tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post5325548059855416180..comments2024-01-11T07:17:00.531-05:00Comments on Dem Bones: Conservatism and Pornography? (updated)Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16836469722651598246noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-3796282495678768922009-03-03T00:50:00.000-05:002009-03-03T00:50:00.000-05:00LivingSexuality,I couldn't have said it better mys...LivingSexuality,<BR/><BR/>I couldn't have said it better myself. Bravo. And this part - which I tried to state but you said better! - needs to be trumpeted from the mountaintops: <I>I think we would all benefit from learning about sexuality in its broader implications. We all need to know how to think of sexuality as an integral aspect of our being, and we need to know how to make decisions that reflect our values and beliefs.</I>Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836469722651598246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-25397755395167723722009-03-03T00:43:00.000-05:002009-03-03T00:43:00.000-05:00I am not surprised by these statistics at all. Whe...I am not surprised by these statistics at all. When people are formed spiritually and sexually to believe that eroticism is "naughty" - it can create a love/hate relationship with porn. Using porn creates shame, and the porn in turn medicates the shame. It can become a vicious cycle.<BR/><BR/>Instead of instilling in people a "just say no" mentality (which obviously has its limits), I think we would all benefit from learning about sexuality in its broader implications. We all need to know how to think of sexuality as an integral aspect of our being, and we need to know how to make decisions that reflect our values and beliefs.<BR/><BR/>A mentor once told me:<BR/>"Whatever is repressed, will eventually be expressed." <BR/><BR/>Agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-88687149691179171332009-03-01T00:33:00.000-05:002009-03-01T00:33:00.000-05:00There is actually a pro-faith argument to be made ...There is actually a pro-faith argument to be made here. Perhaps the religious feel that it is better to get some kicks from online porn rather than having an affair.<BR/><BR/>Maybe instead of attacking porn as an evil, we should embrace it as a tool to help couples stay together.<BR/><BR/>If a wife wants less sex than the man, advise him to use porn. If the situation is reversed, advise a sex toy.<BR/><BR/>Now, the religious argument would be that this may reduce reproduction, but it actually does not. These people only use these tools when they are not having sex anyway.<BR/><BR/>Of course if a spouse is using porn instead of having sex rather than in addition to, that's another story. <BR/><BR/>So here we come to the essential question: which is worse, adultery or pornography. I think the former.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-64315229492705852442009-02-28T20:31:00.000-05:002009-02-28T20:31:00.000-05:00I wonder if those that sneak a peek know that they...I wonder if those that sneak a peek know that they are being tracked? Another reason to go to church to get clean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-26875499240542245502009-02-28T15:33:00.000-05:002009-02-28T15:33:00.000-05:00Hahaha. Brilliant! I hope you don't mind me pass...Hahaha. Brilliant! I hope you don't mind me passing it along.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836469722651598246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-26944664768134605352009-02-28T15:12:00.000-05:002009-02-28T15:12:00.000-05:00Drew: I know you said keep the comments high-minde...Drew: I know you said keep the comments high-minded, but after reading this, I composed this limerick, and the darn thing has been rattling around in my head all day, so here goes, with apologies in advance:<BR/><BR/>A Conservative chap named Don,<BR/>Woke conflicted on Election Day morn.<BR/>He said to his Mama,<BR/>"I gonna vote for Obama<BR/>But my true loves are still G-d, guns and porn!"aznewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507308938438160866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-59563475447994244612009-02-27T22:33:00.000-05:002009-02-27T22:33:00.000-05:00Beliefnet's Steve Waldmann theorizes:But it's also...Beliefnet's Steve Waldmann <A HREF="http://blog.beliefnet.com//stevenwaldman/2009/02/the-red-states-porn-habit.html" REL="nofollow">theorizes</A>:<I>But it's also possible that one of the reasons these states are conservative, and religious, is they feel besieged by negative cultural forces.<BR/><BR/>They're not lustful because they're religious; they're religious because they're lustful. They're aware of the rampant sinfulness -- in part because they're busy sinning -- and figure they need church all the more.</I>Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836469722651598246noreply@blogger.com