Problem

According to statistics, financial reports, and the swath of talks given by leaders of the LDS church, the problem with pornography permeates society and homes more than I have ever experienced firsthand. Anecdotal evidence from friends and newspapers has sufficiently frightened me into realizing the likelihood that pornography addictions most likely affects those close to me. I have been researching the effects of this addiction and have found that scientifically, pornography does exactly what Elder Oaks describes in his talk, Pornography. He states, “Pornography impairs one’s ability to enjoy a normal emotional, romantic, and spiritual relationship with a person of the opposite sex. It erodes the moral barriers that stand against inappropriate, abnormal, or illegal behavior. As conscience is desensitized, patrons of pornography are led to act out what they have witnessed, regardless of its effects on their life and the lives of others.” Obviously there could be nothing more tragic than this.