You my have seen the new campaign against
pornography, calling pornography the new drug. But in all seriousness it
is a drug. Look what an addiction to heroin, and a addiction to
pornography do to your brain.
The State Of The Union Report- Fractured Families teaches, "The evidence certainly points to pornography being addictive for some people. Pornography stimulates the pleasure center in the brain. But after a while more pornography is needed to produce the same effect. The addictive cycle is started. Then there is an increase in intensity in the addiction so that the individual needs harder material to get the same affect, moving on to the accepting of repulsive behavior and the ultimate acting out of images seen in pornography. Pornography uses the strong visual senses of men to promote lust, but promises the unreal, promoting false expectations of relationship. It is attractive to many. This should not surprise us: pornography is taking something inherently good - the sexual relationship between men and women, and twisting it."
In the same report it states, "56 percent of the divorce cases involved one party having an obsessive interest in pornographic web-sites. And 47 percent of the divorce cases involved one party spending excessive time on the computer
Elder Dallin H. Oaks teaches, "Pornography impairs one’s ability to enjoy a normal emotional, romantic, and spiritual relationship with a person of the opposite sex. It erodes the moral barriers that stand against inappropriate, abnormal, or illegal behavior. As conscience is desensitized, patrons of pornography are led to act out what they have witnessed, regardless of its effects on their life and the lives of others. Pornography is also addictive. It impairs decision-making capacities and it “hooks” its users, drawing them back obsessively for more and more."
So how do we protect or homes, marriages from the damaging effects of pornography
The churches website overcoming pornography addiction.org gives us ways to help protect your home from pornography.
1. Study the doctrine of the family
2. Learn to teach effectively
3. Develop Family Traditions: family pra yer, family scripture study, family home evening
4. Counsel regularly with family members
5 . Learn how to discuss sensitive topics
6. Recognize changes in behavior
7. Teach the truth about intimacy
8. Safe guard the home - learn about internet filters
9. Teach repentance
It is no longer acceptable to think that our families will not come across pornography in their lives. We have to teach our families to turn away from pornography. If you believe pornography will not effect your family, or home you are wrong.
Dallin H. Oaks teaches, "Let us all improve our personal behavior and redouble our efforts to protect our loved ones and our environment from the onslaught of pornography." We must be vigilant in the fight against pornography.
Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, Ensign, May 2005, 87
https://www.overcomingpornography.org/
"The State of the Nation Report: Fractured Families." December 2006; Appendix 5: Pornography, sexual infidelity and family breakdown.
The State Of The Union Report- Fractured Families teaches, "The evidence certainly points to pornography being addictive for some people. Pornography stimulates the pleasure center in the brain. But after a while more pornography is needed to produce the same effect. The addictive cycle is started. Then there is an increase in intensity in the addiction so that the individual needs harder material to get the same affect, moving on to the accepting of repulsive behavior and the ultimate acting out of images seen in pornography. Pornography uses the strong visual senses of men to promote lust, but promises the unreal, promoting false expectations of relationship. It is attractive to many. This should not surprise us: pornography is taking something inherently good - the sexual relationship between men and women, and twisting it."
In the same report it states, "56 percent of the divorce cases involved one party having an obsessive interest in pornographic web-sites. And 47 percent of the divorce cases involved one party spending excessive time on the computer
Elder Dallin H. Oaks teaches, "Pornography impairs one’s ability to enjoy a normal emotional, romantic, and spiritual relationship with a person of the opposite sex. It erodes the moral barriers that stand against inappropriate, abnormal, or illegal behavior. As conscience is desensitized, patrons of pornography are led to act out what they have witnessed, regardless of its effects on their life and the lives of others. Pornography is also addictive. It impairs decision-making capacities and it “hooks” its users, drawing them back obsessively for more and more."
So how do we protect or homes, marriages from the damaging effects of pornography
The churches website overcoming pornography addiction.org gives us ways to help protect your home from pornography.
1. Study the doctrine of the family
2. Learn to teach effectively
3. Develop Family Traditions: family pra yer, family scripture study, family home evening
4. Counsel regularly with family members
5 . Learn how to discuss sensitive topics
6. Recognize changes in behavior
7. Teach the truth about intimacy
8. Safe guard the home - learn about internet filters
9. Teach repentance
It is no longer acceptable to think that our families will not come across pornography in their lives. We have to teach our families to turn away from pornography. If you believe pornography will not effect your family, or home you are wrong.
Dallin H. Oaks teaches, "Let us all improve our personal behavior and redouble our efforts to protect our loved ones and our environment from the onslaught of pornography." We must be vigilant in the fight against pornography.
Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, Ensign, May 2005, 87
https://www.overcomingpornography.org/
"The State of the Nation Report: Fractured Families." December 2006; Appendix 5: Pornography, sexual infidelity and family breakdown.
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