Haley Baumeister’s Reviews > From Object to Icon: The Struggle for Spiritual Vision in a Pornographic World > Status Update

whiteboard meme guy coming out: "It is about idolatry, as I seek my meaning and fulfillment in the creation rather than the Creator. Is requires nothing of me except what I want to give… It enables me to hide myself, my fears, my inadequacies, and pretend they don’t exist... It cuts off any possible link with a deeper reality beyond the psychophysical, which means it cuts me off from God and abuses His creation."

Masks and desire are of utmost relevance to both the digitization and medicalization of sexuality: “And in all these coping strategies, I am still attempting to maintain power and control over my life… to work out my struggles under my own strength, to avoid the essential unknowing of life. When I do this I give myself over to fear and despair, rather than love.”

The discussion on masks and desire has rich crossover between the digitization and medicalization of sexuality: “And in all these coping strategies, I am still attempting to maintain power and control over my life… nevertheless, if I look deep inside, I will probably find that even this is an attempt to control my own destiny, to work out my struggles under my own strength, to avoid the essential unknowing of life.”