Is watching pornography a sin even if I don't pleasure myself?

Answer 1

nope not a sin

Answer 2

Not at all, even if you do pleasure yourself. This sin nonsense has been created by religion to make people feel guilty, which in the long term, is all about getting money out of followers and believers of religion. It's sad but true. For example.

The Bible is just a man-made play script, with several actors God, Devil, Jesus, Satan, Adam, Eve etc, and of course some intriguing imaginary places like Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and Limbo.

I certainly don’t believe in the Bible and I doubt any reasonably intelligent person would either. However, if you view the Bible as a man-made play script, with several actors God, Devil, Jesus, Satan, Adam, Eve, Noah, and so on, then you can certainly start to see a clever interwoven plot, that the audience is unaware of. It’s really just a drama thriller with clever twists.

You see, if you seriously think about it in an unbiased manner, then clearly the actor God in the Bible could really be the Devil, and the audience (religious believers) are being sucked into being the bad guys, who then use religion to get everyone fighting each other.

On the other hand, the more intelligent audience (Atheists) spot the plot and try their best to teach believers that this is just nonsense, stop getting sucked in. Some people have over time decided that the play is real. That's very sad.

Answer 3

Kinda tricky..

Just look at what pornagraphy is portraying: sex with different partners in a casual dating/booty call theme is okay.

Now, the bible says that sex should only happen between two married people as a symbol and testament to their love. It also says that sex out of wedlock is a sin.

Looking at what pornography is portraying we basically find that at it's core it is a symbol for something that is against God's will, making it a sin.

Pornography itself is a sin. Filled with lust and sex-before-marriage, poisoning the minds of our generation into believing that those things are okay.

Even though you might not pleasure yourself now, I guarentee that if you keep looking at it long enough it will. It's called a snowball effect. You should just try not to look at it if you can.

I know how hard it is not to think about sexy women, lust is something every man deals with all the time. You just have to find ways to control the lustful thoughts and be in control of them.

Be accountable to somebody. Tell a grown-up that you look at that stuff and that you want to stop, they'll help you find a way to cut the habit.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

Answer 4

The Internet has brought many good things into our lives—but (like any other technological advancement) it also has opened the door to much that is evil. Right at the top of the list is pornography, which is now so accessible that millions of people have become addicted and enslaved by it.

Pornography is wrong in God's eyes, and it will become a cancer in your soul that will destroy you if you aren't careful. Pornography appeals to our lusts, and turns what God has created into something selfish and demeaning. The Bible is clear: "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you" (2 Corinthians 6:17).

My prayer is that you will make a clean break with this habit and commit yourself instead to purity in your mind and heart. But more than that, commit your life to Christ. Right now, God has no place in your life. But you need His forgiveness and His salvation. You also need His Spirit living in you in order to resist temptation. Open your heart to Christ today, for "the blood of Jesus ... purifies us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
What exactly is right with pornography? The answer is simple: absolutely nothing. It is a total perversion of one of God's greatest gifts to us—the gift of sexual intimacy between a husband and wife.
First, it's wrong because of what it does to us. It appeals only to our self-centered, sinful, pleasure-seeking nature, and the more we get involved with it, the more we feed that nature and become captives to it. The Bible says, "The sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit. ... They are in conflict with each other" (Galatians 5:17).

Pornography is also wrong because of what it does to others. It treats others not as people but as objects, as playthings for our own selfish gratification. In other words, lust replaces love and that is wrong. This, incidentally, is why marriages based only on physical attraction seldom last.
Only Christ can forgive our sins, and only He can fill our lives with true joy and peace. Is your life committed to Him?

Answer 5

You are asking people to determine your value system for you by asking them to tell you whether it's a sin or not.

My guess is that you are feeling something inside that tells you it doesn't jive with your beliefs because you also said "even if I don't pleasure myself."

It sounds like you feel "self pleasure" isn't right, and you want to know if porn is okay because in your mind you say "it isn't as bad as masturbation." In your mind, you have already decided it isn't right for you completely, but in some ways you like it. What good will it do to have others tell you it is or it isn't right. They have made their decisions. Make your own based on your beliefs and your feelings.

Why? Because if you have other people tell you it is okay (when you obviously don't completely feel this way yourself) and then you get addicted to porn, which almost always leads to masturbation at some point, and then you feel bad about it, who are you going to blame? Others? They told you it was okay.

You decide. You know what is a sin and what isn't. You have the power to choose. Be true to yourself and not to other's opinions.

Answer 6

Watching the pornography is not a sin, it's the thoughts you have while watching it that is sinful.

Answer 7

Yes dear, its a mortal sin. Its a sin because its a carnal act of the flesh. But there is hope, Trust in Christ and be patient. Dont worry and pray very often.

Answer 8

It depends. If you lust after what you are watching, then it is a sin. Jesus said that if you look after a woman with a lustful eye, you are commiting adultery. I would recommend you stop watching pornography. It's unhealthy.

Answer 9

For a man to lust after a woman even in his mind is just a good as sinning with her flesh

Answer 10

Yes it's adultery. Look in the 10 Commandments.

Answer 11

No, its not a sin.... at least I don't think so. Yeah for Pornography...