# Survey: How do you feel about pornography? Please specify religion :) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486 "2002-09-24T18:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/61 "2002-09-26T08:18:12Z")
Male, Christian minister on the weekends, Daoist Monday-Friday. As long as it’s produced consensually (i.e., no kids, no hidden cameras), it’s ok with me. I’m not into all forms of it, but I have no problem with those who are. My wife is also into it, although to a lesser extent. We watch together fairly often. ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/62 "2002-09-26T14:29:23Z")
Hello? Can I get some credit for rooting out the religious right please? You knew it was coming. Let me respond however to his “stupid” accusation. I’m in the process of reseaching this but, he failed to acknowledge the possibility of whether or not Joseph and Mary were married BEFORE the emaculate conception. I’m not “in the know” addmittedly. My “joke” was based on that scenario. I mean, if that were true, the poor guy was probably going home after the reception looking for at least a little action and is met with the stink eye from Mary. That’s GOT to be dissappointing!!! On the other hand, his religious point is taken in that it sort of addresses the Coveting commandment. I guess if one is watching some form of porn, there’s got to be some sort form of coveting going on. And in that respect, if you’re one who decides to be bound by the commandments, its probably not wise. However, take the married couple who’s been married for 20, 25 years and there really is no sex life. Divorce? No, the church frowns on that. If one or both of the couple partaking in porn sparks the otherwise nonexistant sex life, if could be looked at as a marriage saver and therefore, extremely religious. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/63 "2002-09-26T17:26:12Z")
**Ssarl** , you find yourself saying these things now. I was where you are, relative to all this, at your age (shit, I sound old…I’m not:)). Now, however… Agnostic theist; I believe there is some God-like entity in existence, though whether or not it’s the J/C version I have no idea. However, I don’t think there is enough evidence to prove the existence of said God. Porn isn’t good or bad in the same sense that chemicals aren’t good or bad. There isn’t any one word I’d use to describe all of porn except “existent”. For me, personally, the pictures and vids don’t do much, but the written word does. There are so many variations on porn that to comment on any would really necessitate commenting on all, so I’ll just say that some things are bad anywhere and some not. And I respect your right to think porn is Evil Incarnate if you respect my right to think porn is perfectly fine and natural and in some cases rather useful (sex therapy, etc). ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/64 "2002-09-26T17:26:21Z")
You eat your sandwich after washing your hands, right **greck**? 😉 To address the OP, no beleifs in a deity, and I like a little soft porn. I’m not really going to say anything about **Ssarl** (the _happy_ martian?) but I do like it when he says this: > [@](#): > > Fourthly, a lot of people watch it and then MASTURBATE - while FANTASING about the woman/man they’ve just seen on the screen. Well, yeah… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/65 "2002-09-26T19:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omnipresent \* > **I’m in the process of reseaching this but, he failed to acknowledge the possibility of whether or not Joseph and Mary were married BEFORE the emaculate conception. I’m not “in the know” addmittedly. My “joke” was based on that scenario.** I don’t think they could have possibly been married before the immaculate conception since that refers to the conception of Mary. I don’t know of any non-Catholic sects that accept the doctrine of the immaculate conception, but I’m willing to bet that given the fundamentalist tone of **Ssarl’s** post that he doesn’t belong to one that does accept it. Fundamentalists have a tendency of looking down on anything that makes Mary seem special. The immaculate conception and her perpetual virginity are the two big ones they don’t like. As far as the survey: Atheist/agonstic. And I’m not much into porn. It can be fun, but not the sort of fun I’m willing to pay for or spend hours downloading. ---
**Author:** ![CoderSlave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CoderSlave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoderSlave)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/66 "2002-09-29T03:07:47Z")
Its been a while since I opened a bible, but I seem to remember that it mentions Jesus’ nephew or something like that. Wouldnt that mean that Jesus had a brother or sister? -Da Slave ---
**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/67 "2002-09-29T03:19:10Z")
i’m wiccan. i’m female. i look at porn. why? because i’m a virgin and i’m curious. also, i like that tingly feeling that shoots down my arms when i see people kiss. and… do other things. but i’m all for traditional and lesbian porn. no bondage or anal or anything, just nice nudity and lovemaking. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/68 "2002-09-29T04:15:50Z")
Atheist. Used to like porn, when it was made with some quality and humor - Debbie Does Dallas, Debbie Duz Dishes, Deep Throat. Today it is all crap. I like plots - and since the average porn buyer doesn’t, makers have discovered that spending money on scripts is not a good bet. So, these days I can do better myself. (Source: faq of rec.arts.movies.erotica) ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/69 "2002-09-29T05:37:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coda \* > > \*\*You don’t live in Salem Massachusetts do you? > > We’re having a witch trial soon, you may enjoy it. We are going to a local sinners house. She is young (like you) and unwed. But she is living in sin because she has **HBO** and regularly watches the **Soprano’s**. I hear she has taped all the **Sex in the City** episodes as well. So we will have to confiscate all of those and burn them, with her of course… > > Wanna go? \*\* Hey now, as a (near) resident of Salem, Massachusetts, I assure you that we’re all Kennedy-voting, porn watching perverts up here. We may not sell beer on sunday, but that’s about all the holdover from the witch trial days there is. Hell, I know of at least one porn star from my town, the home of MANY of the characters from the Crucible (Beverly, if you’re interested). ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/70 "2002-09-30T00:31:45Z")
Southern Baptist I’m opposed to pornography because it could lead to dancing. Just kidding! ---
**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486/71 "2002-09-30T01:08:25Z")
Religion: raised roman catholic, don’t believe in it though, now follow my own personal faith Porn = yay! -as long as all participants are willing and able to make that decision,it’s all good (read: young’uns in porn ain’t no good) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-how-do-you-feel-about-pornography-please-specify-religion/129486.md?page=3)