the people who take glee in the downfall of the religious, I wonder if they're aware that child abuse is higher among teachers than priests? I wonder if pornography is also. I also wonder what a lot of upstanding, community-spirited everyday individuals have on their laptops. Things that are never (understandably) part of the court case, but should be part of the media barrage. Anyway, just wondering...

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I'm not surprised

Holy porn

Though, in fairness, do you know if any of the companies your investments are in (even if simply mutual funds or bank funds like rrsp's and so on) have investments in companies that derive some of their income from pornography related businesses? In today's world it's a tough thing. Still, the rules that allow it for the Church should require them to divest themselves of those investments when this is discovered, and not just discovered by a journalist, yet it appears to specifically allow the investments (but not things that might be against the family. Oh, no. Not that.). Still, the response received by the journalist leaves a great deal to be desired...

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They're always scary,

these self-proclaimed prophets...

Preacher detained for porn

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They do need

to know how to help...

Internet pornography workshop helps seminarians become better ministers

The statistics in the first paragraph are astounding! I think it's time to take the internet away...

And the blog is still family safe

even with an article like this:

Porn in the USA

"XXXChurch is not a sex site (kinda)"

Addiction to pornography is turning out to be a real problem in Christian churches. (Just another one of the things that the intertubes is responsible for - it's the biggest pornography delivery system in history...)

And in today's news

Porn industry hustles for bailout

The U.S. Congress has opened a big can o' worms with their industry bailouts. Now the porn industry wants the taxpayer to subsidize them. I wonder if he's serious or just making a point? Want to guess?

It's ruining the season,

it's damaging our culture and it's taken over the intertubes completely...

Tis The Season For Porn?

I don't think that it's a healthy thing for our culture. So many people say 'but look at European countries, this pornification is everywhere'. Well, yes, and I'm not sure it's good for them, either. The big difference is that, as a culture, the Americas are adolescents, and really not mature enough for any of this. But seeing as commerce drives everything and free enterprise is considered sacred, well, sex sells, so they'll continue using it to sell things and itself...

Good article...

A good article...

Pornography

Particularly interesting as it's being posted on the world's most effective pornography delivery vehicle - the internet...

The Pope is talking about it

The New Marriage-Wrecker: Internet Pornography Burrows Deeper Into Culture

Everyone knows that the internet is the world's best pornography delivery system ever devised (thanks to 3 Dead Trolls in a Baggie for the previous phrase - this is their Wikipedia entry. Their website seems to be down... ).