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07-21-2005, 04:01 PM
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jul/21/m...are/?city_local (http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jul/21/minister_who_was_addicted_porn_says_case_not_rare/?city_local)
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Miller also testified he first had a “problem” with pornography when he was 10 or 11 years old.
His ever-escalating addiction, Miller said, caused him to participate in an online adult dating service, which led to his having an extramarital affair with a Eudora woman that included role-playing, bondage, spanking and explicit photographs.
Prosecutors argued that Miller, a carpenter, wanted his wife out of the way so he’d be free to pursue sexual relationships with other women and so he could collect more than $300,000 in life-insurance money.
Clearly, Brazell said, Miller’s addiction to pornography caused him to act irrationally.
“That’s the bottom-line evidence of addiction: You do something you don’t want to do,” he said.
Christian men, Brazell said, are especially susceptible to becoming addicted to pornography and, consequently, masturbation.
“As a Christian, you believe that pornography and masturbation are morally wrong,” he said. “And yet, because of so many issues that we grow up with, you’re attracted to it, which causes all kinds of shame and guilt — you’re in pain.”
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Miller also testified he first had a “problem” with pornography when he was 10 or 11 years old.
His ever-escalating addiction, Miller said, caused him to participate in an online adult dating service, which led to his having an extramarital affair with a Eudora woman that included role-playing, bondage, spanking and explicit photographs.
Prosecutors argued that Miller, a carpenter, wanted his wife out of the way so he’d be free to pursue sexual relationships with other women and so he could collect more than $300,000 in life-insurance money.
Clearly, Brazell said, Miller’s addiction to pornography caused him to act irrationally.
“That’s the bottom-line evidence of addiction: You do something you don’t want to do,” he said.
Christian men, Brazell said, are especially susceptible to becoming addicted to pornography and, consequently, masturbation.
“As a Christian, you believe that pornography and masturbation are morally wrong,” he said. “And yet, because of so many issues that we grow up with, you’re attracted to it, which causes all kinds of shame and guilt — you’re in pain.”
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