“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”
James 1:12 (KJV)
Thanks, I'm not religious but I appreciate you sharing that. Assuming it were a godly inspired quote, where do we draw the line? Temptation is vague... I see temptation as me wanting to do things I shouldn't. Still have no reason to assume porn is something I shouldn't "do," so I'm not sure I even need to consider it temptation... idk if I'm making sense, but ya, not really my shebang so even if Jesus straight up said "DONT JERK IT TO PORN YOU ANIMAL" it wouldn't influence me.
I’m not religious either, but am working on becoming more so. I think think it’s all a balance, temptation included. I view as giving in to selfish desires rather than giving to others. Of course, nothing is wrong with attending to our own wants but there is often a point reached at which temptation controls us more than we can control it. Sometimes not giving in to temptation brings more pleasure than not. Bringing it back to the fapping issue, I do it like the rest of you. But have recently experimented with not doing it at all for about a month and my energy level and relationship with my wife have improved. I guess I pay attention to her more. So there is something to it.
Falls into the “spiritual mumbo jumbo” category.
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” James 1:12 (KJV)
Thanks, I'm not religious but I appreciate you sharing that. Assuming it were a godly inspired quote, where do we draw the line? Temptation is vague... I see temptation as me wanting to do things I shouldn't. Still have no reason to assume porn is something I shouldn't "do," so I'm not sure I even need to consider it temptation... idk if I'm making sense, but ya, not really my shebang so even if Jesus straight up said "DONT JERK IT TO PORN YOU ANIMAL" it wouldn't influence me.
I’m not religious either, but am working on becoming more so. I think think it’s all a balance, temptation included. I view as giving in to selfish desires rather than giving to others. Of course, nothing is wrong with attending to our own wants but there is often a point reached at which temptation controls us more than we can control it. Sometimes not giving in to temptation brings more pleasure than not. Bringing it back to the fapping issue, I do it like the rest of you. But have recently experimented with not doing it at all for about a month and my energy level and relationship with my wife have improved. I guess I pay attention to her more. So there is something to it.