From CNN:
MORTON, Illinois (CNN) — At 8 o’clock on a recent Saturday morning, more than 250 men gathered at New Life Christian Church in Morton, Illinois, for a breakfast of porn and pancakes.
The event, not as titillating as it sounds, is the brainchild of Craig Gross, founder of the online Christian ministry, XXXChurch.com. Gross concocted the idea of “Porn & Pancakes” as a way to get Christians and church officials to talk about pornography addiction.
Over the smell of maple syrup and sausage, Gross and other guest speakers — including a former producer of pornography — talk to the men about how pornography negatively affects their lives, including relationships with their families and with God. The men who come to hear them speak want to make sure they don’t develop a problem themselves.
A nonscientific poll found that 70 percent of Christians admitted to struggling with porn in their daily lives. Church officials are not immune either. According to Gross, some 76 percent of pastors he surveyed said they, too, have a problem.
Gross’ organization attends adult industry conventions, handing out bibles to pornography fans and workers that read “Jesus Loves Porn Stars.” Gross travels the country having friendly debates on college campuses with iconic porn star Ron Jeremy on the effects of pornography. And XXXChurch.com also offers free accountability software, which Gross says has been downloaded by 300,000 people. It works by sending reports to a couple of trusted persons — a friend, a wife, a pastor — about which Web sites have been visited.
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Their web site is fascinating - it’s slick and has Ron Jeremy right on the front page.
The Porn Debate Tour starts in August and tickets are $10.
I’m not sure Craig is going to win these debates.
~BG
