"Internet Porn worse than crack"

[daryn]

sad how this thread got hijacked just because the first guy who responded seems to want to jump on the christian-bashing wagon.

anyway, i seriously have no porn on my computer for some reason.

[BeerMoney]

You're wrong dude.

[BusterStacks]

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sad how this thread got hijacked just because the first guy who responded seems to want to jump on the christian-bashing wagon.

anyway, i seriously have no porn on my computer for some reason.

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Meh, I think it was worth it to see how retarded wacki could be in subsequent threads. I mean really, this topic wasn't that interesting to begin with, but the rediculous assertions and the ensuing arguments were enough to make it worth checking.

[daryn]

i both hear what wacki is saying, and disagree with him i think.

i think most christians don't have a problem with porn. i would never say "vast majority".

the thing is, there's a big difference between your average roman catholic family and those fundamentalist clowns you see all over tv and politics.

[BusterStacks]

I agree, I was raised catholic and went to catholic school for 12 years. Hence, why I'm not catholic.

[wacki]

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Those musta been some interesting fireside chats, in your parents' home, I gotta say!

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Not just home, but youth group, church, CCD (religious education), and just about everywhere else that is related to religion. It is my opinion that the whole point of religion is to promote good behaviors into people while minimizing the bad ones. That's it! And religion does a very good job of this.

As time goes on I find more and more very intriguing things about the Bible. Everyone thinks that it is a sin to lie. I'm not so sure about this. The most important moral rules of Christianity are centered around the ten commandments and they are worded very carefully.

Exodus 20:16"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

A lot of people think that means do not lie. I'm not so certain. I read it as do not lie to people in a way that is harmfull to them. If you lie to protect/help a neighbor, that is ok. A lot of people disagree with me though. I usually use little tests like these to see if a religious person is a nut of not. I've got about whole mitfull of them and you start asking questions like these and if they won't even listen to those that say it might be possible that the Bible is ok with lying, you know they are blind and religious nut!



In the Jewish religion, they can't eat pork and have to have Kosher foods. This is left over from the days where there is no refrigeration. It seems to me that alot of the rules in religion were added because people saw patterns of behavior that were harmfull. They didn't know why eating pork was bad, so they just made it a sin. (my analysis) There is a lot of this in the religion. Some of the rules are outdated, some of them aren't easy to understand, but most of them make a ton of sense. Even if you aren't religious (I can't stand a lot of the mumbo jumbo and ceremonies) historical analysis of religion and it's ability to affect people really is a fascinating subject.

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What was your family's favorite video to watch together, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" ?

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My dad doesn't like off the wall movies. He likes movies like Tora Tora Tora, Glory, Bridge to Far, Das BOOT, etc. Badically anything that is non-fiction. He did like 5th element and LOTR though.

[wacki]

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i both hear what wacki is saying, and disagree with him i think.

i think most christians don't have a problem with porn. i would never say "vast majority".


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I'm glad you atleast think what I am saying isn't complete bullshit. I have just been suprised in the past by how many people who are uncomfortable with talking about anything having to do with porn either have their own collection or would never harshly judge someone that did. My dad is one of those people that is very uncomfortable with talking about porn. Yet he has his own collection, and he helped save a mans job that got caught surfing porn websites at work. So even if some of these people didn't like it, most of them wouldn't go out of their way to stop it. So, in effect, they are neutral. I still would be very suprised and even shocked if 30% of male christians would support banning Playboy. The situation is too complex to put into a single sentence.

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the thing is, there's a big difference between your average roman catholic family and those fundamentalist clowns you see all over tv and politics.

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Yes, those guys are a little odd.