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Some here out have come out of extreme legalism ,but we don't need to throw the baby out with the baby water.Speaking as male watching sex scenes and nudity causes one to think things that are not Godly,since males are stimulated visually,watching these sort of things leads to things that aren't good.
Did not Our Lord say if one looks upon a woman to lust after her it's like being in the act of adultery.Adultery is agains't the moral principals of God.

We are chemical factories and when certain feelings get stirred up,we can do wrong things.

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I have no problem with some sensuality if it's without showing naked bodies. My wife is a bit stricter on this than I am. I am more concerned with message. Is it within the confines of marriage or are they committing sin?

The real problem is not knowing exactly what's coming in a scene. The ratings often don't tell you the whole story.

PS My kids are eleven and under - different story altogether with them.

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I hear you Hoovie.

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Hoovie, what is the message is portraying a "bad character" who is having sexual relations outside of marriage (something quite common in the general context of our world)? Should the messages of your movie all line up to the Gospel or is there a larger message important to you?

What about review sites like pluggedin.com?

How we deal with this issue? When staggering percentages of Christian households struggle with pornography, are we too soft with this?

Then there's nudity like that in Schindler's List. Is that different?

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We use pluggedin.com to preview movies that the kids want to watch.

I think nudity in a movie like Schindler's List is completely different than say Striptease with Demi Moore.

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My family has always drawn the line at R rated movies. We don't watch anything past PG-13. The only exception has been "The Passion of the Christ". There are some really good movies that I would like to see that I'm sure are only "R" because of violence, but that is just a line that we've drawn and so we hold to it. It keeps us from getting in compromising situations with movies.

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Yes, it's different. There is no easy answer. When watching a movie (or after) that conflicts with our world view, or stretches the limits of out principles, I think it's important to voice our thoughts and objections to each other, to solidify our stand and family position.

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I agree that nudity in say, national geographic, is different than sensual nudity.

I don't believe in throwing out the baby with the bathwater. However, I do believe there is a place where incessantly obsessing over sexual content may bring it more to the forefront and cause damage in a negative fashion. I am not sure where the line should be drawn between healthy lines and obsessive dysfunctional worry. I am working on that in my own line drawing. However, nudity is, in my opinion, problematic. Sensuality....as Hoove said.....is a bit different. And, of course, childrens lines are different than adult lines.

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Thanks for sharing, Sherri.

Movies that are PG today, only a few years back would have qualified for an R-rating. I see that as a progressive problem. And I've seen R movies that were 20 times more wholesome than PG movies. It's a tangled mess that we rely on Hollywood rating generals to grade for us.

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That is why reading the little boxes where the ratings are for content and using sites like www.kidsinmind.com is handy. We generally do pretty well using these, but sometimes, things do go over the line.

My kids are both adults living at home now. I do not censor what they watch anymore. Either it's inside of them or it's not. They watch a lot of online movies.