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12.01.05 Dr. Doug Moorhead Speaker urges students to build character Though he was speaking on a sensitive topic Thursday, Dr. Doug Moorhead's aim was true as he talked to Erskine College students about pornography. Moorhead, a psychology professor at Crown College in Minnesota, shared some staggering figures about Internet pornography and other forms of sexually explicit media. He said "sex" is the number one word used in Internet search engines and the sex industry made $57 billion in revenue in 2003. The Playboy Web site gets 5 million hits per day. Pornography is everyone's problem, "not just the guy sitting beside you," and has permeated our society, he said. "Attraction is from God's heart," he said, "but lust is from ours." Moorhead said the Bible has a lot to say about sexual immorality and he cited numerous passages of Scripture during his presentation, but young people and Christians are not immune to the temptation. He said 90 percent of young people between the ages of eight and 16 have viewed some type of pornography online. Seventy percent of all Internet porn traffic occurs between the hours of 9 and 5 and 40 million people in the United States, the world's leading producer of pornography with 150 new titles per week, are sexually involved with the Internet. Moorhead said 60 percent of Christian men admitted to looking at some form of Internet pornography and 34 percent of "churchgoing women" admitted to at least looking at it. People make their own choices about their behavior, he noted. "Part of us likes to be sick," he said. "Some say I'll deal with pornography if it gets beyond this line." The key to changing one's behavior is taking the initiative."God leaves us with many choices to make," he said. "But it is clear when he has spoken on a subject, the only correct choice is to obey." Moorhead said use of pornography at any level is a problem and people should deal with it accordingly. "We react when we are forced out of neutrality," he said. "We act when we refuse to stay there." He cited the example of David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel, when David's choices resulted in the deaths of both Bathsheba's husband and the first child of David and Bathsheba. Moorhead encouraged students to chart their own courses. "While moments are the context within which we live, our choices chart the course and the destination," he said. Many students are clear about their academic goals, but Moorhead asked whether they are as clear on their character goals. "The Lord is far more interested in your character than your academics," he said. "Do you put the same emphasis on what you take in with your eyes?" |
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