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[Note: This thread isn't specifically about pornography; it is about Social Philosophy and the un-Christian damage it can do in society!]
As most of us who live in Western society know, Hugh Hefner's anti-Christian Playboy Philosophy is, for the most part, mainstream today and no longer just a transitional social proposition as it was back in the 1960's, during the so-called, Sexual Revolution.
Being that Hugh Hefner's philosophy has been so prevalent, undergoing some permutation in today's culture and becoming somewhat mainstream through media such as advertising, magazines, t.v. programs, movies, the internet, and also in people's lifestyles---and since he proffered his philosophy through his brand name empire which he began in 1953, and since he has sought to offer social 'inspiration' to many others in many nations over the past several decades, not just among his fellow pornographers, mind you, but also to the masses living in one culture or another---we might all need to be aware of the underlying propositions of his social philosophy.
As Christians, we can be aware of this so we can better counter it; for atheists and non-Christians, Hefner's philosophy could amount to a form of confused "WELL-BEING" and I'd strongly suggest they reconsider and lean away from it.
Below is a video [48 minutes] of a debate from exactly 53 years ago this year between the late William F. Buckley, Jr., who was a conservative spokesman [Catholic apologist?
] and the host of the talk show, FIRING LINE, and his guest, Hugh Hefner.
What I'd like to hear is your comment(s) about key points of the debate that you find interesting or points on which you disagree with either Buckley or Hefner. OR, for those of you who have a hard time motivating yourselves to listen, pick a random 10 minute section to respond to.
And for something really interesting, please listen to what Hugh Hefner had to say between minute marks 40:50 to 42:45----I think you'll get the overall gist when you hear it.
2PhiloVoid
As most of us who live in Western society know, Hugh Hefner's anti-Christian Playboy Philosophy is, for the most part, mainstream today and no longer just a transitional social proposition as it was back in the 1960's, during the so-called, Sexual Revolution.
Being that Hugh Hefner's philosophy has been so prevalent, undergoing some permutation in today's culture and becoming somewhat mainstream through media such as advertising, magazines, t.v. programs, movies, the internet, and also in people's lifestyles---and since he proffered his philosophy through his brand name empire which he began in 1953, and since he has sought to offer social 'inspiration' to many others in many nations over the past several decades, not just among his fellow pornographers, mind you, but also to the masses living in one culture or another---we might all need to be aware of the underlying propositions of his social philosophy.
As Christians, we can be aware of this so we can better counter it; for atheists and non-Christians, Hefner's philosophy could amount to a form of confused "WELL-BEING" and I'd strongly suggest they reconsider and lean away from it.
Below is a video [48 minutes] of a debate from exactly 53 years ago this year between the late William F. Buckley, Jr., who was a conservative spokesman [Catholic apologist?
] and the host of the talk show, FIRING LINE, and his guest, Hugh Hefner.What I'd like to hear is your comment(s) about key points of the debate that you find interesting or points on which you disagree with either Buckley or Hefner. OR, for those of you who have a hard time motivating yourselves to listen, pick a random 10 minute section to respond to.
And for something really interesting, please listen to what Hugh Hefner had to say between minute marks 40:50 to 42:45----I think you'll get the overall gist when you hear it.
2PhiloVoid
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