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Why is pornography a sin?
CHASTITY.COM ^ | staff

Posted on 09/24/2014 8:05:18 PM PDT by Morgana

he virtue to which we are called with regard to sexual relationships is called chastity. Through integrity and self control, the chaste person observes the true meaning and intimacy of sexual relations. Pornography is gravely offensive to this. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, "[pornography] 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" (CCC 2354).

Christopher West, in his book Good News About Sex and Marriage says this:

[Pornography] does nothing but foster in a man his fallen inclination to treat women as things for his own sexual gratification. A man who uses pornography, so long as he remains in its clutches, has incapacitated himself to love women properly . . . he cannot hope to have a healthy, pure relationship with a woman. He cannot hope to enter marriage honestly, fruitfully, and faithfully. Men who use pornography have emasculated themselves. (84)

It is important to rely on God’s grace to escape the clutches of pornography so that one can love as God intended.


TOPICS: Catholic; General Discusssion; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: catholic; moralabsolutes; porn; pornography

1 posted on 09/24/2014 8:05:18 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Only in the US ,the rest of the world has grown up


2 posted on 09/24/2014 8:07:16 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: molson209

Well actually Holland is the porn capitol of the world.


3 posted on 09/24/2014 8:09:49 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
Ever hear of lust in the Bible? It's a deadly sin; not one to be indulged in!

On Lethargy
Catholic Word of the Day: DEADLY SINS, 06-17-14
Greed: A Brief Meditation on One of the More Underreported Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust [Ecumenical]
Five Biblical Lists of Mortal Sins
On Sloth and the Noonday Devil
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The Deadliest of the Deadlies, Today
The Meanest of the Seven Deadly Sins?
Envy A Capital Sin [Ecumenical]
Understanding God's Anger: Compline, Anger, and God
Catholic Word of the Day: CAPITAL SINS, 10-26-10
Anger and the Anger of God (Quotes from Scripture)

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Prayer to be Freed of the Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins Revisited: Greed
"Care for an Entrée With Your Entrée?" Gluttony, the Forgotten Sin
Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth or 'Acedia'
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The Virtue-Driven Life
The Virtues (counteracting the REAL Seven Deadly Sins)
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The Anatomy of Envy

4 posted on 09/24/2014 8:10:15 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Morgana

My SBC minister taught on this a few months ago. He said it was very wrong and I agree.


5 posted on 09/24/2014 8:10:48 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: Morgana

If you don’t get it, I can’t explain it to you.


6 posted on 09/24/2014 8:29:58 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: Morgana

Why only mention men?

Women like porno too.

Sexist!


7 posted on 09/24/2014 8:39:22 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: SaxxonWoods
Why only mention men? Women like porno too. Sexist!

my thought too as i read the article...

8 posted on 09/24/2014 9:20:23 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: SaxxonWoods; latina4dubya

So. The Lusthog squad is diverse. Isn’t that special.
The Church Lady


10 posted on 09/24/2014 11:05:25 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice
So. The Lusthog squad is diverse. Isn’t that special. The Church Lady

the opposite...

11 posted on 09/24/2014 11:31:26 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: SaxxonWoods
"Why only mention men?

Women like porno too.

Sexist!"

Porn for women involves more reading...

So basically we like "Relationship Porn" and the Guys like the "Yank it and crank it Porn"

12 posted on 09/25/2014 8:28:34 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: GraceG

Yea, I can see a lot of relationship in the pic on the cover of the book. Well, sexual relationships, that is. That is a picture of a man inviting you into his bed, right?

Cue the David Bowie.


13 posted on 09/26/2014 12:07:48 PM PDT by dmz
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