The Farmers Wife: Why I will NOT be reading "50 shades of Grey" or watching "Magic Mike"

PLEASE NOTE: I am not trying to offend anyone or step on toes... If you take this offensively I am sorry. I felt as a christian woman I needed to write how I felt about this touchy subject.

Just a few questions :

As a christian, is porn ok?

What about going to a strip club?

Or cheating on your partner?

Not OK??? I thought so...

Sorry to say the "50 shades of Grey" an erotic book series is what most people are labeling "mommy porn"... in a book... you don't have to see it to imagine it in your mind so technically their right. Once you've read it you can't get rid of it... the words are stuck like glue. "Magic Mike"a movie about male strippers is also being labeled under that category...

Now I haven't read the books or seen blockbuster movie and I will admit I was tempted to see what all the fuss was about. I am so thankful I did not bend to that temptation!

"IT’S THE SAME THING.

The only difference is, women can put it on their coffee tables, carry them around with them in their purses, read them on their kindles, and it is just a part of polite society. Liberating…. (tongue in cheek)

It is p o r n. It is written to appeal to women’s s e x u a l appetites. It is expecting our husbands to live up to this made up, make-believe man in a book and taking our affections away from our husbands and onto another (fake) man. It is emotionally and in some cases, physically draining on our marriages. It’s detrimental. I don’t care about the reviews that say it’s “bringing marriages closer” or about the “50 Shades of Grey” baby boom…..it’s taking your physical desire away from your husband in your own mind. It is finding your pleasure in something else other than your husband.

OR, in the cases of single women…..it’s finding your pleasure in an unnatural source.

It’s still p o r n."

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What bothers me the most is how I am seeing/hearing of christian women falling in LOVE with both movie and books!

Where are your/ societies standards???

Would it be ok for your husbands, boyfriends, brothers, or fathers to see a movie about a female stripper for the third time?

We would be very angry and hurt. So don't you think that maybe, just maybe the men in our lives are feeling this way? Who wouldn't be upset when the person they care about is mentally "cheating" on them?

Mothers out there... What kind of example are you setting for your children? Especially for your daughters?

Here is an excerpt from a blog post I read not long ago and agree with completely!

"I am surprised, though, at how completely accepting Christian culture is to both of these works. I’ve read a few dozen different updates from Christian women regarding “50 Shades” and “Magic Mike,” and the verdict? They love them. I mean they really looooove them. They can’t stop talking about them.

(Quick, like a bandaid:) This is not okay.

Christian women need to reject both of these works, and instead, use our voices in support of what is good, right and true. It is our responsibility, as daughters of the Heavenly King, to remain set-apart from the poisons of our culture, to rebuke temptation, and to celebrate and honor righteousness.

Some Scriptural Support

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8

If your enemy thinks he can snare you with something as “acceptable” as 50 Shades or Magic Mike, you better believe he will take advantage. Don’t let the culture’s acceptance and celebration of these works confuse you, or put you off your guard.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:1-9

(Emphasis my own.) Do not conform to the patterns of this world. In other words, just because everyone else is reading it/watching it, that doesn’t make it acceptable.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” Matthew 6:22-23

Is what you’re putting in front of your eyes healthy? Is what you’re putting into your imagination healthy?" Melissa Jenna from http://www.melissajenna.com

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So why will I not read "50 shades of Grey" or watch "Magic Mike"???

~ It would demoralize my husband as well as myself.

~ I do not want to fill my mind with more garbage... theres enough in this world.

~ I do not want to open a door that will be hard to close. Filling your mind with un pure thoughts are wrong and are addicting... like drugs and food.

~ It is SINNFUL

So I leave you with a few bible verses to chew on and digest...