Michael Pearl & Pornography: 20 years of NGJ

[hoipolloi]

20 years of NGJ. What do we get by way of celebration? Jesus? Heaven? Christian love and divine forgiveness? Any of things we are usually told by fundies to be the great blessings of true believers?

Hell no, we get PORN, courtesy Michael Pearl's rant on pornography (nogreaterjoy.org/articles/this-is-the-last-righteous-generation/):

The big question you ask is, “How do I make sure my children are not exposed to pornography?â€

They cannot go to public schools or any private school that allows the children to possess cell phones or access the web.

Do not allow your children to possess any online device or to know any passwords for your devices.

Do not allow your children to operate any online media, including Netflix, unless you are looking at the screen with them the entire time. Two minutes out of the room and you may lose them to hell’s cocktail. Parents are so naïve.

Do not allow your children to freely associate with any child whose family does not maintain the same safeguards.

Explain to them the very things I have revealed in this article. Warn them of Satan’s devices. Explain to them the prevalence and power of pornography.

Provide an example of holy matrimony and dangle before them the promise of a pure love relationship one day if they keep themselves holy. Make sure they appreciate the precious and the profane for what they are. In the end, the best defense you can instill in your youth is the desire for a virtuous life.

Never trust your children, and don’t trust your spouse if any activity seems to be suspicious. My wife and my staff have complete access to my computer. The main server is beyond my reach. It maintains complete records of all my activity. I am never locked in a room by myself to “do my work without being disturbed.†I don’t own a cell phone, but if I did my wife and my staff would be on the account and be able to review all my activities. If any adult is less open than I describe, they are porno freaks that need to repent. Don’t doubt it. “Provide things honest in the sight of all men†(Romans 12:17).

And then, the isolation (you knew this was part of the recipe for "saving" family members from PORN):

I don’t have space to say more, but now and in the near future there will be only one way to save your children from Sodom. You must move far away from its influence and not have any digital doorway to it in your home or on your person. This will mean different things to different people. But for most families it will entail engineering the family from the kids up. That is, you must first decide what environment is best for the kids. Where should you live? What kind of a lifestyle? How will you form positive association with other families? Then your vocation will be built around meeting the needs of your children. You may have to give up a lucrative occupation and band with other families of like mind to create a closed environment in which to raise the kids.

Also, possibly of more interest in some ways, a new edition of TTUAC is coming out this summer. According to the blurb (probably written by Michael Pearl), it has been "updated" in the following ways (scroll to last page here - nogreaterjoy.org/wordpress/f/ngj-magazine-201503-june-july.pdf):

[it's] 15% larger, containing an entirely new section answering the critics of biblical chastisement. The chapter on guilt has been radically edited and updated. Terminology has been updated to reflect the changing connotation of words. The writing style has been improved here and there. But the principles are ageless and have not changed in the least. [Emphasis in original]

[apple1]

Wow. Because these ideas have worked out so well for the Duggars. :oops:

There will be a tell all related to the Pearls some day. JMHO.

[Fascinated]

What is with these people's obsession with PORN? It's obviously all THEY can think about. I, personally, have had no such restrictions and I have even been in a room by myself (several times actually) and I did not grasp those opportunities to view PORN. But, I'm not a man and, as such, would have no interest in visual stimuli.

[hoipolloi]

Wow. Because these ideas have worked out so well for the Duggars. :oops:

There will be a tell all related to the Pearls some day. JMHO.

Re: bolded. ITA. Michael Pearl has been obsessed with sex forever -- where's there's smoke, there's fire and all that.

[ILoveJellybeans]

I thought this was another sex scandal.

[jerkit]

My H and I have a personal belief that in our marriage, porn is not okay.

SOMEHOW

we both have iPhones, Netflix, and use the computer in a room by ourselves without watching porn.

This is shocking, I know.

[Miss M]

If I knew how to do it I would change my user name to "hell’s cocktail" in a heartbeat!!

[Anny Nym]

20 years of NGJ. What do we get by way of celebration? Jesus? Heaven? Christian love and divine forgiveness? Any of things we are usually told by fundies to be the great blessings of true believers?

Hell no, we get PORN, courtesy Michael Pearl's rant on pornography (nogreaterjoy.org/articles/this-is-the-last-righteous-generation/):

The big question you ask is, “How do I make sure my children are not exposed to pornography?â€

They cannot go to public schools or any private school that allows the children to possess cell phones or access the web.

Do not allow your children to possess any online device or to know any passwords for your devices.

Do not allow your children to operate any online media, including Netflix, unless you are looking at the screen with them the entire time. Two minutes out of the room and you may lose them to hell’s cocktail. Parents are so naïve.

Do not allow your children to freely associate with any child whose family does not maintain the same safeguards.

Explain to them the very things I have revealed in this article. Warn them of Satan’s devices. Explain to them the prevalence and power of pornography.

translation: "Trust nobody, NOBODY! Everyone could be a reptiloid demon in human skin disguise, even the guy from around the corner, who walks his dog (his suspicious looking dog!) at 8 am in the morning. Ya know what, if you even have neighbours you are so naive, SO NAIVE!

You too should live in a Una Bomber hut in the middle of the woods! The woods are created by the Lord, nothing bad or even suspiciously shady ever happened in the woods. From the ´hood to the wood, be like me! I am normal, I can smell Satan!"

Provide an example of holy matrimony and dangle before them the promise of a pure love relationship one day if they keep themselves holy. Make sure they appreciate the precious and the profane for what they are. In the end, the best defense you can instill in your youth is the desire for a virtuous life.

translation: "Act like complete horndogs in front of your children, take no consideration for their age or their already fragile and damaged psyche (which, in fact, YOU have should have damaged by now - by following the steps in my book, btw, BUY MY BOOK!) whatsoever! I mean, hey, what ever could go wrong?!"

Never trust your children, and don’t trust your spouse if any activity seems to be suspicious. My wife and my staff have complete access to my computer. The main server is beyond my reach. It maintains complete records of all my activity. I am never locked in a room by myself to “do my work without being disturbed.†I don’t own a cell phone, but if I did my wife and my staff would be on the account and be able to review all my activities. If any adult is less open than I describe, they are porno freaks that need to repent. Don’t doubt it. “Provide things honest in the sight of all men†(Romans 12:17).

And then, the isolation (you knew this was part of the recipe for "saving" family members from PORN):

I don’t have space to say more, but now and in the near future there will be only one way to save your children from Sodom. You must move far away from its influence and not have any digital doorway to it in your home or on your person. This will mean different things to different people. But for most families it will entail engineering the family from the kids up. That is, you must first decide what environment is best for the kids. Where should you live? What kind of a lifestyle? How will you form positive association with other families? Then your vocation will be built around meeting the needs of your children. You may have to give up a lucrative occupation and band with other families of like mind to create a closed environment in which to raise the kids.

translation: "Generally be paranoid as fuck. Always. And try to find people who are also paranoid as fuck. Then build a whole village of Una Bomber huts and live there with likeminded individuals. Make me your Guru."

[ILoveJellybeans]

And if you find that your teenager has a porn stash, go through it and paste pictures of Michael Pearl over all of the breasts and genitalia. Your kid will never look at porn again, but forget about grandchildren as you will not have any.

[Four is Enough]

The Michael Pearl quotes: crazy as fuck.

The snark: completely hilarious. I love you guys.

[iheartchacos]

hahahahaha at 'porno freak'

How do people take this man seriously? (I did for a while, but I wises up)

[ThisOlGirl]

I think a lot of us have used the phrase "hell's cocktail" after having one too many of our favorite drink.

[polecat]

My H and I have a personal belief that in our marriage, porn is not okay.

SOMEHOW

we both have iPhones, Netflix, and use the computer in a room by ourselves without watching porn.

This is shocking, I know.

Make some room on that bench for me, Jerkit. I have my own reasons for disliking porn, and my husband has never been interested. And yet neither of us has each other's passwords for pretty much anything because why would we? There's no sneakiness or wrongdoing going on here, and I'm just not that snoopy (nor do I have the time) to micromanage everything he does. Good grief!

And since when does Netflix have porn? I feel like I must have the cheapie package because mine doesn't have anything particularly juicy.

[16strong]

I wouldn't at all be surprised if there were some seriously hinky things on 'ol Mikey's computer. I feel like he doth protest too much.

[happy atheist]

Partaking of Hell's Cocktail is our newest post rank title. :dance:

[Hane]

If I knew how to do it I would change my user name to "hell’s cocktail" in a heartbeat!!

And here I thought "hell's cocktail" was a Bloody Mary with extra Tabasco.

Hell's Cocktail should be a user count title.

[hoipolloi]

Make some room on that bench for me, Jerkit. I have my own reasons for disliking porn, and my husband has never been interested. And yet neither of us has each other's passwords for pretty much anything because why would we? There's no sneakiness or wrongdoing going on here, and I'm just not that snoopy (nor do I have the time) to micromanage everything he does. Good grief!

And since when does Netflix have porn? I feel like I must have the cheapie package because mine doesn't have anything particularly juicy.

Re: bolded. Us three.

Looks like the level of maturity in Mike Pearl's marriage is pretty damned low, even after 40+ years.

[HoneyBunny]

My husband is retired from the military. We spent months, sometimes years apart and are still in love after 32 years of marriage. There is not a single doubt in either of our minds that adultery and pornography has never been an issue. Why? Because of respect. I much prefer a marriage based on respect than one based on suspicion and doubt.

These people are sick. Every day brings us more proof of that. Why do they think we would listen to any of them??

[Toothfairy]

Why are theSe people always thinking about sex and porn??

[FloraKitty35]

Michael Pearl must have a massive collection of pornography, but I'm sure it's just for research purposes.

[Tatar-tot]

Michael Pearl must have a massive collection of pornography, but I'm sure it's just for research purposes.

Maybe a lifetime subscription to Playboy or maybe thats too tame, Hustler?

[CloakNDagger]

Why are theSe people always thinking about sex and porn??

Honestly, having been in the Vision Forum environment, I think that all of those stupid "prevention" methods are actually worse. Combine that with Jeff Pollard's Christian Modesty and the Public Undressing of America at BCA early on and some families I know of stopped even going to the pool / beach to avoid seeing immodest females.

So, when that little Covenant Eyes thing is staring you in the face every time you look at your computer, it is a constant reminder of that which we don't look at.

I now think going to public pools, beaches, whatever, in moderation is not so bad after all. Yeah, you might discover what a girl really looks like, but you'll also see the fat ones, the painfully thin ones, and they are all REAL people who can get angry at you, or who you can develop a real relationship with, or who you just exist alongside. The guys addicted to porn in the community likely don't have truly healthy relationships with girls besides possibly (as the truth comes out) their sisters, who are probably as frumpy as anything anyway and because they are starved due to the over-emphasis and extreme standards, they are more likely to become totally addicted when they discover a few websites of the hottest-bodied chicks around.

[Georgiana]

I hope Netflix doesn't have porn. I would be mortified to learn that I am PAYING for porn in the 21st Century!

[Miss M]

Partaking of Hell's Cocktail is our newest post rank title. :dance:

I may never post again, just so it doesn't change!! "Partaking of Hell's Cocktail" I am so proud!!

[FloraKitty35]

Maybe a lifetime subscription to Playboy or maybe thats too tame, Hustler?

Hustler (Playboy would be too tame).