Funny Porn Post

I was reminded of an experience some years ago...

Mormons have a huge porn problem. But I think it may be a problem largely of their own making.

When you're a man in the LDS Church, hardly a week goes by when one leader, or another isn't harping on porn.

I saw something a while back that was listing some of the negative effects of Mormonism, and one of them was having a porn addiction.

There are definite arguments to be made against the porn industry itself. Particularly in the way in which it takes advantage of people who have been damaged by sexual abuse in their past and profits off the objectification of women, but this isn't about the industry.

I think the biggest reason Mormons have a problem with porn, is that they are always hearing about it.

And watching porn as a mormon doesn't just stimulate your sex drive. It's also super bad, and you could get caught, and so it's like porn is pot, and watching it as a mormon is like lacing your pot with heroine, and then snorting coke while you smoke it.

Seriously, since I left Mormonism behind, the temptation to watch, just isn't there!

And I think that's true for most non mormons. It might be fun to sneak a peak at a boob once in a while, but seriously... There isn't that much attraction.

But that isn't where I was going with this story.

So several years ago, our stake had a special priesthood meeting about the most pressing issue facing the Church in our area...

Cue to ominous music...

DUH DUH DUH DUH.... PORN!

And to help with the presentation, they brought an expert in.

The expert was invited to speak, and he did, but then he turned the time over to one of the people he had worked with.

This guy then stood up, and said that he had a problem with porn.

He'd served as a bishop and in a Stake Presidency, and all the time, he'd been struggling with porn.

Occasionally he'd try to clean him life up, but then it would all come back just a little while later.

One of the most shocking things he said, was that a bishop had suggested to his wife that she was the problem. She needed to put out more, wear more sexy lingerie and try to entice him away from the porn. As if the poor woman wasn't feeling bad enough... Now the problem was laid at her feet.

Anyway, I thought it was a pretty good talk. He was open and honest, and I was left with the impression that no-one was exempt from this temptation.

The local leaders however were livid!

Their main complaint... He had admitted to using porn while in a leadership position.

HOLY COW!!

Leaders love to tout how humble they are, and how they're not imperfect and just regular folks, but have something like this happen, which threatens their infallibility - even indirectly, and the reaction is just fun to watch - well... Fun if you're outside the circle I guess, and a bit of a sadist!