POLL Christians ADDICTED To Pornography

[kpete]

Poll: Christians 'addicted to pornography'

RAW STORY
Published: Monday August 14, 2006


A poll conducted by what bills itself as "the world's most visited Christian website" indicates a surprising number of Christians are addicted to pornography, RAW STORY has learned.

"The poll results indicate that 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography," said Clay Jones, founder and President of Second Glance Ministries.

The group defines "addicted" as applied to pornography as use on an ongoing basis.

"We are seeing an escalation to the problem in both men and women who regularly attend church," said Bill Cooper, President of ChristiaNet.com.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Poll_Christians_addicted_to_pornography_0814.html

[meegbear]

1. All I can say is ...

BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
:rofl:

[bananarepublican]

48. The pornography of violence perhaps? n/t

[ComerPerro]

2. When the rapture happens, you can't take your porn with you

[WhiteTara]

7. oh please take your porn and bibles with you

don't make them leave their shit behind. We want a world to live in,l not destroy.

[Greyhound]

21. Me no hear words too?

Sorry, babel fish died last night.

[leftofthedial]

13. but they'll all be nekkid, won't they?

how's that gonna work? All these horndogs floating nekkid up into the sky together . . .

[ComerPerro]

16. no, they will magically be given robes of different quality, depending

on the life they've led.

[leftofthedial]

17. but the porn loving fundies

would get an invisible robe, wouldn't they?

According to the life they've led.

[ComerPerro]

26. they get X-ray specs that actually work

[louis-t]

28. Heh heh!

:rofl:

[tenshi816]

22. Wow - so even in heaven

everybody's got to have somebody to look down on, huh? Maybe they should switch to school uniforms.

[ComerPerro]

25. yeah, that's the way that fat freak Hagee or whatever tells it

[rurallib]

3. Do they read the bible for the "good" parts?

[plcdude]

4. and this

is sinful in what way?

[Beelzebud]

5. The guy who just won the World Poker tournament thanked god.

I thought gambling was a sin?

To an atheist, that is some amusing shit. "Thank god for giving me the gift to gamble better than the other guy"

[AX10]

6. Notice this "problem" is the worse with those who regularly attend church.

[ComerPerro]

10. that's because, to most people, it isn't a "problem"

[Philosoraptor]

8. they have eaten of the forbidden fruit, and shall be damned

[SutaUvaca]

9. Just filling in the gap

for the sex ed that they never got as kids.

Or perhaps CE courses for how procreation is done.

[Deb]

11. here is a link to the article-

http://christiannews.christianet.com/1154951956.htm

"Evangelicals Are Addicted To Porn"

You can post a prayer request for these same Evangelicals on the site- ;-)

http://www.christianet.com/bible/prayerrequests.htm

[tjwash]

12. *fap* *fap* thy rod *fap* *fap* thy staff *fap* *fap*

[Stargazer99]

14. Those involved in religion often pastors, etc

have trouble with sexuality...just ask a shrink about the stats on that.

[BOSSHOG]

15. THIS IS JUST RESEARCH

They have to reenforce their hatred of gays and liberals and they have to reenforce over and over and over again, from early in the morning to late at night. Hate. Those. Gays, aaaargh!

And since they are already forgiven their masturbatory activities to the point of harming themselves will not prevent them from getting into heaven. What a fucking deal! Praise the Lord!

[MemphisTiger]

18. This is a growing problem for Christain and nonChristian people

alike. Christians are not immune from the same tempations like pornography, gambling and alcohol. A pretty famous Christian singer has a book out about this very subject detailing his battle with pornography.

[WinkyDink]

20. Yes, and churches are for sinners, but the POINT is the holier-

than-thou VOTING by so many of them. You know, against those godless, liberal, sinful DEMOCRATS.

[MemphisTiger]

23. I understand what you mean. I go to church on a regular basis

and see first hand the hipocrisy that runs rampant but the majority of those in my congregation are good people. It's those minority hypocrites that give us all a bad name with the "A vote for John Kerry is a vote against Jesus" mentality. No joke I heard that around here in the 2004 election.

[AZBlue]

46. Yes, that describes some. But why paint with such a broad brush?

Not all Christians are holier-than-thou. As a matter of fact, the holy rollers are the minority. Not that you'd know that from reading DU.

[ComerPerro]

27. they damn well ought to be. that's why they are better than us, right?

[Warren DeMontague]

34. I truly believe that stuff gives many people warped views about sex

and relationships.

And by "that stuff", I mean, Organized Religion.


Getting off on pictures of consenting adult naked people having sex, on the other hand, is perfectly normal and healthy.

[WatchWhatISay]

19. I say expose them

The less they are deprived, the less neurotic they will be about sex and the human body.

[MemphisTiger]

24. I'm not sure what a

gangbang, DP fest will do to teach them. On the other hand, I'll be back in a minute.



J/K

[Catrionn]

33. How about dropping LSD in their water supply?

That might help.

[donsu]

29. they should do a poll to see which religions have the most STDs

nt

[Radical Activist]

30. Not surprising

Its kind of sad to think how much mental anguish they must cause themselves by classifying normal sexual desires as an evil "addiction." Maybe their church is the addiction.

[Catrionn]

31. That's because....

....they're forbidden to engage in actual sex with another human being.

Except for their Christian, right-wing spouse. And even then only if they're trying to make a baby. And only if they stay under the covers, with the lights out, and only unclothe the necessary body parts. And the woman can't have an orgasm.

[BeTheChange]

39. I feel sorry for all the hateful bigotted people who posted in this thread

and your post was inequivocably untrue.

Does it make you "anti - Christian" folk feel better to denigrade others in completely preposterous ways?

Sure seems like it most days.


Moral and ethical superiority wrapped in hateful closemindedness.

Pots. Kettles. Black.

[Warren DeMontague]

40. Wow, that's funny. Are you identifying with the folks who did this poll?

Are you identifying with the folks who consider regular looking at pictures of naked humans having sex for -gasp- erotic purposes to be a detrimental addiction?

Are your personal beliefs identified in the preceding post, where the words "right wing" are clearly visible?

Do "ChristiaNet.com" or "Second Glance Ministries" accurately reflect your values or your interpretation of your religion?

Because we're constantly being hectored to remember that the Right Wing Fundamentalist Whackjobs who have hijacked our government aren't synonymous with ALL Christians. We are subject to perpetual reminders that "the Religious Right" doesn't speak for the Religious Left.

All of which I agree with.

But ya can't have it both ways. You can't expect a differentiation between far right fundamentalist Christianity and ALL Christianity if any and all criticism of the former is conflated into "bashing" of the latter.

Your religion isn't anti-Sex? Your beliefs don't require puritannical fear of pleasure, orgasm, erotica, or premarital, extramarital, or same-sex activities?

Great - Then I don't think the criticisms in this thread have anything to do with your religion.

[pdx_prog]

32. I feel sorry...

for the ones that will be caught "taking Herman to the circus" when the rapture happens. I can see them now abruptly materializing on a big fluffy cloud with the latest issue of Hustler in one hand and their carrot in the other....lol

[Warren DeMontague]

35. You truly have a way with words.

I salute you! :patriot:

[Warren DeMontague]

36. Not only that, they're "addicted" to other entertainment as well!

Why, many of them admitted to addiction to (defined as regular use of) BOOKS- books, that is, OTHER THAN the Bible!

Please, pray for our poor, addled, misled flock!

[Nimrod2005]

37. OMFG!!! What about the Children?

The children, the children, what would the children think?

[IntiRaymi]

38. I guess they are ALL GOING TO HELL NOW!!

:evilgrin:

[Bad Penny]

41. Guns should be used for one thing only in this world

keeping wild animals from encroaching on our mass sex orgies

[Blue_In_AK]

42. Well, isn't that special?

Could it be .... SATAN??!!

[Marr]

43. Sounds to me like they're trying to gear up for internet censorship.

I'd be on the lookout for more of this kind of thing. Gonzales has already demonstrated his tactic for controlling the internet; he wants to make it about child pornography.

[mitchum]

45. I fear that you are correct, Marr

[seabeyond]

44. an employee who is sooo religious, elders, and his role as father

to the family. letters and contracts to wife and kids on their behavior, odd and sick. he was fired and husband was cleaning out his computer and came to thousands of porn pictures. creeps me out now. walking past his office and him sittin there jacking off. eeew

i have a theory on this. the pedophiles and the porn with the religious. they have created sex as sin, evil wrong, taking it away from nature and to feel a guilt of. so it weighs on them heavily, because it doesnt work with the nature of the human we are

[Mr_Spock]

47. Sure seemed that way to me...

I have never been that interested in porn, but I have always been amazed at the appetite for it with my Catholic friends. I just attributed it to repressed desires. You can't stop human nature - you can only put it off until later. In some it all comes out at once - clean up the dead bodies when that happens.