The BYU study found further results which support the idea that it’s not porn use, but rather the belief in porn addiction and the conflict with religion, which predict porn-related problems.
The BYU study found further results which support the idea that it’s not porn use, but rather the belief in porn addiction and the conflict with religion, which predict porn-related problems.
The results were surprising, and confirmed a building school of research which indicates that the effects of pornography on individuals vary based on moral and religious beliefs, and that seeing oneself as addicted to porn is far more damaging than actually using pornography.
Staggering when you compare the study's findings with the behaviors of Church Leadership. It's like Apostles have a special gift for getting things exactly wrong.
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
"This adds support to the idea that religious individuals either have a higher propensity for developing a pornography compulsion," the report states, "or simply misattribute their pornography use to be an addiction, due to the guilt and shame accompanying sexual expression."
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
The BYU study found further results which support the idea that it’s not porn use, but rather the belief in porn addiction and the conflict with religion, which predict porn-related problems.
The results were surprising, and confirmed a building school of research which indicates that the effects of pornography on individuals vary based on moral and religious beliefs, and that seeing oneself as addicted to porn is far more damaging than actually using pornography.
I have a question wrote:Staggering when you compare the study's findings with the behaviors of Church Leadership. It's like Apostles have a special gift for getting things exactly wrong.
Guilt is the major emotional tool they use to keep the sheeple huddled around. There is method to their madness in getting things exactly wrong.
I don't think having to continually admit that one is powerless will ultimately solve the problem. It seems to keep the addict dependent on the group or church (their goal). At a certain point, one needs to gain control over the addiction and move on from the group/church nest. It might be a long process for some or a lot of people but self-control should be the goal.
And it seems from the study that the church shame part of it definitely does not work. Too bad the church probably won't learn from this as shame for their invented "sins" is a big source of their power over the individual.
"Religion is about providing human community in the guise of solving problems that don’t exist or failing to solve problems that do and seeking to reconcile these contradictions and conceal the failures in bogus explanations otherwise known as theology." - Kishkumen