A playboy magazine. It was addressed to no one and I have no clue how it got there. But I do know one thing. That magazine was put there by Satan to tempt me like he always does.

Had I not been saved, not known Christ and not known Him, I'm sure I would have taken the magazine away and kept it for myself. But the Lord was there with me tha moment. In a fit of rage I tore the magazine to shreds and stomped upon it on the ground. Right in front of my mother too. She was pretty suprised and all I could say was that I wouldn't have such evil.

Just a bit about what happened to me. We regular members really need our own stories forum.

w00t w00t Fits of spastic rage are fun. It still wopuld have been funner to burn it, take the ashes, make sopa, and make clean out of dirty but oh well...

No, he was right in getting rid of it right away. that stuff can be terribly tempting, and waiting even seconds longer to burn it could have been bad. It's like the Ring in Lord of the Rings. The longer you keep it, the better chance of becoming corupt.

-Cassus

Good for you LazyGuy. I believe you won a small battle over the prince of the air...

Praise God for that!

Way to flee the devil. Keep trusting God.

That's weird how you just got it in the mail, was it even addressed to you?! Glad you got rid of it though *thumbs up!*

-Reddy

No, it wasn't addressed to anyone. That's why I believe it was Satan.

Great job resisting the temptation, man.

-Kamaku

It still would have been fun to burn it... Or he could ahve torn it up then burned it :-P.

Talk about Holy Wrath! XD

That's pretty awesome, though. It's great that you overcame that temptation.

I'm actually pretty sure it was a mailman. ^^

Praise God. Talk about strength. Good for you... working up that kind of strength against temptation is what I need help with....

I've got a story regarding this some of you might find interesting to hear.

As most of you (the old timers anyway) know, I am an atheist. I have never been a part of any religion, nor do I have any intention of ever converting to any religion. I have never been in regular touch with a religious family or community (Though I know and have good friendships with several Christians). I have no real opposition to pornography, masturbation, or the Playboy magazine.

With that said, my dad has a subscription to Playboy. In fact, he has since the mid-seventies; we've got most of a shelf downstairs with a full archive of every magazine since about 1976.

And you know what?

I've never touched a single magazine in that entire archive.

Since he has the monthly subscription, a new one arrives every month in the mail... and for the next month or two before it gets archived in turn, it usually sits in a stack of other magazines at the edge of Dad's drawing board, which I walk past several dozen times - if not hundreds of times - every day.

And you know what?

I rarely ever look at it. And, in all honesty, when I do, I'm more interested in one of the articles I saw mentioned on the cover - usually an interview - than I am in any of the "adult" content. Oh, and their video game reviews are pretty entertaining.

So, there I am, a teenage "immoral" atheist... and I have practically no temptation to look at it even though I see the magazine(s) dozens of times a day.

Granted, I also have a statue of a mostly-naked woman in the corner of the living room that I rarely look at because its been there forever. (I think my grand-uncle carved it out of marble in the 30's... not sure, but thats what I think.)

- Zandur