{"id":11312,"date":"2014-01-02T09:05:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=11312"},"modified":"2014-01-02T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:05:13","slug":"teens-terrorized-by-pornography-demons-at-church-lock-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2014\/01\/teens-terrorized-by-pornography-demons-at-church-lock-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens Terrorized By Pornography Demons At Church Lock-In!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Did you ever see The Blair Witch Project<\/a><\/em>\"\"?<\/p>\n

I remember being stuck in the middle of a row of a theater with my head buried between by legs, sure I was gonna puke at any moment and panicking because I couldn\u2019t get out to the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Ugh, shaky cameras.<\/p>\n

Anyway, The Blair Witch Project<\/em> started the so-called found footage genre of movies, films that claim to be compiled of actual footage discovered after some crazy (usually scary) real life incident.<\/p>\n

(See Chronicle<\/a><\/em>\u00a0or Paranormal Activity<\/a>\"\"<\/em> as more current examples.)<\/p>\n

Well, apparently a couple of Christian comedians<\/a> saw a found footage movie and thought, \u201cWe should do this, but with teens and a church lock-in and porn and demons!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Makes no<\/del> sense.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s called The Lock-In<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0according to The Christian Post<\/em><\/a>, the demons are \u201ca metaphor for the true damage pornography can have in the lives of youth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look, I\u2019m not arguing that porn isn\u2019t an epidemic. It is. But as a former youth pastor, I can tell you that the last thing teens are going to want to do (or be capable of doing) after watching a movie about pornography demons<\/a> at a church lock-in is have a serious conversation about pornography.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s to say nothing about the problems inherent in trying to scare teens into believing they\u2019ll be possessed by demons if they look at porn.<\/p>\n

But, of course, as with so much of youth ministry today, discipleship, honest reflection, and tough conversations come second to entertainment, easy laughs, and a few cheap thrills.<\/p>\n

Sigh\u2026
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