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Originally posted by wilbjammin
I think there is a sort of assumption in your statement that "because we all have been brought up differently or have had our own seperate realization/truth" we have a solid unchanging view. I do not think this is always the case, nor should it be.
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With much respect, I don't see how that statement could have been an assumption to there being an unchanging view of people.
We change our views all of the time, that's how we live, grow, and evolve. I've known agnostics who became christians, I've known christians who have become spiritual and open, we all have known others, even ourselves, who have changed their beliefs and ideas of things. We
have all been brought up differently which can have a strong infulence in what we believe, that doesn't mean we don't change those beliefs. I grew up Christian but I chose to expand my experience as a spiritual person. In my christian days, it was even hard for me to believe in sin, although I believed that pornography was a terrible thing. But my views have changed on this, in that it is okay- I can't find faults in it personally. But some who are deeply grounded to their influence of religion or belief system may find it "wrong". That's fine, too. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, yet taking offense to them only leads to discrimination, seperation, and even hatred.
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I think this is more of an issue than some will think it is sinful "because they believe in sin". Some may define sin as an expressed desire or action to harm another. In that definition there is a lot of room for argument about whether pornography is sinful or not.
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Very true. Sin can mean something different for many people.