It was only a matter of time before the secular media began to affirm what Christians have been saying for years (if not decades) that pornography is harmful. In her incisive and challenging article in today’s SMH, Adele Horin mounts the case for concern in the ever-rising popularity of Internet porn.
Listing case study after case study, and compounding the evidence with a barrage of statistics, Horin demonstrates the effect of porn on marriage and relationships. At its best, the viewing of explicit material leads men to choose the internet instead of intimacy. At its worst, the attendant secrecy breeds distrust, and marriage failure.
Sexuality is a beautiful gift from God, for enjoyment and procreation in marriage. The sooner people wake up to this fact, the sooner marriages will be stronger, and God will be glorified.
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But, on the same issue, Monday’s article by Kath Albury was most unhelpful, and shot down by Tuesday’s article by Margaret Sommerville.
Kath Albury’s silly argument that it is educational doesn’t hold water. I understand that the “education” involves making people dissatisfied with their partner and themselves and has often led to people doing unkind and dangerous things as a result of their “education.”
Yes, I totally agree with your criticism about the “education” argument. It is tragic that so many relationships seem to be damaged by unrealistic expectations from pornography.