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Is It a Sin to Watch Porn Together With One’s Spouse? This Pastor Provides an Answer

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People have often wondered if watching porn constitutes as cheating towards one's spouse. Many Christians believe so.

But what if spouses watch porn together? Will it be considered acceptable then?

In his recent podcast, Desiring God founder Pastor John Piper said he is often asked by listeners if watching the sexual acts of other people, even with their spouses, is considered a sin in the Lord's eyes.

Piper gave a straightforward answer. "Yes, it is."

In an article that appeared in Charisma News, Piper said watching porn, even with one's spouse, is a sin — "a revolting sin."

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He continued: "And what makes it so revolting is that, in that very sacred moment — I wonder if our questioner even has a concept of sacred sexuality — in that sacred moment, corruption is abounding in three directions: toward Christ, toward the spouse — which I assume is a wife here being asked to do this — and the marriage, and toward the people in the pornography."

Piper said when the apostle Paul commanded husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, "it is inconceivable that the pleasures Christ has in the church would be awakened and stimulated by his [imagining] a prostitute to get his juices flowing."

"Revolting because it blasphemes Christ as if He needed sin to help Him love His bride, because it celebrates the sickness and sin of the pornography industry, and because it insults the preciousness of a wife's heart and body by the one above all others who should cherish and nourish her soul," Piper added.

Meanwhile, researchers Jennings Bryant and Dolf Zillman from the University of Alabama, who have studied the effects of porn for over 30 years, told Fight the New Drug that they have never even found a single benefit for porn usage. What's worse, they've discovered that porn causes serious damage not only to the user, but also to those who are closest to them, especially their spouses.

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