Ok, so now I delve into politics! Probably not the best choice, but do have a few thoughts on Santoruim’s comments I read in Today’s paper saying pornography has been shown to “produce brain changes in children and adults, cause the destruction of marriages, and contribute to prostitution and violence against women.”First, let me be very clear. I am against the porn industry. I believe it is a mis-use of what God intended for our sexuality. I have focused most of my attention on what I believe our sexuality is for in other writtings. Porn pleasure cannot fullfill us and I see John 4 as my proff text off this. The porn industry is established and thrives on the worlds God given desires for sexuality, yet gone astray. Yet this is not the only industry that thrives on this. And this is why I write this blog.When Santorum desires to ban the porn industry, my first thought is great! But then on second thought I have some hesitation. Why? What else should he bann? How about un-needed war? How about companies that are “un-ethical” (whatever that means in a world that believes in non-absolutes). Not only does lust desires lead us astray, but certainly greed desires do as well. How about banning people from continued saving of their money instead of giving it too the poor! Jesus met a man like this…a rich young ruler you might remember. He seemed to offer him a alternative to his comfort from His bank account. But Jesus did not share with him a law that was needed to force him to lay aside his stash. Why? Maybe God is not glorified when we do things because we have too, but because we see Him a betterment to what the world offers us! So you want to ban porn? OK, but what happens when you have a person in the government that does not share our views on the Bible and desires to ban that too! It’s been done in history before hasn’t it? When groups that support a Christian’s ban on porn get together to form an association with others who do not completely share the same views on all thing then who is to say that one day one section of the group won’t turn on the Christian sect of it and want to ban Biblical things. I mean the Bible is filled with sexual immorality. Daughters having sex with their father, brother and sister, daughter in-law and Father…on and on. I would not be for a group banning the Bible from society because of such sexual topics included in Holy Scripture. And what kind of ban off porn are we talking about? Hard-Core, Soft Core (there goes TV), cartoons that are revealing a little too much? How far should the ban go?I believe that there is a better way. Can we not regulate this industry instead of banning? Is banning things really the right way to go. Is that what will covert people? Does the conformity to law save souls? In 1933 Hitler was to create a movement of purity in the community through a ban on adult entertainment. Though used for his political doiing my point is that just baning pornography will do nothing for persons eternity.So I believe that regulation is nessesary in a world political system. Let’s move pornography away from those under age. I think what the cable company has done is great. You have locks that you can put on your Tv’s so that porn cannot be accessed unless you have the code. Even the names of the shows are able to be blocked, stations too! This is the right idea to me. I think it would be great if there is a similar system that can be done on the internet. I believe that there is one currently available though many don’t take it! It’s called a internet filter program (i.e. Safe Eyes). I like it that I have the freedom to regulate what my kids watch and don’t watch. This is my choice and I like it that way. If you don’t want something, don’t buy it or get a filter and put it on your computers at the house. Manage it! Check your monitoring reports from the program and see what your kids are on, then block area’s you do not want them to go to. This does take an investment in your kids lives. You don’t want the government to care for them for you through banning things do you (i.e. Brave New World- 1984)? I don’t. How about we become responsible to teach our children that the world we live in has all kinds of pitfalls, greed is just as great as lust. (Jesus seemed to really find a problem with prideful people over the adulterer and thief).How about we say something like this. I believe in the freedoms we have in this country, freedoms to pursue the things of God and not the things of God. I believe it is important that we regulate corporations and Business to have them marketed in their appropriate context or environment. This, “appropriate,” is also debatable too. But it is my belief that this is a good fight to wage in the political cage. It creates a place for us to make decisions and choices based on our beliefs instead of having a government tell me what I can or cannot do in my home. I do not believe that banning is the answer or a good road to go down.These are my thoughts for now on this topic. I’m sure they will change as I wrestle though these issues in my heart and brain and continue to search the Word for instruction and insight. May we not win a battle and loose a war.