Summit Lecture Series: The Worldview Behind Porn with Sean McDowell, part 2 - Education Videos

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One of the greatest myths circulating around our culture today that involves pornography is this: “It doesn’t affect me.”

I teach at a Christian school, and in my class, we have many frank and open discussions. One discussion originated with the internet at large and it shifted into internet porn. There was one student – a great kid from a great family – who I could tell was getting very bothered by the conversation. So, when he came to me at lunch and asked if we could talk, I wasn’t surprised. What surprised me was when, before he got a word out, he folded his arms on the table, buried his face into his arms and began to cry. He then went on to tell me that for the past six months, he has spent hours upon hours each and every night looking at porn on his phone.

male in bed browsing the internet late at night with a tablet

He asked me, “What should I do?”

I simply replied, “How has this affected you?”

I’ll never forget his answer, “It affects how I look at women. I can’t look at a woman now without undressing her in my mind.”

In other words, women became objects to him.

St. Augustine said, “We’re supposed to love people and use money.”

But, too often, we use people and love money.

So, it’s no coincidence that Hugh Hefner said, “Women are objects to be used, and then discarded by men when they are finished.”...
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