So I know I already wrote a blog today, but I'm leaving early tomorrow to go visit my boyfriend for the weekend and I don't want to have to worry about blogging while I'm visiting him. So I'm just going to write two in one day. I just went to the presentation being held in the Rose Theatre called Porn Nation. It was a presentation about sexual addictions and how our society and media promote sex. It was led by Michael Leahy who is a former sexual addict. Personally, I've never really seen a problem with porn. I don't think there's anything wrong with it as long as it's not hurting anyone. I don't necessarily agree with that lifestyle, like I'm not jumping at the chance to be a porn star or anything, but I don't really see anything with the occasional porno. I mean I'll admit I've seen one or two and honestly they're more comical than they are arousing.
Well back to the point of this blog. Michael incorporated movie clips into his presentation that showed the realities of porn. Things you wouldn't consider being porn, but actually are. It was just really interesting to see it from a different point of view. He described how he became addicted to porn and how it ruined his marriage and everything in his life. It's just really astonishing that this actually happens to people. To me it's hard to understand how someone can be addicted to something like that. But something you may not know is that sexual addictions are the number one addiction in this country. It's sad to think about how much sex really does run our media and society.
He went on to tell how he was saved by God and that's what turned his life around. It was a bit preachy for me, but at the same time it gives hope to people going through similar struggles. I always try to think why things like this exist. And I definitely think things happen for a reason. This is a key example; if it weren't for Michael's addiction and his willingness to talk about it, many other people might suffer from the same thing and never get help. Because of his openness, he has helped many people realize the dangers of a simple hobby.
3 comments:
That is really interesting. I have never known anyone to get up and give a testimony like that. Usually, someone is trying to promote porn, instead of the other way around. I have a problem with people who look at child pornography. I just believe that it is disgusting and wrong. One of the bad things about porn is that it can ruin a marriage.
Wow... He is very brave. I know of one other person who has came out to talk about this. He is a well known gospel star named Kirk Franklin. He too said that it ruined his marriage, but God helped turn his life around. I still, do not see how people get addicted to that! It is funny as hell to me also! But its sad how something so small and common could break up a marriage. And off-subject, Awwwwww... you're went to see my buddy Corbin!! LoL
I don't understand porn addiction at all too. It actually helps some marriages too. I was watching the news and this week and there was a minister who is asking his married members to have sex every night for a month and the single members to abstain from sex.
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