By Nate Marshall
Ok so I have been bad about posting but it is because I am trying to live last days of summer before school starts and I have let you all down as a result. Oh well I’m not that broken up about it.
In the meantime check out the links on the sidebar. They are all great people with great controversial opinions on everything.
I haven’t forgotten about my prommised posts either. I’m working on the next post “Why Christians get it Wrong.” It is just taking longer than I thought. Besides I was newly inspired by the truth project.
By Nate Marshall
Yea I just ordered my copy. go HERE. OK im a geek but how is it possible to resist this. And the bonus is proceedes go to Charity!! Im so freaking happy! Harry Potter news just keeps getting better. Go see the new trailer here!
By Nate Marshall
Sorry for the comments section being funky for the last week or so. You can now post comments without waiting for approval. That was a overlooked menu in WP I didn’t see.
By Nate Marshall
OK sorry unexpected events arose and late afternoon turned to late evening. sorry :(
So when you say porn most people think of sexually explicit romps with a plumber or the pizza guy and a “innocent” girl. and I guess we could say yea that is pornography. but I have been having discussions with people about the media lately and what we decided is that there are more than one type of porn. Let’s start with a definition to work with. I’m going to state that porn is something that is created that shows the viewer a distortion of the truth that is intended to create a sudden and heightened reaction in the viewer.
The first type of porn is the one that we all are familiar with it is intended to arouse the viewer sexually. It has that specific purpose and intent in its creation. The reason it is so powerful is that it has shadows of truth in it. One of the bigger problems that sexual pornography is that with prolonged exposure the distortion of reality is inevitable. So what other kinds of porn are there? There are a few subjects that can stray into the porn arena that usually are not really considered porn but should be.
Violence Porn
Movies have a history of dramatizing violent acts. I don’t think there is anything wrong with this in and of itself. Violence in films can have it’s use and serve a purpose. The current trend in films is rather disturbing. we have taken the truths of violence and distorted them into something that audiences seek out for pleasure. This is disturbing from this filmmakers perspective because this constant distortion of violence changes the perception of audiences of violence in non porn films. The thing is that films like Saw and Touristas, and Death Race distort reality and to a culture of people immersed and saturated in violence porn The Godfather turns out to be silly and ineffectual in its message. Violence porn does not just ruin the current films on the market, they actually affect the classics when viewed by modern audiences
Propaganda Porn (news porn)
The news media has been in the business of propaganda for a long while now. I will leave it at that for this one. (as a note Colbert and Stewart get a free pass because they are satire not “news” although yes most people my age get their news). Sadly most news is only thinly veiled propaganda machines with agendas that are reliant on creating sudden heightened reactions from their viewers. At least The Daily Show and Colbert Report are honest about what they do.
Emotional Porn
This type of porn is what I like to call the Hallmark channel porn. This type of media is designed to represent a world that does not exist. This is damaging because with prolonged exposure viewers will start to look at the world in the same way that the hallmark channel represents it in the same way that the others above will react in similar situations.
Christian Porn
This is the one that bothers me the most. You know the type media that I am talking about. As a Christian it bothers me that this type of media has become the most recognizable part of christian culture. these films represent a world that is only fractionally true. It presents a picture of being a christian that is false. It shows Christianity as a push button answer to all the worlds problems. The scary part is when people are acclimated to this type of Christian media and fall into the false reality the same as others fall into sexual or emotional pornography.
I’m not sure what can be done to reduce the effects of these types of pornography besides education people about personal responsibility. I think it is important to show people that there are some very dangerous types of pornography that are equally as damaging to society and to yourself as any other. These should be avoided and spoken against. We should not tolerate it in our community and if we see people consuming this type of media we should speak to them in love and do what we can to help them rehabilitate themselves to the truths of the world. Our goals should be to help those struggling to see the truth and have been led astray by harmful worldviews that can corrupt their life.
If you are finding yourself as a consistent viewer of one of these take some time to consider the way you view the world, and honestly evaluate your actions. If you find that you are affected by this media in your everyday life you may have a problem. I know it sounds silly and a little to serious but I believe that the last three forms of pornography mentioned are the most prevalent and dangerous because they are not commonly thought of as dangerous and have been accepted into society so readily.
Bring your thoughts to the table!
By Nate Marshall
I’m Back from Lake Powell and I cant wait to get started again. I have 3 posts (possibly more) on the way
I’ll leave you with the titles to titillate your taste buds.
Types of Pornography, Why Christians get it Wrong, and How to “Read” a Film.
The first one will be comming tommorrow in the late afternoon.
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