Comments on: The Soul vs. Pornography

By: plowshare

plowshare — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:48:45 +0000

There is an unfortunate “is” in the following sentence: “The merit of this heavily documented review of social science literature is lies in backing up conclusions with serious scientific sources.”

My wife complained to the management of one of our supermarkets about the explicit covers on Cosmo and a number of other magazines, and she got results: the ones at the checkout counters now have an opaque plastic shield covering all of the magazine except the title. This is made possible by the way each magazine has its own separate rack into which the shield is inserted on top of the stack of magazines in the rack.

By: kel3at

kel3at — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:04:57 +0000

Good article except the handgun comparison is unreasonable. How can you compare a physical product with a spiritual sin. A handgun is just a hunk of metal and plastic, a camera is also just a hunk of metal and plastic. They cannot think and they cannot sin. You cannot blame a camera for porn and you cannot blame a handgun for murder.

By: lkeebler

lkeebler — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:39:42 +0000

As long as pornography brings in billions of dollars it will be with us (like so many other ills). People are being deceived by the millions and herded into the slaughter house like lost sheep… to make some rich. They are constantly bombarded with so much mind junk (especially the young) until their standards are so low they will (buy) believe and do anything. God help us!

By: loey

loey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:29:34 +0000

Your article caught my attention and I began to read it with great interest. As a woman I have long found the objectification of women in pornography to be deeply disturbing and, now, its effect on couples’ relationships is becoming apparent. Hopefully, this information will reach the general public so that pornography will cease to be viewed as harmless men’s entertainment. However, I fail to comprehend the similarity between pornography and responsible gun ownership. Pornography demeans women, devalues human sexuality, and causes immeasurable damage to couples both emotionally and spiritually. When used properly, a gun may serve as a necessary means of protection and self defense and the majority of legal gun owners regard the privilege of gun ownership very seriously. There is no redeeming aspect to pornography.

By: kent4jmj

kent4jmj — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:29:36 +0000

Almost every man I know has been affected to some degree by pornography. All of them are uncomfortable with those experiences. This study reinforces that our concerns are well grounded.

By: Cyclist443

Cyclist443 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:20:00 +0000

I sincerely hope you do not believe that guns kill people, rather than people with guns. How is it a “conservative cliche” to say that people abusing guns is the real problem? (In fact, you admit that people are the real problem when you say in the next paragraph “the abuse of handguns”). I am deeply offended that you would compare those who believe in the safe use of guns to those who approve of pornography. Much of the time, an anti-gun attitude stems from a profound lack of knowledge about guns and gun safety. Perhaps you could contact your local police force for information about gun safety classes. Maybe you would begin to see how safe guns are when properly handled, just like teenagers take driving lessons so that they can use cars and see them as a safe means of transportation rather than as a 3000 pound train wreck waiting to happen.

Take care and God Bless

By: PrairieHawk

PrairieHawk — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:35:20 +0000

You read it in Cosmo? Just yesterday I was in line at the grocery store and I saw the latest issue. Can you believe they put those things low enough so that small children can read the explicit and offensive covers? Maybe Catholics need to begin a campaign to convince store managers to keep the Cosmos wrapped in brown paper and behind the counter like the hard-core pornography. It belongs in the same category.

By: Richard Bell

Richard Bell — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:09:52 +0000

You know something is going on when the most recent issue of Cosmopolitan dedicates a page to ‘His sexual problem that could affect you’ and specifically identifies a man’s consumption of porn as a potential barrier to a couple’s intimacy.