Pornography addiction is the number one addiction in the United States. Many doctors say it’s easier to break an addiction to crack cocaine than to stop using porn. Pornography is THE silent epidemic and it is killing authentic manhood among many other things! Porn has a choke-hold on our society. In the past, a person would have to go out of his way to view pornography but now, one has to go out of his way NOT to be bombarded with porn. It's everywhere! From the checkout line, to television ads, to the radio top 40; America could be described as "pornafide".
The statistics are truly staggering. More than 70% of men from 18 to 34 visit a pornographic site in a typical week. Almost half of all families report pornography is a problem in their home and the majority of divorces cite frequent porn use as a reason for divorce. Every second roughly $3,000 is being spent on pornography. Every second 30,000 Internet users are viewing pornography. In that same second 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines. Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the U.S.
It’s a huge business. Last year the pornographic industry made more than the major networks combined!
Now your question might be, “So why fight back with a name like ‘P.O.R.N. Militia’"??? We are called to fight! The answer is: because it's time to
fight back. It's time to embrace true manhood. It's time to form a militia.
What is a
militia? A secular definition would be: a body of citizens organized for military service. We are not calling for "hand to hand" physical combat but more like what St. Paul is talking about in Ephesians 6:11-12 "
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil." Or in this reference:
"There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle." 2015 CCC and finally this quote:
“Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 2:3.
What do we do at P.O.R.N. Militia? First and foremost we pray for healing of all those who are hurt by the "adult industry" and we:
P.erpetually
O.ffer
R.osaries
N.ightly
We form small men’s groups to provide support for men who struggle with purity.
We reach out to women trapped in the "adult" industry.
We educate the public on how harmful porn is, and we evangelize true sexuality.
We encourage men to be men and embrace true masculinity—which is sainthood.
We promote a 21 day purity "boot camp"
We organize protests and take up legal action against in "adult industry"
The whole concept for the P.O.R.N. Militia can be summed up from the thoughts of
St. Josemaria Escriva:
"There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work."
That statement is a call to take arms! Purity is the new rebellious. Join the real sexual revolutionn today!
I am so excited to be apart of this with you. You are truly a man of God, one that will always strive to put God first in our lives. I couldn't think of a better husband than that. I couldn't imagine being married to you without God as our foundation. Our marraige is strong because of the trials, not because either of us are perfect, sinless creatures. Keep fighting the GOOD fight babe! I am looking forward to this new chapter with you!
ReplyDeleteAs well intentioned is this name (P.O.R.N Militia) my initial feeling pon first seeing it was repugnance. If the shock response was desired, mission accomplished. After time to reflect, I still feel this name for this group is wrong in so many ways. Just searching for this on Google will bring up the pit of hell of websites. Why do that? This is a suggestion and there's no pride of authorship. How about P.U.R.E or Perpetually Unite us with the Rosary Everyday?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the honest feed back. It is a shock factor thing ..keep in mind we are dealing with a gritty nasty topic and in order to battle this Goliath, we have to be willing to get our hands dirty as well. In war you fight fire with fire- we fight porn with PORN. Pit of Hell websites indeed -according to my stats a majority of veiws this site get come from Google searches looking for Porn- that's awesome. Perhaps someone is looking for smut and instead- they find this. A huge part of winning the purity war is seizing the lingo. Whoever controls the "words" controls the battle. Think about the word choice that the pornographic industry uses: "gentleman’s club,” "adult bookstore,” "pro-choice,” "sexual revolution,” "open relationships.” All those terms convey a positive message but it is all smoke and mirrors…gift-wrap on garbage. We really know that "gentleman" do not degrade women by watching them publicly humiliate themselves. We really know that there is nothing that makes one more mature in "adult" bookstores-that's why the windows are tinted. We really know that "pro-choice" is just a nicer way of saying "I'm morally okay with mothers killing their unborn children." We really know (or at least we are beginning to see) that no true freedom came from the so called "sexual revolution." Unless by "freedom" you mean more children that are raised in fatherless homes, higher sex-crime rates, and a “plastic surgery consumed” culture that has more body-image issues than Shallow Hal. We all know that the only thing left open in an "open relationship" is a higher divorce rate and a better chance of getting an STD. The porn industry wants to re-define words. Why? Because they want people to get addicted to pornography. Why? Because they rake in the cash by doing so. The more "clicks" on a porn site, the more money they make. Or as C.S. Lewis said, "There are people who want to keep our sex instinct inflamed in order to make money out of us. Because, of course, a man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales-resistance."We have to take back the higher ground of word control. We have to call truth, truth. Lies, lies. Smut, smut. Black, black. White, white. You will get called a bigot for doing so. The opposition will label the truth as hate speech. They want it to seem as being intolerable, mean and uneducated. We cannot negotiate with spiritual terrorist. We cannot afford to "play nice." We are at war. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT- PORN IMMEDIATELY
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