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Eric Tooley
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Marriage Doesn't Cure Pornography   
I remember as a teenager struggling with pornography, I thought I just needed to get married.

This even seemed Biblical. 1 Corinthians 7:9 (NIV) reads, "It is better to marry than to burn with passion." It seemed Paul's words were aimed right at me.

A woman trying to give me wise advice once said, "When you are married, you can have sex any time you want." I still laugh as I remember her husband responding, "Really?!! I had no idea."

Yet most single guys still believe getting married will end their porn problem.

Unfortunately, many women believe the same thing.

They reason that after marriage, he'll have the real thing and will no longer need pornography. "I'll be his pornography."

There is an old joke that explains this is why the wedding starts with her coming down the aisle, heading to the altar, while the musicians sing a hymn. Aisle, altar, hymn or I'll alter him.

The sad thing is that the new husband and wife quickly find they were incorrect. Getting married does not cure or replace a pornography problem.

The purpose of pornography is sexual excitement.  
Is that the purpose of marriage?

The focus of pornography is selfish desires.  
Is that the focus of marriage?

The subject of pornography is variety.  
Is that the subject of marriage?

Getting married does not cure pornography, but pornography can destroy a marriage.

Men are finding they are unable to have sex with a woman. Porn has raised their levels of sexual excitement so high that no real woman is sexually exciting enough.

As a teenager I was so focused on 1 Corinthians 7:9 that I somehow completely missed 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 (RSV),

"This is the will of God ... that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust."

("Italian men suffer 'sexual anorexia' after Internet porn use." News Report, February 24, 2011. Italian news agency, ANSA. Rome, Italy. http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/02/24/visualizza_new.html_1583160579.html)
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Legacy Christian Academy
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