It is always amusing to those of us secularists who live by a strict ethical code that you religionists cannot conceive of such a life without the fear of hell or the reward of heaven. My husband and I are educators. We see the need to do good in the world. We give to charities rather than tithe to churches. America's Second Harvest could really use your help now! We volunteer in our community. We fight the good fight. Why should we need to be religionists to justify this existence?
I grew up in the deep South. I was horrifically abused (sexually, physically, emotionally) by my birth father, a supposedly devout Christian who got away with all that he did to me. My young life was hell. Fine. I could choose to be angry or I could choose to help children. I chose the latter. But I don't buy the religion, for I know that for every one person who is a true believer there is another who is a total hypocrite. I didn't learn my values from my birth father. I learned them from people I met along the way who weren't necessarily Christian. I married for the first time at 23 and chose poorly. He was addicted to pornography and treated me poorly. At 30 I finally summoned the courage to leave. At 40 I chose more wisely and now have a very happy secular marriage to a man who shares my values entirely. Moral standards are not based upon Christianity - they are based upon the ethics that people decide they must have to live with one another. Pornography debases those who are involved in any way with it, from those who pose to those who view it. It isn't part of my ethical standard. Therefore, I must stand against it. No religious dogma needed.
The Pornification Of A Generation
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