Christians In Pornography And Miss USA:



I’m looking in my Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition).
Definition Number One, of the word “Pornography,” is precisely as follows:

1 : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement.

And, just to define the word “erotic,” it has to do with things devoted to, or that tend to arouse sexual desire.

Looking at these two definitions, what you have is that pictures, books, movies, and any other production involving things that tend to cause sexual desire can fall under the heading of pornography; or “Porn” for short.

Two other things I should mention:

Because sexual activity between a man and woman who are legally married is both legitimate and honorable, this type of activity is not considered Porn unless they’re depicting their intimate activities in presentation to others. Unfortunately, there are some married couples who do things such as take their normal private sexual acts and make videos of their intimate moments for sale on the Internet.


Porn is wrong because it promotes the sin of lust.

Matthew 5:28

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Porn is all about getting someone to dwell on fantasizing about sex, other than the biblical sex that should occur between you and your spouse.

This is what the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition was all about when I was young. It wasn’t that the guys (as I recollect it was mainly guys reading Sports Illustrated), were so interested in fashion and apparel. This Sports magazine would put out a special edition with near naked women in ultra-revealing swimsuits. They were using lust to draw more customers. And by claiming the women were wearing swimsuits in a sports magazine, they were allowing some men to justify looking at a magazine with near-naked female models. Some men might be too embarrassed if Sports Illustrated outright opened a Porn division to sell pictures of women totally naked. So, you end up with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition which is really nothing more than a softer more palatable version of porn, as opposed to the hardcore porn where the models aren’t even wearing the small, tight, sensuous swimsuit.

So, where are we going with this? Well, the Miss USA pageant, as with many beauty pageants, has a segment were the contestants prance around and pose in a swimsuit, where very little of their body is covered.

The news is all abuzz regarding one Miss USA contestant named Carrie Prejean, who entered the Miss USA contest as Miss California. According to the news quotes that I am seeing, Miss California professes to be a Christian. And, during the competition, when asked about Gay Marriage, she correctly stated that she felt that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

However, I take issue with all the Christians clamoring to say what a great representation of the Christian community this young lady is. Quite the contrary, I found the news clips of her prancing around near-naked in the swimsuit portion of the Miss USA pageant to be Soft Porn as described above.

Let’s just be totally honest; do you really think it’s not a sexual thing for the near-naked Miss USA pageant contestants to come out in the public for everyone to look and judge how "hot" their bodies look? It’s nothing more than Soft Porn and anyone who would profess Christianity would do better to put their clothes on when they come out in the public no matter how sexy or cute they look in a bikini.

I’m sorry, but Miss California is simply not a good role model for young Christian women.