Accidentally saw something I shouldn't have?

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So I was scrolling through a website (I didn’t realize it was a cosmetic surgery site til I googled it) to look up some stuff about my braces. I clicked on a menu bar and a bunch of topics popped up with pictures. I saw one picture, realized in half a second what it might be (it was pornographic in nature) and exited out of the page in another half second. Unfortunately I can’t get said image out of my head, although thankfully it wasn’t very clear and I hardly looked at it, but it was still disturbing to me .Am I sinning even though I’m trying very hard to forget that image? And any ideas on how I can forget it?

Another side note I skipped certain pages in my anatomy book last year because it had actual images of the human body that I felt like didn’t need to be shown in a class full of hormonal teenagers. So I’m pretty sure I’m the only person in that class who has only a very vague idea of any of that type of stuff. Is that a good or bad thing?
 
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No it is not sinful so long as you don’t want it in your mind.
Look at some images of Jesus and Mary, and get it out of your head.
 
no. if you consciously try to not dwell on the image, and it remains, you are fine.

Concerning the textbook, if you think it may lead you to sin, that is prudent.
 
In short, no.

You can’t shield yourself indefinitely from a fallen world no matter how good your intent might be.

The internet is full of hot links and advertising; which when combined with that particular industry is bound to lead to eventual exposure. After all they make billions or more a year.

Accidents and things out of intention happen from time to time. Discipline is something you develop with time too and it’s better to face these hurdles early on and conquer them, than to live in a persistant state of doubt and worry.

See it as a test. The minefield of life may take careful negotiation. But it isn’t an impassable one.
 
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One thing to add: Scan your computer for viruses and check for any downloads. Porn sites are notorious for viruses and some will download files to your computer with more porn, some of it potentially child porn. So if you ever stumble across it accidentally, those are some prudential matters to take just to make sure your computer is safe and that there’s nothing on it that you don’t want on it.
 
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Images in textbooks of the human body, or on medical websites, are NOT pornography.

While we are called to modesty and purity, a person in high school studying human anatomy need not be scandalized by or try to avoid images of the human body. We are not Puritans. There is nothing wrong or bad about the human body.

Certainly one must use good judgment regarding viewing pictures of people, usually in textbooks images are primarily diagrams.

You are referring to human anatomy as “that kind of stuff”. We can call parts by their names. We can know what human anatomy looks like. We can be doctors and nurses. We can know our own body and what is normal and what is abnormal.

If the mere idea of the human body gives you this sort of reaction, you need talk to someone because you have unhealthy ideas about the human body. Our bodies are good. Sex is a good created by God. These are not “bad” or “shameful” or “wrong”. Images and diagrams of the body in the context of biology and anatomy classes are not wrong or bad or sinful.

Please talk to someone about this if you believe you are sinning looking at a biology textbook.
 
I was watching what seemed to be an ok movie once and suddenly out of the blue there was an absolutely stupid sceen nothing obvious but it took a few moments to register what had happened,turned it off.But that suggestion kept popping up in my mind for a few years and I think because of the subtly of it kind of tempted the mind to keep trying to examine it .What worked was saying the “Come o Holy Spirit” prayer each time the thought tried to enter my mind,block it before it formed at all.
 
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Images in textbooks of the human body, or on medical websites, are NOT pornography.

While we are called to modesty and purity, a person in high school studying human anatomy need not be scandalized by or try to avoid images of the human body. We are not Puritans. There is nothing wrong or bad about the human body.

Certainly one must use good judgment regarding viewing pictures of people, usually in textbooks images are primarily diagrams.

You are referring to human anatomy as “that kind of stuff”. We can call parts by their names. We can know what human anatomy looks like. We can be doctors and nurses. We can know our own body and what is normal and what is abnormal.

If the mere idea of the human body gives you this sort of reaction, you need talk to someone because you have unhealthy ideas about the human body. Our bodies are good. Sex is a good created by God. These are not “bad” or “shameful” or “wrong”. Images and diagrams of the body in the context of biology and anatomy classes are not wrong or bad or sinful.

Please talk to someone about this if you believe you are sinning looking at a biology textbook.
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In addition to this, it is fairly important that you understand your genitalia and that of the other sex. If anything to be able to talk in an intelligent, adult way about pro-life issues. If you can’t identify how a child is created besides “they had sex”.
 
Well I know about all of that, and I know how sex works. I did pay attention in class. The pictures in my biology book weren’t drawings or diagrams however, they were actual photographs, and I felt the need to avoid that if I could. I don’t believe that sex is wrong in any way (as long as it’s in marriage), it’s a natural, healthy thing. But being in a room full of giggling, immature, dirty mouthed teenagers isn’t exactly an environment I prefer to study the human body in. If everyone was strictly professional I don’t think I’d have a problem.
 
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The pictures in my biology book weren’t drawings or diagrams however, they were actual photographs, and I felt the need to avoid that if I could.
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That seems unnecessary for high school biology. My wife is a nurse. In her former job she would have seen people completely naked. My point is there is nothing wrong with nudity for a good reason. Learning would be a good reason, although again for a high school class that seems unnecessary.
 
A naked body is not intrinsically evil, although if you look at mine you might think so.

We are born naked, so if nudity is evil then we must conclude God is evil. If one goes to the Vatican, one sees paintings and sculptures of naked people, so obviously the church doesn’t see this as being evil.

So, instead of trying to avoid nudity, maybe look at myriads of pictures of naked bodies (not porn) until your mind gets desensitized to this.
 
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