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LINK The “Bible Belt” is the Porn Belt: Surprised? | Frank Schaeffer

Smut in Jesusland: Why Red-State Conservatives Are the Biggest Porn Hounds

by Valerie Tarico

"…studies consistently demonstrate that people in [red-state] conservative religious [regions] search for adult materials online far more often than people in blue states.

Ever since Freud first started publishing his theories, psychologists have had a fascination with what he called “defense mechanisms“:

Denial means simply refusing to acknowledge that some event or pattern is real.

Repression involves pushing uncomfortable thoughts and feelings to the far recesses of the subconscious mind.

Reaction formation is saying or doing the opposite of what you really want but won’t allow yourself to express.

Projection means assuming that others share the impulses, feelings, and vices that you find unacceptable in yourself…"

WilliamCharles 8 May 18
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They will comfort themselves thinking Satan only tempts good people. But if Satan has won.....

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Surprised? Not in the least.

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No surprise at all! It seems perfectly logical!

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