Is porn all that bad?

[edwest2]

Here’s good article:

catholicnewsagency.com/resources/life-and-family/pornography/the-harmful-effects-of-pornography/

Hope this helps,

Ed

 

[DMC12]

look, the stuff is this, this guy is not even Christian, so why speak to him about religious views, that hold no value when you don’t believe in God?

the stuff with porn is first: have you seen how many videos in the sites are of amateur people who record them with cell phones and stuff? even wondered if those persons there wanted them to be shown? it could bring lot’s of problems to them, some of them might even end in suicide or mental problems. second, if you are into porn, i assume you have seen what kind of twisted stuff goes there, I don’t think you’ll find right those kinda stuff, look for the more porn friendly places, and you’ll see also that men become “vegetarians”, and prefer to be with their fantasies than to meet a real girl. also there is the sexual explotation, drugs and stuff some others have told you.

 

[njlisa]

Catechism teaching on pornography:

*2354 Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials. *

And think of it. When you are watching porn, you are supporting an industry that treats performers as mere commodities. An intimate, loving act is turned into entertainment. Peoples’ ideas about sexuality become very twisted. And some viewers become addicted, needing more and more perverse material to satisfy their appetite. Some marriage counselors suggest that couples use porn to rekindle passion in their relationships.

I can’t think of a positive side of pornography at all.

 

[trickster]

look, the stuff is this, this guy is not even Christian, so why speak to him about religious views, that hold no value when you don’t believe in God?

the stuff with porn is first: have you seen how many videos in the sites are of amateur people who record them with cell phones and stuff? even wondered if those persons there wanted them to be shown? it could bring lot’s of problems to them, some of them might even end in suicide or mental problems. second, if you are into porn, i assume you have seen what kind of twisted stuff goes there, I don’t think you’ll find right those kinda stuff, look for the more porn friendly places, and you’ll see also that men become “vegetarians”, and prefer to be with their fantasies than to meet a real girl. also there is the sexual explotation, drugs and stuff some others have told you.

Just curious…what do you base your view that “this guy is not even Christian”? And if you are accurate, who better to talk about these things?

Trickster
Bruce Ferguson

 

[OraLabora]

Here’s a question anybody should ask when the consider whether porn is good or bad: would you want the making of pornography your daughter (or son!), spouse or sweetheart’s career choice?

I didn’t think so.

Many of the people that pose for porn are not there by choice. They are there because they’re desperate for money to feed a drug or alcohol habit; or because they became victims of human trafficking, or because they live in poverty. People don’t aspire to become porn stars. The porn industry readily exploits human suffering to profit off of something that destroys the souls of its victims (both the model, and the consumer who often becomes addicted to it), and breaks the hearts of their loved ones.

 

[edwest2]

Here’s a question anybody should ask when the consider whether porn is good or bad: would you want the making of pornography your daughter (or son!), spouse or sweetheart’s career choice?

I didn’t think so.

Many of the people that pose for porn are not there by choice. They are there because they’re desperate for money to feed a drug or alcohol habit; or because they became victims of human trafficking, or because they live in poverty. People don’t aspire to become porn stars. The porn industry readily exploits human suffering to profit off of something that destroys the souls of its victims (both the model, and the consumer who often becomes addicted to it), and breaks the hearts of their loved ones.

Agreed.

amazon.com/Truth-Behind-Fantasy-Porn-Greatest/dp/145386007X

Peace,
Ed

 

[Adamski]

I’m pretty new to this just a heads up. Anyways I was wondering if porn is bad I do watch it and masturbate to it but I was just wondering why you think it’s bad. All my friends and I watch it or just talk about it and we don’t really think it’s bad. I heard its natural and porn is fine. Just wondering what you think about porn and why.

When I was a protestant I watched it and can surely say it damaged my Relationship with my wife by making her only an object. I never acted on any impulses but can say I had many that would have led to bad choices. One result of stopping watching porn is before I had an anger problem were I would break things and yell since coming back to the Catholic Church and stopping the viewing of any improper images my anger problem stopped 100%

My father in law who is addicted to porn treats all people like they are objects to serve him; like a sub human commodity

 

[Vernik]

Based on your post you are likely on the young side like me . So let me give you an advice from someone like you.

I’m part of the younger generations, and i was raised that every sex is good, healthy as long as you don’t cheat or something like that. While i still agree that cheating is wrong, i don’t agree on the all sex is good part anymore. Let me explain.

At around 14 years of age i started exploring the world of religion and even though i was raised as a Catholic(although not very devout one), i never heard anyone saying that porn or masturbating was bad. That is perhaps because i live in a very secularized country. And when i first discovered masturbation at the age of 13, i never even considered that porn or masturbation is bad or somehow immoral. Then, some time later, i discovered that there are people that think masturbation is bad. And that these people are Christian like me. I wasn’t a very moral Catholic(judging on what i am today), but that’s mostly because i didn’t know what the Catholic Church actually teaches. So after discovering that some Christians think masturbation is bad i went to check it on the internet, what others feel about it. Of curse most i encountered said that masturbation is bad, and i decided to stop the practice for a while. There were many researches after that and i just couldn’t deal that such a thing could be immoral. But then after being without it for a while, i discovered that my view of women changed dramatically. Women were not hot anymore, but beautiful. I started to appreciate women as persons not as objects. Soon afterwards i discovered that porn and masturbation is bad, immoral whatever you want to call it.

Now, a year after that acknowledgment, i am a lot more happy without masturbation and porn.

I can see that you don’t consider porn bad yet, but that is mostly because you are too far away from God. I didn’t saw it, and i didn’t saw other bad things as bad either. Consider this this way, the more you are closer to one object, the more detailed you see it. The more closer you are to God, the better you see your mistakes that you didn’t before when you were far far away.

I know that the current youth is all into sex, masturbation and similar things. But you don’t want to be in that group, because that group leads to unhappiness, instability, wrong beliefs about humans and it leads you away from the truth people have stopped seeking.

Consider my advice.

I wish you well in your journey to God.