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Christian Counseling on Adolescent Pornograph Use

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2014, 22(1), pp.221-255
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2014.22.1.221
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : April 19, 2014
  • Accepted : May 10, 2014

JOSEPH JEON 1

1성결대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This paper is to clarify Christian counseling on adolescent pornographic use. Human being is born with one's own gender, male or female. It is natural for human being to show interests in opposite gender. Accordingly, liberal theological viewpoints emphasize that adolescent pornograph use is through which one becomes an adult. So, the adolescent pornograph use is understood as a means of eliminating one's sexual desire. However, one should not consider pornograph insignificantly. There have been many discussions about this issue for the last two decades. But these discussions have not come to an end, and there are many different opinions. From a conservative perspective, pornography is the basic cause of sexual immorality, transgression, social evil practices and many crimes. They emphasize that pornography has to be strongly prohibited. But liberals insist that pornography has an effect of psychological catharsis including exhalation of sexual aggression. Those who become exposed to pornography in their adolescent years will consider that sexual pleasure is happiness of their lives. It seems like this sexual problem is adults in common. Repetition of pornograph use in adolescence will cause a wrong sexual awareness and abnormal sexual conducts. The pornograph use will cause not only invite a barrier to Christian faith development but also communicate various spiritual evil practices. An evangelical Christian counselor ought to adolescent pornograph use will cause non-biblical conduct and transgression. Pornography includes video tapes, images, DVDs, mp3 sounds, pictures, etc. However, in digital era, most adolescents become exposed to pornography through smart phone or internet. The development of the mass media leads to more aceess to pornography. Recently, a development of three-dimensional image brings a press for the improvement in pornography quality. The 3D image gives the peripheral and strong stimulus. The producer of pornography will get an exorbitant economic profits through the 3D images. Lastly, the influence of pornography is going to increase everywhere. When a male and a female adolescent contact pornography at the same time, the male adolescent tends to induce more sexual impulse and desires than the female adolescent. This research deals with definition and notion of pornography, actual condition and evil practices of pornography, biblical understanding on pornography and methods of Christian counseling on pornography. The researcher believes the pornographic use degrades women, and enhances male's tendency to dominate over women. Also, other problems of the pornographic use make adolescent genital and to have pleasure centered thinking, abnormal sexual conducts, mimicry of pornography, sexual addiction, aggression, and spiritual evils. It is hard to pray truthfully, especially in the exposed in pornography from spiritual evil practices. Some adolescents who are exposed to pornography have doubts about their spirituality. One is unable to find the evincible instruction on pornography in the Bible. There is no 'pornography' in the Bible at all. However, there are many passages on obscene sin such as Genesis 9:22-23, Exodus 28:42, Psalm 119:37, and more. Pornography exposure is continued to an addiction immediately. In order to be freed from pornograph use, first, one needs to acknowledge and confess one's sin. Second step is to repent and seek forgiveness. Third step is to recognize the importance of having an intimate relationship with God. Evangelical Christian counselors ought to emphasize the importance of having an intimate relation with God. It is important to have an intimate relationship with God in order to conquer the pornograph.

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