Our Society Celebrates Lust! (Also this is not meant to be a shaming post! Just an explicit one!)

Disclaimer: I understand that this post may be triggering. Especially for people who have been raised by extremist Christian communities. Because talk about evil, the devil, and God is used as a weapon against others instead of a tool to enlightenment and healing. I think it is extremely important that when we have these discussions, we frame them with a frame of "I am a sinner, and I am good, and I am loved unconditionally by God. Mentioning "Evil" or "The devil" should not be considered accusatory or attacking/offensive in and of itself. It should not be that on its own. But unfortunately many communities use these terms to scare people and threaten people. This is not Christian. So, with the understanding that I believe that we should not be using fear to shame people into anything, you may proceed.

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Our society celebrates lust.

Our society dominated by men who have lost grip on ethics, on self-discipline… and have become porn addicted to cope with their heart’s disconnection from Christ.. Celebrates! Lust!

Lord Have Mercy!

We don’t know how deep we are in it!
I am bisexual which means that the female body arouses me at the same (or often greater) frequency that the male body does.
I have always been like this. This is not a choice. No I did not “experiment to find out”. I simply was honest with myself about my experience of life.

I wish I could make women realize the damage they are doing to the world when they reveal their bodies in provocative ways. It is extremely provocative and I can tell you for a fact that it is virtually impossible for me to not sin when I see photographs of women in bikini swimsuits.

Yes! Lust is a sin! Arousal and sexuality on their own are not, but lust; the craving for another human who has not been made your own; is!

The desire to self-indulge and self-gratify is!

And any tempting thing that pulls us away from a self-sacrificing unconditional love and respect for our neighbor and our God is a sin and is evil from the devil!

And we can chose whether we perpetuate this evil or not! We have control over our actions! Whether we speak or not. Whether we make something to be serious or a joke. Whether we share our lust and make it commonplace or not.

Women are still raped!!! All over the world!!! Every day!!!

And as a bisexual women with a high libido, I can tell you that as will all problems, there are many complex factors and contributors!

We celebrate lust! We celebrate porn! We foster environments that are conducive to evil. To self-gratifying, and lack-of-respecting-other-human beings-as-holy, evil!

As any horny person should know, the line between selfish and selfless is thin. The line between too far and not is blurry. Sexual arousal by design is intoxicating, addictive, and escapist. The threads to death are numerous!! Self-control and self-respect and respect for others are paramount!

I frankly don’t know how a lonely, spiritually-blind (all of us have blind spots) single person with a high libido in our world WOULDN’T be addicted to porn. It is a damaging. It is harmful. It is dangerous and it is everywhere. It is now commonplace that women make themselves to represent porn; everywhere they go. And to value themselves as a pornographic image is valued. We are more than our sexualities. Life and love is much greater than sex. The blessings Christ offers us in the kingdom of heaven make sex look like a speck of dust. We have to be willing to listen to this truth! Do we want the kingdom of heaven? Do we want the things Christ offers us?
We have to decide. There is no wishy-washy middle place. There is an unconditional love of our Creator OR there is a world of isolation, fear, disorder, and chaos. Like being stuck lost in a foggy town you have never been to and looking for what you hold most dear, and being led far away from it actively.

There is science to back this up. (There always is science to back up the truth btw). Please see: https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-can-porn-harm-consumers-relationships-and-society/

Here is a quick test to see if lust is pulling you into hell at all.
Next time you see a mostly-naked woman (on a bulletin board/in a magazine— oh trust me you will. You might even be surprised how fast it happens once you start waiting for it to)
Notice what your body and mind do and where your eyes gravitate.

Do your eyes:
-Gravitate to her eyes and her face
-Gravitate to her breasts/waist/legs/butt 0

Does your heart:
-crave to be intimate with this stranger 0
-Feel curiosity for who she is as a person
-Feel extreme respect and/or fondness for her as a individual independent human being of her own with her own mind and heart and body and aspirations.

Does your mind:
-wish to give her any possessions she wants without ever seeing from or hearing from her again
-have a willingness to sacrifice your life for her without anything in return
-forgive her for all her sins; no matter how much they hurt you or others or society
-want her to be someone specific 0
-want her to do something specific 0
-want anything from her 0

It should be obvious but if any of these things have a 0 by them, then the devil is manipulating you and pulling you into hell and evil works.
Yes.
This is a real thing.
Dx sigh
I don’t know how to be explicit without triggering someone. It’s just how it is.

You are not

 You are not your failures.

You are not your successes.

You are not your feelings.

You are not your fears.

You are not your ideas.

You are not your sins.

You are not your talents.

You are not your possessions.

You are not your thoughts.

You are not your body.

You are not your sexuality.

You are not your politics. 

You are not your ideology. 

You are not your experiences.

You are not inherently bad when you do bad things.

You are not bad when you think about bad things.

You are not bad when you feel bad things. 

You are more than that.

Christianity in the States

 This country (world) is messed up. I like my progressive bubble. Where 'feminism' isn't a trigger word and just means giving women the same respect, and rights that men get. Where progressive *IS* the future because (news flash) this country doesn't listen to scientists, it listens to money and money-loving rich. This country is built off of manipulation of the masses and nothing less. There is a reason Europeans are so much happier and well adjusted, and the young people from there are more mature than young people are here. (okay okay---she's a biased one with not *that* much life experience)

I keep learning about more and more celebrity figures, and american cultures that are shocking to me. People are so stuck in their ways that they make up problems that don't exist just so they can avoid the ones that do! Ignorance might be the worst problem in the world. I will say it again and again and again until I die. "The Truth will set you free." The truth will set you free. Breathe in the truth. Suck it up. Cry it out. Feel your emotions. Do whatever you have to do, but for God's sake, the sake of your own soul and the wellbeing of every other living being on the planet, face the freaking truth and educate yourselves. And grow, and learn, and be uncomfortable, and never stop because that's the only right path. (I don't mean putting yourself in dangerous places or uncomfortable ones 24/7. God had a day of rest for a reason)

I wish I could just help everyone stop sabotaging themselves and each other, but I can't. This is all I can do. Talk and hope people listen. Write and hope people read, and be in people's lives as a ear as much as God allows me to. Exposure to different ideas from the comfortable ones you were raised in is essential to become well-adjusted, stable, healthy, mature, and loving. If you are a Christian and your goal is to be loving, you need to get out and hang out with people who aren't. Jesus was before Christianity. I have no idea how so many Christians can just go to church and call it good. It's like they read the bible and obtain none of its information. If you are doing anything out of fear, you need to take a step back and confront yourself and what is actually going on. Fear has no place in the Christian heart. None. Especially with regards to decision-making. Fear and Love are contrary. If you can not live without fear, you will never find love. I'm not talking about rough times. Everyone has rough times. I am talking about daily decisions about your values and your morals and the choices you make in life.

That is all. ~Rosem