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[bat822]

dude is it a sin to watch porn if you are a christan?

[Cody_Metalhead]

It's kinda a debatable thing.
Some people find it ok, some don't.
But, I'm not a religious person, however my good friend is and he watches it.

[Ortizitthisone]

The Bible says that if you look after a woman with lust, you commit adultery with her in your heart. And that is a sin.

So I guess if you can look at porn without lusting (good luck with that!) then you're good. Otherwise, yes, it's a sin.

Many Christians (I'd even say the majority of Christian men) watch porn. Since it's so taboo, most wouldn't admit it. I'm Christian and I watch porn all the time (though I'm trying to stop).

As for masturbation, the Bible never really references it specifically, but I think that God created us as sexual beings for a reason, and to explore our own bodies sexually is not wrong. But that's my opinion, not based on Scripture.

[Fourth Dimension]

im not big on religion im agnostic which means i neither confirm or deny that there is a god i believe but i dont its complicated anyway i dont think it is some religions look down on it but i think that(my views on god pro religion) gid is forgiving and he will forgive you if it is a sin and what you do is between you and god

[hammertime3675309]

Don't worry about.

[Fusion]

Don't worry about.

To some people this is a very big deal...

[mrmcdonaldduck]

To some people this is a very big deal...
crazy, crazy people.

but everything boys do in puberty is a sin so dont worry.

[Patchy]

Move to ROTW

[Sage]

I'm gonna play devil's advocate here.

Porn stars work hard. If you don't lust after them, their works don't sell, and they starve. Surely letting porn stars starve would be a greater wrong than ruining a few good socks, no?

[gone]

Religion is worse than porn, it just causes trouble imo
beat away, and watch what you like :)

[Sugaree]

According to the teachings of the Church, it is a sin to watch porn. I, for one, do not find it to be. It all comes down to personal opinions.

[Camazotz]

According to religion, yes.

[Sage]

According to religion, yes.

Don't lump all religions together. In my beliefs, I can morally do whatever I want so long as it does not harm anyone.

[INFERNO]

I don't think it's appropriate to group all Christians' views in one answer because not all Christians are the same and people are dynamic. I think it's either sinful or not sinful depending on one's view.

The sinful side would include being lustful towards the porn stars as would putting oneself above god. Also, one could include the act of masturbation as being a sinful act, especially if one uses lust while masturbating. You could also try to argue for the porn scenes being degrading even though the porn stars do engage in the acts willingly; the degradation would occur despite them adhering to contracts.

The non-sinful side would include not lusting towards the porn star and that masturbating would not include lust. You could also include that it's not a degrading act because the porn stars willingly enter the porn scenes and sign contracts that they adhere to. You could also try to argue that you better yourself for a physical partner.

[Aves]

It is. A very serious one at that (breaks one of the Ten Commandments)

[greg95]

dude is it a sin to watch porn if you are a christan?
I would say the only referense for christians is the bible (for us its the Qur’an and for the jewes the Torah), i dont think these books, which where written 2000 + years ago have any reference to porn movies, so obviously the cant forbide it :D

[quartermaster]

I'm gonna play devil's advocate here.

Porn stars work hard. If you don't lust after them, their works don't sell, and they starve. Surely letting porn stars starve would be a greater wrong than ruining a few good socks, no?

That is not devils advocate, that is a false dilemma.

[Sugaree]

It is. A very serious one at that (breaks one of the Ten Commandments)

Sorry if I'm a bit rusty, but since when did "Thou shalt not view porn" become one of the Ten Commandments? The only way I could *possibly* see this as being linked to on of the Commandments, is "Thou shalt not commit adultery", which is completely beside the point of pornography.

Adultery, in itself, is the act of cheating on your girl/boyfriend or wife/husband. So why say that watching/viewing pornography is breaking a Commandment? I believe you may be thinking of the 7 deadly sins, one of which is Lust.

Lust is close to adultery, but not entirely. Lust is being extrememly obsessive over someone, but not taking action. If you ask me, as long as you do not LUST over a pornography star, then you should have no problem. I do not believe that watching pornography is a sin. It's just human nature. We have needs that must be satisfied, because that's how God made us.

[Ortizitthisone]

'But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.' Matthew 5:28

This passage basically says that lust and adultery are one and the same...

[Delusion15]

'But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.' Matthew 5:28

This passage basically says that lust and adultery are one and the same...

That makes no sense how is that adultery im not making fun of you i am really just asking how that is it makes no sense.

[Sugaree]

True, the passage does state that, but it is not that statement is not ENTIRELY true. Adultery and Lust are NOT one in the same in the fact that they are two different things. You see couples walk down the street everyday. I'm sure that every once in a while a married man may look at another woman lustfully, but that doesn't mean he's commited adultery. If he had commited adultery, then we all know what that would lead to.

You can't group two things that are different from each other as the same. It doesn't make sense.

[Ortizitthisone]

I'm not stating my opinion here one way or the other. I'm just telling you what the Bible says.

[Sugaree]

Well, you're the one who started this by quoting a passage from the Bible. Just because the Bible says it, doesn't mean it's true. Yes, I am a Christian, but I don't believe some of the teachings of the Church. I'm simply keeping this debate going.

[Ortizitthisone]

The OP asked the question of whether it is a sin to watch porn if you are a Christian. I was quoting the authoritative word in Christian religions, which is the Bible. I didn't say it was true or untrue, I merely tried to answer the OP's question, using the major source of information for that particular religion. If the OP had asked the same question regarding Muslims, I would have searched for something in the Qu'ran. Doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean it's false. It's just what the book says.

Have a great day!

[INFERNO]

It is. A very serious one at that (breaks one of the Ten Commandments)

It's been a bit over a week since I last looked at the Ten Commandments and I'm pretty sure that in that time they didn't magically change to include watching porn to be a sinful act. I'm assuming though that you're argument is that watching porn is akin to committing adultery and lust. The problem is that you can very well watch porn and not commit acts of lust or adultery. I've been mentioning the term lust, well going with your argument of the Ten Commandments, we can quite easily remove lust because it's among the Ten Commandments. Committing adultery on the other hand is among the Ten Commandments, however, adultery, which is essentially cheating on the one you're with (wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband) is hard to apply to watching porn because you can still very easily have a relationship while watching porn on the side. But, if you are going to pursue your argument that watching porn is committing adultery, then you might as well say that looking at an attractive boy or girl is also committing adultery. If you're going to go along with that view, then I'm going to assume you've committed that sin at least once.

Above I removed the idea of lust but I'll bring it back in now as here, I'm ignoring the Ten Commandments. Arguing that watching porn is an act of lust is a much easier argument to pursue, however, like the one for adultery, it does lead to a dilemma. The dilemma is that lust (sexual lust) is basically an intense sexual desire towards someone. The problem is this is a natural phenomenon that occurs in a variety of organisms. If we restrict this simply to humans, then lust still can occur and yet not be sinful, such as lust between a boyfriend-girlfriend couple or boyfriend-boyfriend couple and so forth. So the argument of lust is one that doesn't apply in all situations.

Take this example: you and your special someone have sex and you decide to film it but you don't distribute the video or anything. While your special someone is away, such as at work, you decide to watch the video and have fun doing so. Technically, you are watching porn yet is it adultery or lust because the members in the film are you and your special someone, nobody else? That qualifies as porn so this is where it becomes difficult to give one big sweeping argument that all porn is sinful because it commits the sins of adultery and lust.