Posted on 10/23/2010 8:32:58 PM PDT by Salvation
What a story and what a minisitry he has undertaken! God bless him!
I have no idea about this at all, but it has been shared with me that this is one of the things that repeated might get mentioned in Confession.
Definitely and addiction.
Any thoughts out there?
I’m wondering if the use of pornography is more addictive and widespread that we ever imagined.
You didn't list this as a Caucus, but as it's a plauge to all mankind, may I as a Mormon, say I completely agree.
If I may add, Elder Jeffery R. Holland, LDS apostle, in an address earlier this year on the subject.
“Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul”
Placemark.
It most likely is. I have had more than a few bouts myself.
I’m fairly certain that you can function perfectly normal with the occasional viewing of such matters. The addiction issues aside considering if you become addicted could be an issue. Other issues of course are unrealistic expectations during intercourse and of course the cast of jersey shore...
but i did hear that the most porn is bought in the bible belt...don’t know how accurate that is
Oh, that’s a strange place for the most porn to be viewed.
Can one have a holiness of mind focused on God and eternal life when addidcted to anything?
I heard it on Colin Cowherd’s show. But then again i’m fairly certain people don’t really buy porn anymore they just download it from the internet.
It sounds like its probably and old outdated quote or something with flimsy evidence to support it but when said its meant to have the effect of hypocricy...i’ll check the authenticity of the quote
Porn is quite addictive. Breaking away from that addiction is as hard as any hard drug addiction. It can consume someone’s time at the rate of many hours a day, weekends on end. Just like any drug, the person gets desensitized to the images with time, and needs to go to harder and harder porn. However, unlike hard drugs, it is the most under-report of all addictions. Yet, I suspect that it affects more people than all other addictions combined.
Non-labeled threads are open threads.
**it is the most under-report of all addictions. Yet, I suspect that it affects more people than all other addictions combined.**
This is exactly why I posted the thread.
Internet pornography sells at $3,000 per second. That is over $4,000,000,000 per year. That is more than what the NFL, NBA, MLB and the NHL earn combined in a year.
Good for him.
Porn is extremely addicting and extremely hard to break because you are exposed to it everywhere and are only a click away online.
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that’s an incredible amount of money.
I don’t want to sound stupid here but what did men do before porn? Is the point that they should be using their imagination rather than actual images of women?
//Can one have a holiness of mind focused on God and eternal life when addidcted to anything//
The Bible says no and I believe it. I am trying to remember the passage but it seems to enrage gays who are in the church. To do so is to make that thing the persons god or golden calf as it were.
Something about the idolater the drunkard the effeminate shall not pass through the gates of heaven.
Good point. Or better yet, paying attention to their wives.
Who knows? Even primitive societies have pornographic images. It is about as old as civilisation itself.
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