The Kamasutra was created in the Indian culture. There are temples in India with reliefs depicting people in sexual acts. Tibetan Buddhism created images of Buddhas in sexual union with female partners. So, no, I don't think all religions can agree that "pornography is bad".
I don't agree at all.
Nudity is not pornographic. Sex depicted as something sacred is not pornographic according to many definitions of what is pornographic.
For instance, the Bible speaks of the male penis as "Wet with dew" and female vagina, cervix, and womb as garden enclosed, breasts as Twin Fawns and other terms for a womans breasts and figure. We will suck the abundant breasts of Jerusalem who is a woman Isaiah 66 says.
The high priest in Theology of the body symbolized a male penis, and the "Holy place" symbolized a female Vagina aka "Holy of Holies".
The high priest could only enter the holy of Holies on the day of atonement , and if he did so unworthily , he could die. He entered with fear and trembling.
Sacred sexual imagery and acts between two lovers is not necessarily pornographic.
Total disrespect of women and degradation of the female body is indeed bad and at the vast vast majority of pornographic sites
For instance, why is it that every porno site I go to advertizes "Horny sluts in your area, get laid by horny nympho *****es now" or something like that. They never tell you it can get you your brains blown out if that woman has a husband or significant other.
I was caught in a man's house , in his bed, with his wife. We were both fully clothed but I still feel much guilt about it. I didn't know it was some guys apartment we were in.
Bottom line is, pornography can lead to using people for sexual gratification and unbridled lust, is absolutely filled with consequences ranging from STD's, trauma, sex addiction, drug addiction, shame, guilt, abortion, fatherless children, increase in crime, manipulation of people for sex, cheating on one's significant other or spouse, violence, disrespect of women.
I had no disrespect for the female body or gender before I got into porn. Immediately after filling my mind with images like that , my brain wanted more and more, and women were simply objects, and it was okay to use women and discard them, because that is the message porn sends.
Also, most women aren't as good looking as porn stars, so porn addiction gives unreal expectations, which causes the woman grief, and the man can be very disappointed. It causes an emptiness and a hardness of heart and makes it difficult to truly love people who are your type and turn you on.
Pornography works on the same neurotransmitters and chemicals as meth, cocaine, and heroin. It's highly addictive but more shameful of an addiction because one is far more shameful and causes far more guilt to be a sexual creep and pervert in my experience. Junkies are respected in prison. Sexual perverts are sometimes beaten within inches of their lives, tortured, or murdered, and chronically antagonized. The sex offenders all have an obsession with porn.
When I stopped looking at porn because the Capitol Hill Queens and the Virgin Mary insisted I do (my conviction), I became more happy. I like the guy I see in the mirror more. There is less darkness in my heart. I feel more virtuous. I'm not as irritable and fiending for some gratification of a sexual obsession, it's easier to interact with women, I feel more noble and chivalrous and pure of heart. I'm all together a stronger person as well with more self-control. It's also easier to concentrate and focus without all these sexual images in my imagination. I'm also more mature.
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