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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Shaking the salt

Hear ye! Hear ye! The Saltshakers have unleashed a manifesto on how to conquer the human condition (at least, the lust-from-porn part of it). How? With the aid of a rubber band, telling a friend when you feel the urge in your loins (but not that sort of friend, sadly), or meeting up at a lust accountability group, which sounds about as well thought out as a Sex Addicts support/hook-up group. Check out the excerpts:
Lust Busters: Practical Assistance
How can we secure ourselves from being swept away by a tidal wave of lust?
3. Call a friend. Be honest and accountable. If we keep our secrets we may stay sick (James 5:16).
4. Meet in an accountability group of those who want to stay free.
5. Restrain the brain which becomes addicted to endorphins and encephalins, heroin-like chemicals released with sexual activity. By snapping a rubber band on your wrist whenever inappropriate thoughts occur, (or some such technique), addiction can be reduced by 80% in 30 days.
6. Get off-line. The internet is now the number one lust promoter in the world. Buy software which blocks ‘adult’ material or use a Christian ISP that filters sites -
www.integrityonline.com has a filtered service that is only available in the USA.
Does the rubber band make you think of a watered down Opus Dei? And can you tell someone who is losing their fight against lust by their rubber-tattered wrists.