Not all liars are porn users, but the porn users I know about (which, granted, is not a scientific measure) are habitual liars. It would be interesting to see a scientific study on the subject. Maybe I only know about them because their lies have gotten them into trouble.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that people who are addicted to porn often have their life divided into two personalities - the wholesome, responsible public personna and the secret bad boy personna. I think the one is the cover for the other, or the attempt to have a clean self to justify the dirty self. Which could explain why there’s such a high correlation of pastors/priests who are involved with porn.
I say these things based on statistics I’ve seen but also by observing and talking to different people who didn’t understand their own behavior and by my father-in-law’s observations as a chaplain in a maximum-security prison.
It would be fascinating to see some open-minded research on the subject.
But I wonder about the whole correlation/causality angle. In other words, does something like porn cause an otherwise normal, healthy human being to become a habitual liar, a split personality, etc., etc., or is porn another means through which someone exhibits certain undesirable character traits such as lying habitually, split personality, etc.
I'm not by any means equating porn to guns, but where I'm going here reminds me of the argument whereby guns are inanimate objects; whether they're used properly or improperly depends on the user. Likewise, porn is an inanimate object; how it's used really depends on the user.
Food for thought, at least. Thanks for your post.
Virtually every member of the military that I knew was a "porn user". There were exceptions, but the vast majority were "users". I trusted most of them with my life. I would in no way label them "habitual liars". Mileage may vary.