I interpret these as deliberate obfuscations designed to make the audience feel confused and therefore more dependent on the elite priesthood who have that magical capability to convince the masses that they alone have a communication with the god(s).
So they know better than to wash themselves in boiling water, maybe?
This sounds an awful lot like a hipster beer snob telling me I won't understand IPAs until I drink enough IPAs to overcome my distaste and start liking them.
That’s the main issue. I’m a follower of Christ and it’s not for me to convert you. It’s for me to tell you, in my belief of the word of God, about the love of Jesus dying for our souls.
I’m sorry to hear that 😕
Well, that’s fair if you’re passionate about your belief. Also I value the freedom of religion quite a bit. Many talk about the crusades but throughout history people have been prosecuted because of their belief so it’s a good thing that many countries now protect celebrating religions by constitution.
What in the what?
Lord, have us mercy. See? I know enough to ask before assuming in these forums.
Respectfully, no, it isn't. It's for you to live your life in accordance with your beliefs and principles. It's for you to identify yourself as a Christian, if so inclined. But it's for others to ask you about your beliefs if they are interested in learning more. Only then is it for you to tell them about how they can join in that belief if they wish.
Also respectfully, the main reason why believers feel the need to defend their god is because they are trying to impose those beliefs on others.
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What specific harm does pornographic material itself cause?
It surely can be. That something may be--but isn't guaranteed to be--addictive isn't reasonably a reflection on that which may be addictive.
Lots of things can be used to self-medicate, but even self-medicating isn't in and of itself harmful.
It's absolutely hilarious to me that you've directed this bitchfit at one who didn't solicit a response regarding pornography and completely disregarded the one who did.
lol. lmao.
Yes, that is a problem. It's mental illness.
Can one aged 8 years give sexual consent to one aged that three times over? Should that be taken as legitimate consent or should their understanding of that to which they've apparently consented be scrutinized?
You've got the music in you.
If he can reach out and touch you, then he has a muscular system, and if he has a muscular system, then he has a circulatory system, and if he has a circulatory system he can bleed, and...
That is, unless what is percieved of the embodiement of the god of Christian faith would turn out to be an artificially created something by an alien race that is so far away they already died.
I can't read Twitter threads unless they are compiled somewhere not on Twitter. Regardless, I didn't read any tweet or thread relevant to the subject matter.
What, which is innate to pornography itself, is bad about it? That there may be some subjective "bad" about the porn industry does not reflect on pornography itself anymore than that there may be some subjective "bad" about the foodservice industry reflects on food itself.
Ahhhh.
South Park joke
The full Twitter thread, plus examples you can easily look up of other actors and their regrets of doing porn should convince you.
theconversation.com
This topic probably belongs in a different thread, it seems like a tangent, though anything about the industry is not about pornography. The other points to me suggest a problem separating reality from fiction.
I didn't go through the links in the article, but the article itself doesn't mention rates for anything. How many people experience these problems? Are they in different conditions from those won't don't? Is there is an amount of consumption below which the issues don't appear? I don't see a solid indication that pornography is bad.However, we can also see harm from consumption:
Watching pornography rewires the brain to a more juvenile state
Cognitive neuroscience finds that regular consumption of pornography affects the centres of the brain responsible for will power, impulse control and morality.
For someone who seems very concerned about women only being seen as sex objects or b/c of porn, he doesn't really seem to have a problem in still participating in outdated gender stereotypes where he goes to work & the woman stays home to raise kids.
Your service to the thread is noted and appreciated. The guy seems like a total winner (sarcasm).
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Okay? It's still peculiar that you would offer a denial absent accusation.South Park joke
Regret doesn't imply harm. Turns out regret is also highly subjective. Individuals may regret most anything. There are those who have abandoned religion and specific belief, regretting having gotten caught up in it, and that still doesn't make it innately harmful.
Why should it? Again, regret doesn't imply harm. Individual experience, subjective as it is, isn't a compelling argument.
Oh look, more subjectivity. What is "regular" consumption? Its use here seems like "excessive" consumption, and that which is "regular" or "excessive" is unlikely to be a constant between individuals.However, we can also see harm from consumption:
Watching pornography rewires the brain to a more juvenile state
Cognitive neuroscience finds that regular consumption of pornography affects the centres of the brain responsible for will power, impulse control and morality.
TheConversation is pretty good, from what I've seen.
jamanetwork.com
(it then proceeds to investigate gray matter volume differences between individuals based on self-reported porn usage)
It sucks for her, I get it. Mom used her to farm wealth & dad is afraid to be seen in public with her. That's a consequence of getting into porn.
Understood.
Well that’s why I placed the sentence before the ones you quoted: “It’s not for me to convert you.”.
