Article on "XXXChurch"

[PennLady]

Found this on Philly.com this morning.

http://www.philly.com/philly/column...Putting_an_X_through_XXX.html?cmpid=131298209

 

[lovecraft68]

It's really funny to see this this morning.

I watched the movie Shame last night and have to say that there are people out there with this issue.

I also have a cousin who's wife left him because he was spending their mortgage money on cams and porn sites. He never cheated on her, but he was literally addicted to porn. It was so bad that when she first tossed him out he came to stay with us and ran my phone bill up to close to a thousand dollars on 900 #'s (I never did see the money.)

However there are people like that in everything. Most of us can drink socially and be fine, yet others are alcoholics etc.....

I actually agree that a sex life with a long time partner is truly the most enjoyable, but porn has its part to play as a healthy fantasy outlet and to me is none of anybodies business if you want to watch it.

In general I'll toss him in with the rest of the zealots taking it upon themselves to tell me and others what sin is. On the other hand can;t knock the guy for coming up with a new angle to suck in the lemmings.

 

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“But if you’re going to enjoy sex to its fullest, you should do so in a way that’s healthy. Porn is a cheap substitute for the real thing. The unconditional love of a spouse is much more fulfilling than the unconditional love of a computer monitor.”

With the support of XXXChurch, a national nonprofit that cheekily brands itself as the “No. 1 Christian Porn Site,” Thomas has established a weekly support group. It’s for men who struggle with porn “addiction,” defined as a secretive habit that leads to isolation, dishonesty, and shame.

See, now there's his first mistake. Who says a spouse is going to give you unconditional love? I suppose I should be glad he's only dealing with men

 

[Cruel2BKind]

It's really funny to see this this morning.

I watched the movie Shame last night and have to say that there are people out there with this issue.

I also have a cousin who's wife left him because he was spending their mortgage money on cams and porn sites. He never cheated on her, but he was literally addicted to porn. It was so bad that when she first tossed him out he came to stay with us and ran my phone bill up to close to a thousand dollars on 900 #'s (I never did see the money.)

However there are people like that in everything. Most of us can drink socially and be fine, yet others are alcoholics etc.....

I actually agree that a sex life with a long time partner is truly the most enjoyable, but porn has its part to play as a healthy fantasy outlet and to me is none of anybodies business if you want to watch it.

In general I'll toss him in with the rest of the zealots taking it upon themselves to tell me and others what sin is. On the other hand can;t knock the guy for coming up with a new angle to suck in the lemmings.

Also, porn is good for people who aren't currently in a relationship. If I was in a long-term steady relationship, I would stop watching porn. I'd still write for the site, but that's because I don't find my own work sexually arousing. Others do, but for me, it is a labor of platonic love.

 

[mynameisben]

See, now there's his first mistake. Who says a spouse is going to give you unconditional love? I suppose I should be glad he's only dealing with men

Giving your spouse unconditional love is a no-win proposition.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Well, according to Nietzsche, "everything unconditional comes from pathology".

 

[estragon]

Nietzsche never had a dog.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

Just another version of Bob's Baptist Buddist Bible Believers and Bar-b-que. I get so tired of "roll your own" churches.

 

[The_Young_Swell]

I believe that the destructive agent in porn addiction is its tendency to dehumanize, reducing an entire human being into objectivised body parts or processes. The trouble is that organized religions, especially large popular movements, tend to dehumanize, reducing the entire human spirit into objectivised transgressions and disorders.

Only relationships encompassing the whole person are healthy, whether it is a sexual relationship with another human being or emotional and spiritual support with a religious congregation.

The successful patient using theses cures are likely to replace one addiction with another.

 

[pierrelarue161]

Oh, but people are objects. They are also people. It is a paradox, not an oxymoron. We are all objects to someone in some way. It is the nature of people to both objectify and humanize other people. Sometimes the same people, sometimes different people. It is human nature.

For instance, I am very turned-on by porn stars, but I am also curious about what they're really like, without makeup and in their personal lives. What are their hobbies, views, etc. I was fascinated to learn that Asia Carrera is a MENSA member, for example. Believe it or not, that news gave me a boner.