I have to put my 2 cents in here. I think I am going to voice the unpopular vote, but here goes! Why would anyone think porn is OK? True, I take a Christian stand on this issue, but I felt this way about porn even before I was a Christian. It has affected my life, because my H has a sex addiction and feels the need to get his "fix" despite my feelings. How can anyone feel that depicting women as nothing more than "pieces of meat" solely used for the purpose of feeding a man's sick fantasy "normal and ok"? That could be your daughter, your sister! Aren't we as human being's worth more than that?
Not to mention, statistics show that pedophiles and rapists most always start with porn before "working their way up" to committing their crimes. You tell the mother of that molested child that porn is OK and normal. If you have anyone close to you that has been brutally raped, you tell HER that porn is just fine in this society, that because women are depicted as just a source for men to pleasure themselves, she DESERVED what happened to her. After all, if women are pieces of meat it doesn't matter what happens to her, because men deserve to be perverts!
I fail to understand why society as a whole has given up all decency. I am 35 and I think alot of you are older and from a generation that did not tolerate this sort of thing. In my opinion, I think the lifestyles of yesterday were much more healthier and responsible. Is the hedonistic, immoral, self-gratifying world of today so fabulous to people that they throw away common morals?
Yes, there are men who view porn that never cheat or rape. But check the stats on infidelity...and the internet connection of porn and available people willing to risk it all to make their "fantasies" come true. Porn is a CHOICE! So is infidelity. So maybe if it's OK with you that your H is viewing porn, maybe it's his choice to cheat on you, too. That should be ok as well.
The biblical verses say it well: Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Yes, men look at women, but it is when they don't control their feelings of lust, that it is adultery. This society is so full of excuses. Everyone gets to act like an animal or caveman and we deem it OK in the name of "political correctness"! When are we going to be responsible? With all the technology we have, women are still cheap ho's to be used and discarded. I am not a women's lib person, I just believe we are all human and we all should be treated with respect. Society may accept it...but it doesn't make it right! It's adultery, and no matter how much you try to pretty it up, it's still unacceptable to God...and to ME! Life is short on this earth, but eternity is forever. I feel so sorry for people who think gratifying every whim they have, no matter how disgusting, is right.
Biblically, or just from a woman's viewpoint...porn is a choice and someone needs to set that straight. I know many men (who AREN'T Christian!!!) who refuse to look at porn or lust after every female that passes. Nothing at all "wrong" with them. They have just made a choice. Life is all about choices...we need to stop making excuses for every choice made.
As far as Christianity...if anyone reads their bible, they would see that the world is paying the price for self-gratification. Odd how something written so long ago could predict actual happenings today, and so many still doubt it. HIV, STD's, abortion, war, I could go on and on. We are reaping what we sow. Marriage happens to be a huge casuality. Families, as a whole. All so people can be the "me, me, me" selfish creatures that society reassures them it is just fine to be. Deny it...it won't change a thing! This world has gone to hell already, who will argue that it is so much better than generations past???
I am sure many of you will disagree with me. That is perfectly fine. We are all entitled to an opinion, and that is mine. Just don't try to pull the wool over anyone's eyes by telling them it's a man's "right" and is perfectly normal. It's adultery and it's disrespect. Don't take it from me...ask your Creator!
