Porn

[musturde]

Get him the book for His b-day and tell him that you heard it was a really good book by someone. Don't make him think your on to him, just tell him you were suggested it.

[XIX]

[quote name='Crusader_4' date='Jun 18 2004, 03:22 PM'] Hey prayer get his guardian angel thats a great one. Another one i would advise and its amazing and i dont say that word without meaning it here IT IS AMAZING is this site

[url="http://www.catholic.com/seminars/evert.asp"]http://www.catholic.com/seminars/evert.asp[/url]

scroll down to "romance without regret" and it has two chastity talks one a public school and one a Catholic school depending on the person each has its place. Listen to it IT IS AMAZING!! it put Catholic sexuality into focus for me and my understandning of it as a teenager. [/quote]
The Everts rock!!!

[master_alterserver]

www.dads.org has some great resources for helping people with porn adddictions

Edited June 19, 2004 by master_alterserver

[littleflower+JMJ]

[url="http://www.porndestroyswomen.org/"]http://www.porndestroyswomen.org/[/url] is a good one

[dlz7486]

I would make sure that your friend is actually looking at porn first. I know that with Internet Explorer, there are a lot of things that can sneak up on your computer. I once downloaded a font, and all of a sudden all of the Favorites on my computer changed to porn sites and the home page was a search engine directed toward adult material. There are some sickos out on the Net, and they like to sabotage other users. Just be sure that your friend actually has an addiction before you approach him about it. It could put a lot of mistrust and disdain in your relationship if you were wrong or misinformed and you approached him about it.

If you are sure, and he is Catholic, I'd recommend telling him what a grave sin that is. Help him out, he probably doesn't want to be doing it, and he probably feels guilty for doing it. But you should stop him, or at least try pointing him in the right direction. If he wants to overcome it, he'll be glad for your help.

If he isn't that Catholic, and if he's under 18, you should probably tell him that it's illegal, too. But that's another matter.

Here's something from the Catechism:

2354
Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.

Check out some of these links:
[url="http://www.lifeteen.com/DocQandA.asp?Action=View&ID=717"]The Bible and Porn[/url]
[url="http://www.lifeteen.com/LoadDoc.asp?Action=View&ID=718&DocType=1"]Personal Testimony: Pornographic Hell[/url]
[url="http://www.lifeteen.com/LoadDoc.asp?Action=View&ID=708&DocType=1"]Pornography and the Family, by Pope John Paul II[/url]
[url="http://www.lifeteen.com/LoadDoc.asp?Action=View&ID=720&DocType=1"]Prayers for Purity[/url]
[url="http://www.lifeteen.com/LoadDoc.asp?Action=View&ID=721&DocType=1"]Practical Tips for Avoiding Porn[/url]
[url="http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/helpvictims.cfm"]Help for Those Who've Fallen[/url]

Pray for your friend, especially if he's struggling. Show him that there are better things in the world than what he's meddling into!

[VeraMaria]

amazing post dlz!!

Like most people here said, I'd first make sure that he IS looking at porn. Those search things get installed on your computer by themselves sometimes :ph34r:

If he is, and you are sure of it, the sites people have posted here are a good starting point...

[RemnantRules]

hey Curtins! I'm coming in sort of late on this topic but for me i had this problem for a long time. This is a REALLY personal subject to me and i've always been one to shy away from but i feel compelled by God to tell you that i use to have a horrible problem with looking at pornography. It was really an addiction for many years in my life. This is really hard for me to talk about right now and you all who are reading this are the very first people to hear this about me.
What changed me was from a person who didn't come right out and asked me if I was or wasn't looking at porn but it was started as a side story. Sort of a third party topic that we starting talking about. Even though i believe this person knew what i was going through. For me through talking with this person, this person told me to go to confession, and get rid of it. This person talked about if you go to confession regulary who tend to find out where your laking in strength and you tend to work harder on that one part in your life b/c i don't know about all of you but i HATE when I have to tell the priest the SAME SIN AGAIN!!! So i would try bringing it up in an off conversation. But that is what help me. I hope this helps and most of all PRAY FOR HIM! And tell the person you are Especially if your friend does tell you that they are looking at porn b/c it's probably a habit for that person it's not an easy one to break. I'll pray that person as well.

God Bless
Jason Gregory

[VeraMaria]

curtins, I am praying as well. He has a decade of my rosary tonight