
A thousand adults were asked if they'd partaken in any of these eight deadly sins recently:
exposure to pornography (check),
using profanity in public (check),
gambling (no),
gossiping (check),
engaging in sexual intercourse with someone to whom they were not married (double-check),
retaliating against someone (no),
getting drunk (buzzed, yes) and
lying (probably). I guess, as an operator of a porn blog, it shouldn't surprise the "Christian researchers" that I fail their test of moral oppression. Retaliating and lying are about the only two that have a high degree of harm to others. The "
with whom they are not married" part doesn't necessarily mean cheating; I'm not married to Gracie, with whom I experience carnal knowledge quite often. The "Christ! ian" part of the researcher's self-description gives the questioning a very loaded state. No doubt the "researchers" will emphasize that the poll results prove that things need to be
changed. They accuse the respondents of experiencing "
little exposure to traditional moral teaching and limited accountability for such behavior." Well,
good - we've been exposed to a more tolerant, progressive moral code and we've been accountable for
that according to the New Morality's rules. The Old Morality is unacceptable, and their poll has spoken.