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Yes we are back from the holiday break! So don’t forget to join us on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Head on over to the About page for more info. You can also send us an email through the Contact page and we’ll put you on the email list to receive our periodic emails about reThink and our Out&About events. You also probably noticed that the blog has changed it’s look… wood backgrounds are the new black in 2009, so I hear!

I thought I share with you an amazing New Year’s Eve experience I had…

Out&About: November 1st - Bonfire @ the Lathroum’s

See you at the Lathroum’s house for some good times at the Bonfire…  bring your smores!

More details to come soon…

Taboo Topics: Pornography, Magazines & R-rated Movies

Finishing up our Taboo series we discussed Pornography, Magazines & R-rated Movies. After a brief group discussion we broke up into 3 groups to talk about the questions and finished up by hearing what the different groups had to say. The following is the information and discussion questions we went by:

A recent poll by a popular Christian website said that 50% of Christian man and 20% of Christian women are addicted to pornography. The same poll said tat 60% Christian women struggle with visual lust problems on a regular basis. Another poll said that 28% of Christian read magazines that emphasize sexual gratification and self-indulgent behavior. Whereas, another poll stated tat 39% of Christians openly watch R-rated movies.

This world is no longer turned on by reading an erotic novel, instead they turn on their computer, go down to the local Blockbuster or just purchase a magazine at the local grocery store.

It is well known that the porn industry makes more money each year than Hollywood. This is maybe why in Hollywood a movie that was R-rated 10 years ago would now be rated PG-13. The internet as become everyone’s information source and it is crippling the publication industry, so this is maybe why your monthly copy of Cosmopolitan or Men’s Health now has words and pictures that would make your grandmother turn in her grave. The level of sex and violence and bad language is at an all time high in all genres of the media.

I remember as a kid we would sing, ‘Be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little ears what you hear…”. We tell that to the kids, and we would never let our lids watch R-rated movies or a teenager read FHM or Maxim, yet we are to be honest probably the majority of young adults in the church do. Jesus said what te mouth speaks(and the actions we do) comes out of what is in our heart. So is it right to watch, read or listen to something that if we were to do ourselves could cause us to sin and act inappropriate manner?

Discussion Questions

1. At what point does an image ( on te internet, in a magazine or on a movie/TV) become pornography? Where should our limit as Christians be?
2. Is it ok to read articles of a sexual or wrong moral nature in a magazine? Do you believe it is harmless fun or is it a big red devil in disguise?
3. Should we watch R-rated movies? And why?