What specifically counts as pornography?

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A simple rule of thumb is this: If you have to ask then you should probably avoid it.
 
sirach2v4 said:
I’ve seen some things that are painted in the Sistine Chapel and those images seem to push back the boundary of what is pornographic.
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That kind of thing is the enemy at work.

When the parent shields their kids eyes from a picture of a naked women, when kids are taught the naked human body is somehow dirty, nasty, or wrong to look at, this is the enemy at work, we are to admire the beauty of Gods creation, not cover it up or censor it.

Of course, Im only referring to the naked body, NOT depictions of a sexual act, this would be porn and is wrong, our eyes should be shielded from these things, but not the naked human body by itself.
 
mikekle said:
That kind of thing is the enemy at work.

When the parent shields their kids eyes from a picture of a naked women, when kids are taught the naked human body is somehow dirty, nasty, or wrong to look at, this is the enemy at work, we are to admire the beauty of Gods creation, not cover it up or censor it.

Of course, Im only referring to the naked body, NOT depictions of a sexual act, this would be porn and is wrong, our eyes should be shielded from these things, but not the naked human body by itself.
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What if the picture was of a woman provocatively posed? We know it isn’t art, so it is still porn. I know the difference between art and porn, yet some will try and apply what you are saying to porn images, via claiming it is art as well.
 
fbl9 said:
What if the picture was of a woman provocatively posed? We know it isn’t art, so it is still porn. I know the difference between art and porn, yet some will try and apply what you are saying to porn images, via claiming it is art as well.
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IM not sure that would be porn, even if she is posed in a particular way, the person viewing it, would only be admiring the beauty of her body and its parts…as long as you dont cross the line into thinking about doing sexual things to that body, its fine to admire the beauty of a body and ALL its parts.

I once heard a curious theory about why so many men enjoy looking at women in poses like this…its not really about lusting or sex, when they are looking at the female sex organs, they enjoy it because in their base mind, they view her as being a good candidate for child bearing and deep in our minds, THAT is what gets us excited and makes us want to look at things like this…and we only think its due to the sexual aspect (good feelings).

I can kind of agree with this, after all, what body part do these pictures tend to show most often…the reproductive parts…so maybe all these men are truly desiring to be fathers , the procreation part of it is really what they are lusting after, and they only think its about the sex act itself?
 
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