That’s the title from chapter 8 of Mark Driscoll‘s book called “Porn-again Christian – a frank discussion on pornography and masturbation”. You can download a free copy at this link.
WARNING! THIS IS A VERY GRAPHIC BOOK! I know a lot of different people read this blog and I just want to be sure you know beforehand that this book uses explicit language and takes a straightforward look at the issue of pornography and masturbation. That said, it is an incredible resource and I think Driscoll hit a home run with his direct approach.
I shared that so I could write about chapter 8…”pornography and the slippery slope of ted bundy”. James Dobson interviewed Ted Bundy the day before he was executed. Bundy is one of the most notorious serial killers in history. The book contains an excerpt of the interview.
In this interview, Bundy shares something that blows me away! Bundy was not abused as a kid, he wasn’t molested, didn’t have any of the normal psychological triggers that profilers have attributed to serial killers.
Here is an excerpt from the book:
“Shockingly, Bundy admitted that he possessed none of the normal triggers for such sinful behavior, as he was raised in a loving Christian home with five siblings and did not experience any sexual abuse growing up. Rather, he confessed in clear detail how as a young boy he began, as most boys do, viewing common pornography, which grew into increasingly harder and more deviant forms of pornography that eventually led to his acting out his evil fantasies. Quoted below is an edited transcript of the conversation that occurred just seventeen hours before Ted was led to the electric chair. I trust that it will be a sobering reminder to my Christian brothers that the sin of lust is an insatiable parasite that you must not feed, lest it grow and lead to death.”
Wow! Go download the free book if you want to read more.
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
There’s a lot of interest in this topic, but not all of it is from those addicted. There are many women who are the “collateral damage” of someone else’s addiction: daughters, sisters, mothers, wives and girlfriends.
For them, there is:
http://www.thepornographyeffect.wordpress.com
click on “previous posts” at the end of chapter six
to read chapters 7-12; the whole read takes 70 minutes or less.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Thanks for the comment and the link Paul. Your book looks like it will be a great resource too!
November 29th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Chris, I just finished reading Driscoll’s “Porn Again Christian” this week. It’s a pretty amazing, and straight-forward graphic, take on the subject of how pornography can tear men up. The discussion about how the porn industry is just a part of the bigger sex trade/slavery was very insightful.
The Bundy tie in was something I hadn’t seen before. Makes you think.
Peace.