

He said that he appreciates Christians (“I’m a big Christian fan”), but he pointed out that Christianity and Judaism are two different religions. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.Īdultery in Judaism, said Prager, is the literal act, not a matter of the heart. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. That is the central theme of the Counterfeit Culture podcast, a show hosted by pastor Joshua Broome. You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Counterfeit Culture With Joshua Broome on Apple Podcasts 35 episodes By knowing what is real, you can discern what is not. Judaism does not have a teaching that if you look at a woman with lust, it is the same as committing adultery with her, said Prager, alluding to Matthew 5:27-30, where Jesus says: “I am less interested in the interior person, morally speaking, than you are, than probably any of you are,” he said to his fellow panelists, explaining that he comes from a “behaviorist, law-based religion.” Prager made his comments on pornography while participating in a discussion on the Book of Exodus featured on DailyWire+.


He has been broadcasting on radio since 1982 and is the host of The Dennis Prager Show, which became nationally syndicated in 1999.

ZdPbeUGYYPĭennis Prager Says He Follows ‘Law-Based’ Religionĭennis Prager is the founder of the conservative video site, PragerU. Pornography inherently degrading, and it trains a man to not be satisfied with one woman, a real woman, or his woman. He thinks he spent around 14,000 on takeout so he wouldn’t have to go to the grocery store and interact with people. This is terrible advice I’m no OT scholar but I do know that coveting is a sin. JPocket During his last year as a porn star, Broome never left his apartment. Broome started out in the porn industry after moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles, in his early 20s in hopes of becoming an actor. RELATED: Women Are ‘Disproportionately Hurting’ American Churches, Education and Healthcare, Says Dennis Prager Joshua Broome was in the adult industry for more than five years and filmed more than 1,000 x-rated movies under the pseudonym Rocco Reed. This article originally appeared on Faithwire. Digital Broome Digital Chameleon Dijjo Lima Dono Sanchez-Almara. Listen to Broome break down these statistics and the issue more broadly on the latest episode of “Counterfeit Culture.” “One-in-five youth pastors and one-in-seven senior pastors use porn on a regular basis - not have seen porn in their life, are currently consuming pornography with some regularity,” he said. “So the reality is: Christians are addicted to pornography and watching pornography.”īroome cited a Barna Group study that found 64% of Christian men and 15% of Christian women have said they watch porn at least monthly.īut it’s not only parishioners, as Broome also highlighted research showing pastors and youth preachers specifically struggle with regular porn use. “Each and every day I get hundreds of messages that say, ‘Josh, I'm a Christian. Among the revelations offered, he dove into some of the shocking statistics surrounding porn use among Christians. The preacher said he’s launching his “ Counterfeit Culture” podcast as a way to share his journey and to help those struggling with porn. And I found out the very hard way that industry caused me a lot of strife in my life.”īroome has openly shared his story of becoming suicidal after entering the porn industry, desperately seeking a way out - and eventually finding Christ. “I was in the adult film industry … for almost six years. “What a woman should look like, what a woman should do … because they're learning this from a fictitious representation of engagement.”īroome also outlined his motivations for advocating against porn and the risks he believes exist for those who consume it, appealing to his own story to help illustrate the cultural and individual conundrums porn perpetuates. “What happens is: people create these false expectations of intimacy relationships,” he said. Another is the formation of false expectations about what should unfold within relationships. Among the many problems porn perpetuates, Broome said, is isolation and disconnection from intimacy.
