I want to pick up where I left off many weeks ago: writing about the church – specifically, the church as a new kind of community.
A few weeks ago, however, I realized that I have to begin writing about pornography, again.
Honestly, I don’t want to write about pornography. I wish it (porn, I mean) simply weren’t a “thing.”
But it is a “thing.” It’s a terribly toxic “thing” that I suspect is worse than you know.
Solicitation and Sex-Trafficking in Our Backyard
In our small community, the authorities arrested hundreds of men who were soliciting prostitution in local massage parlors. Many of these “prostitutes” are victims of a sex trafficking network that reaches across the globe.
Reading about this news was like getting sucker-punched in the gut.
As I read the news, I knew that porn lurks behind this type of behavior. There are, no doubt, other factors. But porn is always the common denominator in such behavior.
I’ve also been reminded, in recent days and weeks, of how pervasive porn consumption and addiction is and how much destruction it is causing. It breaks my heart to think that we’ve raised an entire generation on this filth. They are the generation coming of age and asking questions like, “how could you do such a thing?”
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