You are double-talking here. I seriously doubt that anyone has any trouble differentiating between desire/lust vs subjugation of women. You are introducing a new topic here. That is not the issue I am talking about. I still say "porn" is acceptable.
What makes you think that men are the only ones lusting? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Publius Maximus" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [OT] How Atheists win friends. > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote: >> Where does it say in the Bible that porn is bad? It only says not to lust >> after your neighbor's wife. Nothing about an unmarried woman. > > Matt 5:28 seems to make no distinction between married and unmarried, > and raises the bar to "merely" looking upon a woman and lusting. > > Really, the issue is the loveless brutality of it, and the manner in > which it inflames the passions of the flesh. Merely looking upon a > beautiful naked women or even a couple making love does not > necessarily trigger this, but the subjugation, control and selfish > nature of the sex acts typical in porn is ungodly. > > No great gift of spiritual discernment is required to know the > difference. However, the total lack of spiritual discernment makes it > a puzzling issue for many. > >> Repressing one's lust/desire (by the way if this is so bad why was it >> invented?) only leads to what we see in the Islamic religion. > > Only for a carnal person. One guided by the Spirit overcomes these > passions; there is no need to repress what has been overcome. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/8af65768a18e43f4b85d51caf54ec...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
