"Internet Porn worse than crack"

[wacki]

More proof that you can prove anything with statistics. To bad the Senate is listening.

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Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction, according to clinicians and researchers testifying before a Senate committee Thursday.

"The internet is a perfect drug delivery system because you are anonymous, aroused and have role models for these behaviors," Layden said. "To have drug pumped into your house 24/7, free, and children know how to use it better than grown-ups know how to use it -- it's a perfect delivery system if we want to have a whole generation of young addicts who will never have the drug out of their mind."

Pornography addicts have a more difficult time recovering from their addiction than cocaine addicts, since coke users can get the drug out of their system, but pornographic images stay in the brain forever, Layden said.

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), the subcommitee's chairman, called the hearing the most disturbing one he'd ever seen in the Senate.

[Glenn]

Should be titled "Chirstianity worse than Communisim"

[wacki]

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Should be titled "Chirstianity worse than Communisim"

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Ugh, no. All of the people giving the testimony were psychiatrists. "Psychiatry worse than Communisim" would of been more accurate, but still a false presumption. The only Christian in the article is the quoted congressman.

You are guilty of extreme stereotyping and selectively reading into the article. The vast majority of Christians are more than ok with porn.

[BusterStacks]

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Should be titled "Chirstianity worse than Communisim"

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The vast majority of Christians are more than ok with porn.

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This is false. Furthermore, the burden of proof is on you given that this is such a rediculous statement, so how about you show me where you got these statistics.

[wacki]

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This is false.

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Prove me wrong. I was raised Roman Catholic and I do not know anyone that is anti-porn. My dad almost became a priest, spent several years in a Seminary, and he has no problem with porn. I have lots of friends that were also raised in religious households of numerous christian denominations. All of us laughed at the anti-porn people. I don't know anyone my age, or even know someone that knows someone my age that is anti-porn. If you want to find anti-porn people your best shot is to walk into a Baptist church.

You will see alot of Christian people that still consider porn a bit taboo, but they do not consider it immoral. (And almost all of them have some form of porn.) The taboo, I think is a good thing as it promotes restraint and control.

Maybe taboo isn't the perfect word, but I think you know what I mean. They prefer discretion.

[Alobar]

ok, im sorry...you are just waaaay wrong here. The catholic church is VERY MUCH against porn. It's a giant sin. Now your typical christian might not be all up in arms about it, but saying that priests and the spiritual leaders of the church have a ho hum attitude about pron is completely retarded.

[Glenn]

No. Most people in mental health professions are educated and intelligent. You are guilty of stereotyping. Are you telling me that the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality is not a Christian based organizaion? For some reason I don't really see Jews and Athiests lining up for that one. Regardless, the only reason these fringe/extremeist groups are allowed to testify before congress is because they agree with the morals of the Christian lawmakers. Also, the groups in themselves provide no immediate danger, as they do not have the power to legislate. I have no problem with Christianity in churches, but it has no place in government.

[BusterStacks]

Man, i can already feel some serious ownage brewing. But first, let me just clarify your statement. Since majority would mean > 50%, by "vast majority", you must mean what, > 80%? And by "more than ok", you would imply a feeling above neutral, such as being in favor of. So for our purposes here, the statement you are standing by, and want me to prove wrong is:

Over 80% of Christians are in favor of pornography.

Is that right? I hope you see where I'm going with this, as I feel a personal responsibilty to punish stupidity, and even more so when it's under the guise of intelligence.

[wacki]

Athlough I was an athiest most of my life (I am now agnostic), my parents made me attend religous education classes from about age 5 to 18. I never remember the topic of porn being brought up, not in any class, and not in any gospel. I highly doubt it is a giant sin as I think I would of heard something about it. But I could be wrong.

I will ask my dad about this, as I know there are plenty of religious leaders against porn.

All I am saying is that the "vast majority of Christians have no problem with porn".

[wacki]

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Is that right? I hope you see where I'm going with this, as I feel a personal responsibilty to punish stupidity, and even more so when it's under the guise of intelligence.

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You may think I am being stupid, but I think personal experience trumps any piece of paper. I just find it extremely difficult to believe that Christians against porn (atleast in Indiana) can be anywhere close to %50 percent. I've spent most of my life in that system and I've never met one of those people.