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The Garbage Collector

1/18/2013

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Where can porn take you?  I met a man who confessed to me that he digs thru the garbage dump to collect his porn.  

This man belongs to a very conservative sect of Christianity where one does not use electricity.   Because he is so separated from modern culture, I asked him how he became addicted to porn.  His answer was astonishing.  "I was dumping some trash out of a garbage bin and I saw a Playboy in the dump with the centerfold laying open."  He had never seen anything like this.  He had heard about "centerfolds" and was always intrigued but was thankful that those "worldly temptations" were something he never had to deal with.  Nevertheless, He quickly grabbed this magazine and tucked it down his pants.  Later that day, when he was alone, he ogled this picture and found himself extremely attracted to the naked woman.  He started to fantasize about her and then masturbated to her seductive image.

To me, the message was clear but lost on him:   Porn is garbage.  It belongs in the garbage.  It should stay in the garbage.  Garbage in, garbage out.  

What the garbage collector didn't know is that porn is insidious.  Porn never gives up.  It keeps taking and taking, offering false feelings of comfort until you end up doing things that you never imagined.

It didn't take long before centerfolds were no longer satisfying to him.  He started noticing, at the dump while looking for more centerfolds, other pictures.  In these pictures, there were women posing seductively with animals.  These pictures sparked further prurient interests for him.  He started attempting to have sex with his goat.  Over time, he moved on to other animals.  His addiction finally caught up with him when he found himself naked in the pig pen on all fours.  That's when he came to his senses and realized that he really, really, really had a problem.  

He was fortunate, because if he had been caught during these activities, he would have been charged with a crime.  Zoophilia is illegal in many U.S. states.  The medical issues that can occur are numerous.  However, the legal charges and the medical issues are not as severe as the toll that such behavior takes on a man's soul.  

More than zoophilia is the duplicity that this man lived.   He would go to church regularly and then engage in these detestable behaviors at other times.  That's what the sin of porn does.  It causes a man to pretend to be holy.  His energy ends up being consumed by things that weaken him rather than strengthen him. 

You may be thinking, "Porn will never do that to me.   I can control it."  However, let me assure you, porn will win.  It always does.  

Porn is garbage.  It belongs in the garbage.  It should stay in the garbage.  Garbage in, garbage out.  

If you are looking  at porn, stop.  Get rid of your stash.  Tell your pastor about your decision.  Become accountable to a counselor and a men's support group. 

With God's help, you can stop.  


BE HOLY.
BE A MAN.

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William Birch link
1/18/2013 01:26:41

"What the garbage collector didn't know is that porn is insidious. Porn never gives up. It keeps taking and taking, offering false feelings of comfort until you end up doing things that you never imagined."

Insidious was the perfect word! Porn is such a poor substitute to "the real thing," whatever that real thing may be, which can be scary as well.

Porn is like chasing the wind: you never catch what truly satisfies, and you never can, because Porn cannot satisfy; it isn't designed to satisfy, but only keep someone returning again and again.

Porn is also like crack -- always chasing that first high, and never being able to do so. But I liked this, too:

"He would go to church regularly and then engage in these detestable behaviors at other times. That's what the sin of porn does. It causes a man to pretend to be holy. His energy ends up being consumed by things that weaken him rather than strengthen him."

Ugh. Been there, done that!!! I've heard other guys admit to me the exact same thing.

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bjw
1/18/2013 05:08:30

...and I keep thinking... "It can't get any worse.................."
and then it does !!

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Lucian
1/18/2013 06:11:47

<b>porn will win. It always does.</b>

Resistance is futile !

(Apart from the Star Trek pun, see also the etymology of `futile`).

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drwayman link
1/18/2013 06:39:12

Lucian - I always love it when you come by and especially when you comment. I love the pun.

"Porn will win. It always does." Is understood in context. Porn is stronger than any man's resolve. However, a man fully committed to Christ and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit has the ability to conquer porn :-)

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Anthony
1/18/2013 10:41:17

Men pretend to be holy regardless. If the man had people to talk to about this stuff he could've got a grip on an unhealthy obsession.

It helps to have an Internal locus of control guys, take responsibility for yourselves

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drwayman link
1/18/2013 23:56:45

Anthony - you said, "men pretend to be holy regardless." You have told me that you're an atheist so I won't get into it with you regarding that statement.

Nevertheless, I agree with what you are saying in the rest of your comments. This gentleman did have an unhealthy obsession. It was unhealthy for him physically, emotionally and spiritually, not to mention the abuse that the animals endured.

Locus of control is a good way of looking at it.... Thanks for the reminder to take responsibility for ourselves. If more men did that we wouldn't have as many of these issues.

May God (in whom you do not believe) grant you an "understanding of the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God..." Rom 11:33.

Thanks for commenting, Anthony. You are always welcome here :^)

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Chrystine Collins-Blums
12/22/2013 15:52:26

I agree 100% that porn can be addictive and it is insidious. I think to try to scare someone away from what can be an unhealthy obsession with a (disgusting) anecdote about a man resorting to bestiality is akin to the "reefer madness" films I heard about. Or scaring kids by telling them one puff on a marijuana cigarette will lead them to mainlining drugs before they know it. I am not advocating porn or marijuana use. I just know that as a middle aged woman who is a Christian I find this a bit heavy handed. I don't think it's going to be a great deterrent to teens or young men. There are better arguments against looking at images that exploit women and are wrong for a dozen Scripturally sound reasons without resorting to remote extremes.

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drwayman link
12/22/2013 23:41:14

Chrystine - Thanks for taking the time to read our blog and moreover, thanks for taking time to comment. Note our caution #1 to women who read this blog, "Please don't be quickly offended by what you read here." My apologies if this story on bestiality offends you, that's certainly not the intent. I hope that you found other posts on this blog helpful/interesting/worthwhile.

Nevertheless, there is no attempt to scare anyone by my reporting of cases as this. Rather, the man in this story serves as a reminder that porn is insidious. It will take a man places he never dreamed he would go and he will do things that he never dreamed he would do.

Thanks for dropping by Ironstrikes. You are always welcome here :)

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Tom Torbeyns link
1/5/2016 09:10:26

"That's what the sin of porn does. It causes a man to pretend to be holy. His energy ends up being consumed by things that weaken him rather than strengthen him."

I think this part nails it. :-)

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