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Why Porn Might Bring This Culture Down By Jim Burns Pornography, perhaps more than any other issue of today’s culture, has the greatest chance of bringing down the morals and values of this generation. Studies tell us that the greatest new users of pornography are 12- to 17-year-old boys. The girls, however, are catching up. […]

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The Absolute Truth By Patricia Bollmann The North American mindset is dominated by relativistic thinking, stemming from Darwin’s theory of evolution, the upheaval of the 1960s, and secular humanism. Relativism pervades every aspect of life, including morality, ethics, and metaphysics. Without a standard to distinguish right from wrong, “values clarification” (all moral values are relative […]

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What About Drugs And Other Social Sins? By T. L. Frank Let us face the facts. The awful monsters, drink, drugs and immorality are threatening and destroying that which God created noble and good. Like the tentacles of a mighty octopus, they grasp and draw both young and old into their embrace. Many people are […]

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I AM METH Cassie French (This was written by a young Indian girl who was in jail for drug charges, and was addicted to meth. She wrote this while in jail. As you will soon read, she fully grasped the horrors of the drug, as she tells in this simple, yet profound poem. She was […]

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Pornography And The Internet Analysts from Forrester Research say that sex sites on the Web generate at least $1 billion a year in revenue – 55% of employees report having received sexually explicit or otherwise improper emails at work – 70 percent of traffic on porn sites occurs between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. -Of […]

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The Self-Centered Sin of Masturbation By Steve Gallagher Q: How do I counsel couples about masturbation that are separated for a year at a time from being in the military? A: You should encourage them to remain pure before God and for each other. God created sex as a means for a married couple to […]

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Pornography: The Computer Virus I didn’t have a clue what was wrong. Something had happened. A program in our system went awry. The specialist was called for and, after putting his specially formed electronic computer stethoscope on it, he diagnosed the disease: a virus. A virus in my computer? Whoever heard of such a thing? […]

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PORNOGRAPHY’S EFFECTS ON ADULTS & CHILDREN BY VICTOR B. CLINE Introduction Whether pornography has any significant harmful effects on consumers continues to be a controversial issue, not only for average citizens but also for behavioral scientists. This is not surprising in light of the fact that two national commissions–the Majority Report of the 1970 Presidential […]

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CLICHES Mike Raffery DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY LAW When you begin an organized effort against the traffic in illegal pornography in your community, certain cliche arguments will be brought up to weaken your effort. You will hear them in private conversation, in public debate and in the media. These cliches and answers should […]

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MINORS’ ACCESS TO PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET THROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SCHOOL COMPUTERS BY ROBERT PETERS PRESIDENT OF MORALITY IN MEDIA These remarks were given at a forum sponsored by New York City Councilman James S. Oddo, at the Lane Theater, Staten Island, NY, on September 23, 1999. Good librarians have a difficult job. On […]

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