Pornography Brings Out the Darkest Evil

Under the "narrowing" influence of pornography, men momentarily forfeit their reasoning and judgment. As a result, they do stupid things that bring shame, embarrassment, broken marriages, scarred families, ruined careers and lost opportunities.

Many of these men could have made significantly greater contributions of love and service to those around them and to the world, if they had not spent so much time trapped in their own "narrow world" of pornography.

But porn's ability to make men do stupid things is only the tip of the iceberg. The industry, with the Internet as its primary ally, is now leading more and more men and women, teens and children down a dark and sinister path. It is seducing them to become part of a world where innocent bystanders bear the hellish, hideous impact of pornography's progeny.

In his work Pornography's Effects on Adults & Children, clinical psychologist Dr. Victor Cline reports:

In research conducted by Dr. W. Marshall, almost half of the rapists that he studied used pornography depicting consenting sex to arouse themselves preparatory to seeking out a victim to rape. Another investigator, Dr. M. J. Goldstein, found that far more of the sex offenders than the non-offenders he studied wished to, and often did, emulate the acts they saw depicted in pornography.

In still another study, most of Dr. E.G. Abel's sex offenders said that pornography increased their appetites for deviant activities (and these were the men who reported the least control over their deviant activities). Other investigators have reported that rapists and child molesters use pornographic materials fully, both immediately prior to their crimes and during the actual assaults.

Still another type of evidence comes from a study conducted by Darrell Pope, a former Michigan State police officer, who found that of 38,000 cases of sexual assault on file in Michigan, 41% involved pornography exposure just prior to the act or during the act.

Porn users don't live in a vacuum; they live among people, real, living, breathing people: spouses, children, neighbors, co-workers. Any or all of these can be hurt when a porn addict spins out of control.

Copycat Crime
People imitate what they have seen in pornographic images. Dr. Judith Reisman calls this type of acting out copycat crime. Based on what we know about cellular memories and the mindbody using these memories to bring about our desires for a peak experience, this makes perfect sense.

Do you recall that the mindbody does not distinguish between reality and fantasy when it comes to material that is highly erotic, violent or shocking? When men look at Internet porn photographs, videos and live transmissions, their mindbody accepts the images as reality.

An Internet site shows girl-like women dressed in Girl Scout uniforms being raped; a few weeks later a local newspaper reports the brutal rape of a girl scout while selling cookies door-to-door. After viewing a graphic video on the Internet portraying little girls in their school uniforms, a porn addict kidnaps, rapes, tortures, mutilates and murders two children in their Catholic schoolgirl uniforms. Mere coincidence? Sound too far-fetched? These are actual cases! They are only two of the thousands of such copycat crimes committed by porn addicts each year.

Taking into account the litany of sexual perversions linked to acts of violence that can be accessed on the Internet, can you begin to understand the source of grizzly sex-murders, tortures and mutilations occurring with increasing frequency around the world?

Mayor Arrested:
The 46-year-old Deputy Mayor of the City of Los Angeles attended a West L.A. porn theater one afternoon a few years ago. While engrossed in the sex film, he became so aroused[narrowed - all logic and reason blocked out] that he started to sexually assault a patron seated next to him.

The individual turned out to be an undercover city vice-squad officer. The Deputy Mayor was arrested, booked, and found guilty in a subsequent trial. This distinguished public servant resigned his office shamed and humiliated, his career in shambles.

A Grandfather ‘s Porn Addiction - A Human Tragedy

An acquaintance recently told me of a grandfather in the family who had discovered pornography on the Internet and had begun viewing it on a regular basis.

One afternoon, when the family was off running errands, it was just the grandfather and his 12-year-old granddaughter in the house. The grandfather was in his bedroom with the door locked, getting his Internet porn fix, consisting of images of naked teenage-looking women.

Having descended to the narrow bottom of the funnel in his arousal, he rose from his chair and proceeded to the room where his granddaughter was. He doesn't remember what he said to her, but he exposed himself and attempted to sexually molest her. She fled to the house of the next-door neighbor. I'm sure you can imagine the sequence of painful events from that point.

This example isn't so different from hundreds of others. But there are several facts about this case that I will never forget. First, there was no denial, no deception or concealment on the part of the grandfather, only total and complete despair, humiliation, regret, shock and disbelief.

"Shock and disbelief?" you ask. "Wasn't this grandfather accountable for his actions? Didn't he make a conscious decision to do what he did?" Yes. The grandfather acknowledged that he was responsible. He made no excuses. The reason he suffered such shock and disbelief, is how quickly it had happened and how he could not remember exactly why he had risen from the chair in the first place. It was like he had been in a "trance," like he was a different person.

At the moment his granddaughter screamed and ran from the house, it was as if he had been shocked back to his senses [regained his big-picture perspective at the top of the funnel]. He just stood there in total horror at what had just occurred.

In fact, I was told that the family found him sobbing uncontrollably when they arrived home later that day. This distinguished, dignified and loving gentleman had been cut down by the crushing force of pornography. The pain, shame, guilt and regret of that moment will follow him for the remainder of his life.

His initial mistake was the moment that he took that first peek at those pornographic images on the Internet. For this grandfather, at least, from that first glance the tragic outcome was set. He didn't understand the power of the pornography he was looking at. He knew it was wrong, but he probably figured he could give it up just as easily as he embraced it, and it would be no big deal. After all, he was a grandfather, an old man, a religious family man. He was in control. It wouldn't hurt to indulge his curiosity just a little bit.

This tender grandfather didn't realize beforehand how pornography "narrows" the male brain and robs the viewer of his logic, reason and sound judgment (regardless of his age); how it forces him into a narrow tunnel where nothing else matters but satisfying the fiery urges the porn has ignited. It was in this "narrow tunnel" that this grandfather lost his way for but a moment-a moment that would haunt him and his family for the rest of their lives.

So, as you can see, pornography really does make you stupid.

By: Mark B. Kastleman

He is the author of the revolutionary new book titled The Drug of the New Millennium-the Science of How Internet Pornography Radically Alters the Human Brain and Body-A Guide for Parents, Spouses, Clergy and Counselors. Many leading scientists, psychologists, therapists and religious leaders consider this book to be one of the most important works ever written on this subject, and a must-read for parents, spouses, clergy and counselors.

BIBLE VERSES

· But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28

· Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21

· Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10