Could we live without it?

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So I saw Starsky and Hutch last night. It was pretty funny, an overall good movie. One thing that was dumb though was one part had some girl take her shirt off and get naked in front of them (it showed her from behind but you could tell that she was naked) and another part had Carmen Electra and Amy Smart kiss. During the movie it bothered me and was kinda awkward seeing as I was sitting next to Allison and Joanna and Gen were down the row. Then after the movie Allison said something that would get me thinking later on, "Yeah, that wasn't really my type of movie, I usually don't see PG-13 movies, but that one wasn't so bad." So nudity and two girls kissing right before they have sex with a guy isn't that bad. Which, I have to agree with her, isn't really that bad compared to some movies, PG-13 or otherwise. But the thing that got me thinking was not necessarily just that movie, or what anyone said but really how sex is sold to us. And I hate it. It's so stupid, if you add a pair of big breats the movie is estimated to make somewhere around 10% more because of it! Then I hear my 7th graders who are going to see movies like Starsky and Hutch and it makes me sick to think that they are being told that it is acceptable to just have sex whenever we want. Last Tuesday I took a break from studying and turned on the tv for a dew minutes I stopped at VH1. They were having a countdown and I thought it was the countdown about why the 90's was the best decade (unfortunately I didn't get to finish that show so I wanted to see the top 10) so I stopped. Well it wasn't the top 100 reasons why the 90's was the best decade it was the top 100 hottest celebrities. The only reason I stayed on there was because one of the commenters was Paris Hilton and I wanted to laugh at her for not being on the list, ha! Personally I think she is very ugly but that's for another post. But anyway the person that was being talked about was Jessica Simpson and they mentioned howshe decided to remain abstinant before mariage and stuff. Of course I was intrigued, what were they going to say about that? Well, they didn't disappoint. I forget who it was but she went on to say that it's good that Jessica got married early because if she didn't then guys might start think there is something wrong with her. She went on to say, "Hunny, if he hasn't done well in the bed before your wedding night, there's something wrong with him, I don' t care what anybody says, stay away from that boy!" Needless to say I was completely disgusted with that, quickly turned off the tv and went to play video games. But hold up here, what was she saying?! Unless I have had sex, preferably multiple times with multiple partners, then there must be something wrong with me! Ahhh, is everyone on crazy pills!!! This is our pop culture you guys, this is what the "general" public believes. Do I think that is what most people think, no, but is it what a lot of people, especially younger ones are thinking that most people believe yes! What happened to love being sacred! It's not really the girls fault either, that's what get's me so upset. Guys we are so freakin sex crazy can we just stop for a minute. God created us with certain needs, girls want to feel loved and protected and cared for. I don't care who they are, deep down that's what they really want. That's why there is such a pressure for girls to look good, be skinny, have that perfect "look". Guys look what we have done to these ladies! Because we are so obessed with body parts we have made them obessed with body parts! For all you girls who are reading this I am so sorry that you have such a pressure to look good. Granted I will say that a lot of you may want to look good for your self because it makes you feel good, that's great but many times it comes down to that 5 pounds you have to loose or you won't look pretty! From what I understand many of you feel bad about your weight and many times when you look in the mirror wish you could change something. I am so sorry. Forgive us guys. I know we struggle with lust and a lot of us are trying to defeat that but the societal standard to be perfect is still there in general. Of course not all the blame goes to the guys because girls do need to find there worth in God and not in what guys think about them but that must be so hard! I wish there was something that we could do to change this. I think there is. Man this is so frustrating to me! Can't we all see that there is something better than this? At this point I guess I have to say that this is where I understand Paul the most when he said, "To live is Christ and to die is gain." I think Paul understood that "to live is Christ" meant hard work. He could have said it other ways like "live live is sacrifice" or "to live is the cross" or "to live is not only having to put up with sin but being convicted and called to go out into the world and love the unlovable while dying to yourself daily and fighting your own sin nature and to die is gain." How sweet a picture it is to be with Jesus. But back to the original topic we got to do something guys. We need to pray for the Church that it will be able to reclaim the minds of those who are being decieved. I'm talking about Christians who have been decieved not non-Christians. I'm sorry I'm ranting but obviously this was very frustrating to me, not only because of how it corrupts others but also because how much I struggle with lust in my own life. I hope this has helped someone but really it was more to get that off my chest than anything else. Please pray for this though. Pray for the guys that are in your ministry. Nothing is to big for Jesus. God Bless.
- Luke