Website owner: James Miller
Q. What is wrong with magazines like Playboy, Penthouse,
Hustler, etc.? Why and how are they at odds with the Bible
and Christianity?
A. First one must recognize what they really are, the spirit and
philosophy that lies behind them. They represent a blatant
glamorization of lust and lasciviousness, things that are
clearly sins according to the Bible. They glamorize a
"swinger" philosophy (which is really simple hedonism) which
stands in conflict with the Bible and its teachings and
value system. At the bottom, the spirit of this philosophy
is diametrically opposed to such Biblical values as the
importance of chastity, marital fidelity, strict honesty,
and prohibitions against adultery and promiscuity.
Basically these magazines represent a value system that is
diametrically opposite to the value system of the Bible.
There is a conflict of value systems. The true lover of God
loves goodness, virtue, and morality. The spirit of Playboy
magazine is to love badness and immorality.
Apr 1981
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