There on the stage was chubby, balding Ron Jeremy, star of about 1,800 adult films and subject of curiosity for a crowd of 500 at UC's Tangeman University Center.The anti-Ron Jeremy. A guy in a white dress shirt and a trendy haircut. Less familiar to the college set, Craig Gross is a pastor and founder of California anti-pornography Internet ministry XXXchurch.com, which, according to Time magazine, plans to hand out Bibles at erotica conventions.
Gross called porn "a cheap substitute for the real thing." He said it's addictive and creates unreal fantasies and taints people's views - especially men's - about sex and women.
"For some people, it leads to a dead end," Gross said.
Jeremy said pornography can be empowering to women and is not as harmful as Gross claims. He called it "part of the wide world of entertainment, nothing more, nothing less."
"How many of you saw porn before 18?" Gross asked the audience, emphasizing its easy availability. Several raised their hands. "But look," Jeremy responded, "they're all healthy, happy students."
See? The Hedgehog says that porn makes us healthy and happy, that is good enough for me!
The pastor hands out bibles at porn conventions? He must be just about the least popular guy in the world!
"Don't go look at those half naked girls! Here read this leather bound book that will fill you with shame!"
I've been following Jeremy's debates in the news. He seems to be very low key and at ease in his responses.
ReplyDeleteThe real reason Christians object to porn is because they think it is sinful, perverted, immoral and filthy. They don't care about the dignity of women and they can't really believe porn is as addictive as crack and heroin. They want everyone to be as uptight and narrow minded as they are.