Originally Posted by Virgil Tracy:
“no , she isn't an adulteress in literal terms . And how is she supposed to vet the marital status of everyone who looks at her pictures ?
by that logic anytime a guy "perves" over a picture of a woman then that woman is an adulteress , just absurd .
you got it wrong , just admit it .
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This is getting irritating. Ive just said she can't vet her clients. Therefore, some could well be married, indeed probably are. And adultery in Catholicism is ANY activity which threatens the marital covenant including desire.
Here's an easy-to-understand extract: "The viewing of pornography (and, indeed, looking at other human beings in a deliberately lustful fashion and dwelling on those thoughts and encouraging them) is rightly condemned following the instructions of Christ in Matthew 5:28 which equates deliberately lustful thoughts with adultery."
Now, there's some debate about whether she herself would be called an "adulterer" (strict interpretations of the catechism say yes she is, others would say she tempts/facilitates it) but either way, her line of work encourages men to desire her and desire by married men is adultery.
In addition, "Immodest dress is condemned, and is defined as dressing in a manner likely to arouse sexual interest or with the intention of arousing sexual interest in a situation where this is inappropriate (generally speaking, where it will arouse sexual interest in individuals other than the person's spouse). The Church condemns this as tempting other individuals into sin. While this does not absolve the sinner of his guilt, it means that the tempter shares in some of that guilt."
In Catholicism, porn (soft or otherwise, encouraging sexual fantasy, displaying body for sexual purposes) masturbation, or indeed any lust-related activity outside marriage is considered a sin. The spiritual messages underneath these teachings are more complex than I can be bothered going into here, but anyone who's been raised catholic, done RE, Sunday School, etc (e.g. me or Danielle) will know that it ultimately has to do with causing separation from god.
Knock yourself out researching all this online. But don't tell me I'm wrong when you haven't done your own homework.