Facebook and Infidelity
NEPTUNE, N.J. — A New Jersey pastor is telling his married church leaders to delete Facebook or resign. The Rev. Cedric Miller says much of his recent marital counseling has included infidelity stemming from the social-network website. The leader of Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in Neptune says Facebook is reigniting old passions. His plan was first reported by the Asbury Park Press. Miller already had asked married couples among his 1,100 congregants to share their Facebook passwords with each other. He says the reaction to that request was mixed. He says on Sunday that he will also "strongly suggest" that all married parishioners give up Facebook altogether.
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 Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers, says his company will not be a party to the pornography industry and hopes that the iPad and iPhone revolution will help lead to a porn-free world.
Jobs reiterated his position in a heated e-mail exchange with Ryan Tate, a writer for Gawker.com, which follows news and gossip in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Tate, who admitted that he was home alone and slightly inebriated at the time, took issue with a television ad calling the iPad a "revolution" and fired off an e-mail to Jobs.
"If Dylan [American songwriter Bob Dylan is one of Jobs' favorite musicians] was 20 today, how would he feel about your company? Would he think the iPad had the faintest thing to do with 'revolution?' Revolutions are about freedom," Tate wrote, not expecting a response from Jobs.
However, Jobs did respond to Tate, triggering an e-mail duel. "Yep, freedom from programs that steal your private data. Freedom from programs that trash your battery. Freedom from porn. Yep, freedom," responded Jobs. "The times they are a changin', and some traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is."
However, Tate accused Jobs of "imposing" his "morality" by having Apple forbid pornographic applications for iPad. "I don't want 'freedom from porn.' Porn is just fine! And I think my wife would agree," fired back Tate - who later said he regretted mentioning his wife.
Jobs shot back, "You might care more about porn when you have kids."
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In 2008 a number of researchers from a number of scientific and legal fields completed separate research projects on the impact of pornography on society. Each researcher wrote a paper or book on their findings. These researchers gathered for a conference, organized by the Witherspoon Institute, in 2008. A series of videos was made of these reports and is now available through the Witherspoon Institute.
The book, "The Social Costs of Pornography" was released in March of 2010 compiling the results of all findings and resulting recommendations into a single report.
While the findings of this research is quite valuable, this was not a Christian research project. As a result, some of the resulting books and video reports contain very graphic descriptions of pornograhpy and are not recommended for reading or viewing by anyone who struggles with pornography. Two researchers in particular, however, do not mention anything graphic and have especially useful reports. Those are: - Roger Scruton - On the Abuse of Sex
- Jill Manning - The Effects of Pornography on Women
The videos are available online at www.socialcostsofpornography.org
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