Back Ground Knowledge: The Economics Of Pornography

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Back Ground Knowledge
The birth of pornography was in 1839. Even though this was the founding moment of porn hundreds of years prior to the 1800’s the Greeks and Romans not only carved stone statues, they also covered everything from dinnerware to vases to walls with sexual images of all sorts. When the rise of Christianity and the Catholic Church came about they suddenly slowed and mostly completely stopped the production of erotic carvings. The Greek definition for pornography was the description of prostitutes and their trade. Over the years pornography was expanded to any obscene gestures with the intent to arouse sexual desire. The definition of pornography has evolved as the technology for transmitting has evolved. When the invention
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Economics of Pornography
After decades technology began to evolve and pornography has reach new levels through magazines, videocassettes, DVD’s, and also the internet. With the new technology spike pornography had become more explicit and bizarre. As pornography has become easier and easier to buy it has become more popular by old and even young. The amount of money that mainstream pornography has accumulated in the United States as of 2008 ranged from $12 to $15 billion dollars and worldwide it has accumulated $97 billion dollars. People who indulge in that industry don’t mind doing what they do because of the amount of money that comes with the job. Money is really the root of all evil. The amount money that pornography exceeds the total combined spending on sport evens and live
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While he was on earth he specifically talked about adultery and also lust for the opposite sex. Jesus said we should not have sex with anyone besides our spouse, he even said we should not even look at another induvial with lustful intention because that would be committing adultery in our hearts. In (Mt 5;28-30) it says that if we can’t stop such behavior we should gouge our eyes out and throw it away, or cut off out right hand and throw it away, rather than sending our whole body into hell”. Obviously pornography make us lust for the flesh which is one of the worst sins besides lusting for the eyes and also pride of lie. (1 John