Watching porn and sex scenes

[atheistgirl]

AG: is there something u are withholding from us, namely that u have a desire to join the Church?

No, I have no desire to join the Church.

I started out with a desire to understand the Catholic faith, and this site and most if it’s members have been invaluable to that end.

I know many agnostics and atheists who would rather throw the catechism in the trash, yet u seem to know it… anyway I applaud u on your familiarity with the catholic faith

While engaging in conversation with people of faith on line is a very enjoyable and profitable exercise, usually, you can get a lot of conflicting information, because people are giving you their opinion, not the facts, or their interpretation of statements, which can, with the best of intentions, be confusing.

So I got a copy of the Catechism and I was immediately blown away by how well it was put together, linked to Scripture and cross referenced with a ton of Papal documents.

It makes establishing the Church’s position on points a very enjoyable interesting and rewarding experience and I highly recommend that every Catholic should own a Catechism in hard copy.

It also highlights the consistency of the Church and her teachings over the centuries.

Sarah x

 

[murraymuzz]

No, I have no desire to join the Church.

I started out with a desire to understand the Catholic faith, and this site and most if it’s members have been invaluable to that end.

While engaging in conversation with people of faith on line is a very enjoyable and profitable exercise, usually, you can get a lot of conflicting information, because people are giving you their opinion, not the facts, or their interpretation of statements, which can, with the best of intentions, be confusing.

So I got a copy of the Catechism and I was immediately blown away by how well it was put together, linked to Scripture and cross referenced with a ton of Papal documents.

It makes establishing the Church’s position on points a very enjoyable interesting and rewarding experience and I highly recommend that every Catholic should own a Catechism in hard copy.

It also highlights the consistency of the Church and her teachings over the centuries.

Sarah x

I think you are one of those sheep in wolves clothing (I know I shouldn’t have to say this but before commenting on what I said please re-read it )

 

[atheistgirl]

I think you are one of those sheep in wolves clothing

Oh, I saw what you did there



Sarah x

 

[Doves411]

Is watching porn a mortal sin without masturbating? Also, what constitutes porn? Is looking at pictures of naked women not having sex considered porn?

Is watching a TV show that will most likely feature a sex scene ok?

um…yep

lust is a sin

don’t have to be masturbating to be lusting…

 

[Doves411]

No, I have no desire to join the Church.

I started out with a desire to understand the Catholic faith, and this site and most if it’s members have been invaluable to that end.

While engaging in conversation with people of faith on line is a very enjoyable and profitable exercise, usually, you can get a lot of conflicting information, because people are giving you their opinion, not the facts, or their interpretation of statements, which can, with the best of intentions, be confusing.

So I got a copy of the Catechism and I was immediately blown away by how well it was put together, linked to Scripture and cross referenced with a ton of Papal documents.

It makes establishing the Church’s position on points a very enjoyable interesting and rewarding experience and I highly recommend that every Catholic should own a Catechism in hard copy.

It also highlights the consistency of the Church and her teachings over the centuries.

Sarah x

If you have no desire to join the Church, why have you joined Catholic Answer Forums?

Just curious

Also, why if you are an atheist would you spend time on a religious site if you think it is fiction?

Again, just curious, I hope I don’t come off as rude

 

[CHRISTINE77]

Is watching porn a mortal sin without masturbating? Also, what constitutes porn? Is looking at pictures of naked women not having sex considered porn?

Is watching a TV show that will most likely feature a sex scene ok?

If you are looking at nudity as a way to inspire lust in you, then it is a sin, however, there is nothing sinful in viewing the human body. Many of the best artists painted nudes. The human body is beautiful. However, if you are only looking at the human body as a way to gratify your sexual fantasies, then that is wrong. Just like it is wrong to imagine any whole human being as only a sexual creature, without a soul or intellect or emotions.

So watching sex acts and viewing porn is sinful. But the human nude is not inherently a sexual object.

 

[RPRPsych]

If you are looking at nudity as a way to inspire lust in you, then it is a sin, however, there is nothing sinful in viewing the human body. Many of the best artists painted nudes. The human body is beautiful. However, if you are only looking at the human body as a way to gratify your sexual fantasies, then that is wrong. Just like it is wrong to imagine any whole human being as only a sexual creature, without a soul or intellect or emotions.

So watching sex acts and viewing porn is sinful. But the human nude is not inherently a sexual object.

Very well said. (And as a former medical student, I could add “anatomy textbooks” to the works of art mentioned above, as an example that nudity != pornography.)

 

[atheistgirl]

If you have no desire to join the Church, why have you joined Catholic Answer Forums?

Just curious

To better understand the Catholic faith, so that, when I reject it, I am at least understanding what it is I’m rejecting.

Also, why if you are an atheist would you spend time on a religious site if you think it is fiction?

Again, just curious, I hope I don’t come off as rude

I spend time on several sites of a religious nature.

I’m fascinated with people and their beliefs.

I find it all very interesting.

I hope that satisfies your curiosity

Sarah x

 

[Robert_Sock]

To better understand the Catholic faith, so that, when I reject it, I am at least understanding what it is I’m rejecting.

I spend time on several sites of a religious nature.

I’m fascinated with people and their beliefs.

I find it all very interesting.

I hope that satisfies your curiosity

Sarah x

God Bless You!