STOP Normalizing Destructive Behavior | Matt Fradd & Lila Rose

"At one point, I said to my girlfriend 'If you got pregnant, you'd just have an abortion, right?'"
How did we get to this point where p*rn, fornication, divorce, and even abortion have been normalized? Matt Fradd, host of Pints with Aquinas, joins Lila Rose for a conversation on what brought us to this point and how we can heal the culture.
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[@hansblitz7770]

The point of FRIENDS is to trivialize relationships. Notice, how the so called friends on the show all remain friends after they switch boyfriends and girlfriends around like musical chairs? When does that ever happen in real life? The anger and dissatisfaction goes through the roof, and people in situations like that will not even associate with their former friend who is now dating their ex. The show makes relationship dynamics very "who cares?" The show promotes promiscuity, a very pagan partner trading lifestyle where nothing matters. Also, grown people don't hang out in each other's apartments all the time like they are in a college dorm, so the whole premise of the show doesn't follow real life.

[@matthewcipollastudios]

It’s called fiction, u dumb-ss!

[@airgin3000]

True.... I always felt all the males were pussies.

[@OscarSchneegans]

Did you notice how the only couple that stays together throughout the series is a pair of lesbians?

[@JustinColletti]

Underrated comment! Astute observations here. …except for the last paragraph. People in NYC, especially those in arts and creative circles, really do hang out in eachother’s apartments like that, often well into their mid to late 20s, and sometimes far beyond that. There is a sense of arrested adolescence there… but a pretty worldly and corrupted adolescence. Speaking from experience, unfortunately!

[@hansblitz7770]

Ok. So a NYC specific thing. I'm from the middle of nowhere Appalachia so it seemed very off to me.

[@buzztrucker]

When I was in Catholic school and everyone was talking about Friends in my class our theology teacher would lecture us on why we shouldn't watch that show and how terrible it was for Catholic (let alone Christian) values. In hindsight she was completely right.

[@amberdelivered6054]

I was a kid when the show was out and all the jokes went over my head pretty much. I liked the show not knowing how bad it was because again I was a kid. I tried watching an episode last year and the first episode was so wild. Crazy to think I watched that as a kid.

[@sird2333]

Love how you separate Christian and catholic. Too true.

[@marvalice3455]

​@@sird2333 cringè

[@sird2333]

@@marvalice3455 Shrink in fear of the truth

[@michaelnewsham1412]

Yep. 5 out of 6 six people of the Friends got heterosexually monogamously married- disgusting. The next big show, The Big Bang Theory- science, how evil- 6 out of 7 main characters were heterosexually monogamously married, and the 7th yearned for it. Hollywood TV, the source of evil.

[@millier.206]

When I was in university I had a boyfriend. I encouraged him to be responsible and even work in the summer instead of mooching off his parents and playing video games. I still remember he told me “my mother says you are looking for an MRS degree”. I didn’t know what that even meant but now I look back and take it as a compliment. Yes, I was taking things seriously and looking for my future husband.

[@julieelizabeth4856]

Lol my husband chose a particular college in the 80's because it was known (though not to me at the time, I just chose it for location :)) that many girls there are looking for their MRS degree, and that's exactly what he wanted. We got married and I stayed home with our kids most of the time. Married 34 years this summer.

[@s.e.e455]

I love the show Friends, but I agree. They were one of many shows that normalized fornication and casual sex, which has lead to a lot of the destructive relationships we see today.

[@hansblitz7770]

The whole show is a totally unnatural display of friendship/relationship dynamics. People don't stsy friends with friends who get into relationships with their exes. Any friendship is one betrayal or perceived betrayal away from ceasing to exist completely. If that group of people was real, they'd move to the suburbs and circle the wagons the first chance they got. They wouldn't even bother to talk to their old "friends" and then, their marriage would probably collapse because they are selfish secularist fruitcakes with no fortitude.

[@s.r-mariem9233]

And pornography. With the contemporary pushback I see even within secular society against pornography, it becomes increasingly jarring each time I rewatch Friends to see how flippantly the topic of pornography is treated. There’s a moment in the later seasons where Chandler praises Monica as a “good wife” because she was willing to indulge what she thought was his “shark porn” fetish, despite her being creeped out by it. There’s humour there, but it’s also insane the message being promoted that Monica’s tolerance and encouragement of the situation is what constitutes goodness in a wife.

[@renabeliever3628]

I agree

[@chissstardestroyer]

Well, while the goal of friendship is a solid goal: this story does NOT glorify the type of friendships people can have and remain avoiding abusing their pals.

[@amryan7571]

There is a big Hollywood commercial on tv every day promoting a young lady with two men at the same time. It’s sad.

[@airgin3000]

What the F?

[@hansblitz7770]

Yep, or any completely unbelievable combination of demographics as a couple. Yes, the 6' 1" viking queen looking girl is with a tiny chubby Asian guy? On what planet does that happen?

[@CornerUneck]

@@hansblitz7770 Dude, while I must admit lots of people (esp whites) are falsely accused of being racists nowadays, this does not apply to you as you are clearly 100% a racist! There is nothing wrong with a "viking queen looking girl" being with a "tiny chubby Asian guy" as you put it. It's sad you think that way. Even sadder if you really are a Christian.

[@etcwhatever]

​@@hansblitz7770humm some people like to date outside their ethnicity though.

[@etcwhatever]

Yes. It should be about tennis. They made it about p€rversion instead.

[@jandp2941]

When I was younger, I met a few women who were 19-23s and would sleep with random men.. I thought “ wow! Did you just meet him yesterday and here he is at your apartment? “ 😮😮😮 their favorite show was sex and the city …ironically

[@Pedroramossss]

And worse yet... Some men certainly married these women

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

“Friends” was programming for Gen X and millennials to normalize homosexuality and pornography in particular through humour. The other stuff was already established norm by the 90s.

[@JC-cv3up]

I remember that. Weren’t they one of the first shows to introduce and mainstream homosexuality?

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

@@JC-cv3up Yeah, the trick was they introduced attractive lesbian characters which is easily palatable for the male audience. They also made endless jokes about homosexual men and normalised it through humour. It's just a joke, right?

[@johnharmon536]

What people like you never understand is that pop culture is a *reflection* of society, not the driving force of change. You are just uncomfortable peeking your head outside your little pastoral bubble and into the real world. Grow up.

[@grosen2]

There was no pornography in “friends”, but pornography was establihed and normal at that point. Do you even know the basic definition of pornography?

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

@@grosen2 Nobody said there was pornography in Friends. I didn't realise I needed to explain it like in special school but for your sake I will. The concept of pornography was raised on a semi-regular basis across the show's run and it was always presented as a funny, desirable thing to a PG audience...so Millennial children and up. There was a whole episode about how Joey and Chandler accidentally tapped into cable porn. It was all very funny. Maybe you should get off the porn - it's impairing your ability to read and understand words.

[@newbee2262]

Yessssss thankyou for covering this I had noticed that F.R.I.E.N.D.S was promoting nonsense and 'How I met your mother' was worse. And now Netflix/current shows is utter nonsense, plain out disgusting scenes

[@friedawells6860]

There was a large study in 2019 that found that any consumption of pornography decreased people's sexual satisfaction. Even those who reported watching it only a few times a year had worse outcomes than those who never watched and the outcomes just became worse with more frequent watching.

[@sitka49]

If would've watched it or not ( porn aside) if you don't know the difference between bad sex and good sex , you have problem. ( The old adage "If you never had it, you won't know the difference. Really? Do they really think christians and Catholics are that stupid?) - I think 100 yrs ago sexual satisfaction wasn't consideration. - At least for one partner ( Remember marital debt, sex is for your for husband? Back in the good olds.) - 30 seconds missionary every Saturday Night - And as the husband rolls over, and if you're lucky he'll ask "was it as good for you as was for me?"

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

@@sitka49 " I think 100 yrs ago sexual satisfaction wasn't consideration. - At least for one partner ( Remember marital debt, sex is for your for husband? Back in the good olds.) - 30 seconds missionary every Saturday Night - And as the husband rolls over, and if you're lucky he'll ask "was it as good for you as was for me?"" This was a caricature of Christianity sold to the Baby Boomers to help initiate the sexual revolution. It worked but it was mostly a lie.

[@skylinefever]

I guess the people trapped in hellfire and brimstone purity sermons never had sexual dysfunction, did they?

[@NB-ky5ol]

As someone who is a single parent I’ll be the first to tell anyone young women looking to have casual sex or even sex with their boyfriend, “look that person in the face and picture yourself attached to them for another 18 years”. Because that’s what happens when you have sex with someone.

[@danstrikker6465]

It does, that's coming from personal experience

[@grosen2]

What supposedly “”happens” here?

[@Pedroramossss]

Women who have had casual sex are not appropriate for marriage

[@RepentImmediately]

....if you don't use contraception and are ovulating

[@Pedroramossss]

Reminder: women who have had casual sex are not worthy of marriage

[@JudySnyder-dv5ld]

Bring back the 10 Commandments.

[@luxshampoo8520]

& arrest everyone that don't follow the ten command!

[@laurencemccarty4493]

Even better, keep the Commandments of Christ for the Love of Christ!

[@drrtfm]

As written in Exodus 34.

[@buzztrucker]

They're still there written in our hearts in fact elevated but many people (sadly Christians) ignore them.

[@brokengirl8619]

So you think we should keep the 7th day sabbath?

[@KFish-bw1om]

When you finally begin to break free from p*rn, you quickly realize that everything else in the culture that produced it, Friends, Baywatch, WWF, etc., is also p*rn, and it was the whole time. The damage that all of that has done to every single one of us as individuals and as a society, is imeasurable. I have only just begun to recognize it in my own life, and I feel the same is true on the societal scale. People, for the most part, are no longer even capable of having healthy relationships. We wouldn't even recognize what one looks like anymore. This is far more serious than I think any of us realizes. It's a breakdown and detetioration of our fundamental nature of being made in the image of God. If there was anything that could signify the impending end of the age of man, I can't think of anything more significant than that.

[@RepentImmediately]

Porn was a thing waaaaay before any of the programming you mentioned. How old are you?

[@RepentImmediately]

P*rn existed waaaaay before any of the programming you mentioned.

[@cowboyofscience7611]

Well said!

[@alice93337]

WWF?

[@KFish-bw1om]

@@alice93337 Do you not know what that is, or are you confused about my inclusion of it?

[@Imissnormal]

The three date rule that came out of friends is absolutely insane. You have three dates with a man and now it is time to hookup? That is ridiculous. Why would you hand your body over to a practical stranger after 3 dates when you wouldn't hand over you banking information over to that person. And let's be honest it is far easier to recover money than it is to recover from loss of dignity and emotional damage.

[@rebeccatexaschick7621]

YES YES YES. I'm thrilled to see other Christians discussing friends role in normalization of sexual immortality! Saw a church creating a sermon from it and KNEW the pastor was just as lost.

[@priscillamacias-rosa3385]

Riiiiiiight?! It's because of Friends that I thought fornication wasn't a big deal and nobody actually waited for relations until marriage 😢. Friends seemed benign and a moral authority to me as a kid.

[@tickedoffnow]

watching porn isn't watching strangers have sex, it's watching strangers being disgusting

[@mr.s9783]

This is true. Sex isn’t supposed to be filmed for the enjoyment of others.

[@michaelnewsham1412]

If you think sex is disgusting, yes

[@Jcremo]

@@michaelnewsham1412porn is not sex.

[@byron739]

Cuz sex itself is disgusting for frigid prudes like you, right?

[@youtubecommentator6023]

@michaelnewsham1412 they aren't even actually having sex in a lot of pornography. They're acting like they do but they don't actually do it. So what the original commenter said is true. They're just being disgusting.

[@michaelcallisto]

2:07 "Erectile dysfunction is on the rise" Am I the only one who chuckled at that? 😂

[@mht5875]

I never watched "Friends", the very last television show I watched somewhat regularly was "ALF". But then, I am probably the only woman in the entire country who has never watched a soap opera, either.

[@dcfog81]

I remember being 14 when Friends was in its 1st season. For me, it was the 1st time seeing fornication being treated as a normal thing. It was like just dating someone meant sex. I had never seen that before. I will say that there was at least one good moment with regard to sexuality and procreation. A married Chandler and Monica are dealing with infertility and wondering about artificial insemination. Monica tells Chandler that if she can't have his baby, then she doesn't want to give birth to a baby at all. They then decide to adopt.

[@henryechezabal758]

This is the way of the “Slippery Slope,” and it applies to all areas of societal decline. Today, even Child Protection is under attack.

[@heavenlyflower_sl]

I came from an eastern culture where the societal norms are still largely upheld (fornication is still considered a taboo, altho tbh people do it behind closed doors, but not blatantly normalised on the news/TV). We blame the western culture that was imported to our country in the 90s through the dramas/series that normalise living together before marriage etc. I was on my rebel period at a certain point in my life because i thought it was normal. but now i came to my senses and repented. and got back to the traditional catholic values.

[@angelam5444]

Honestly, America has been as victimized by Hollywood as anyone else. Hollywood absolutely hates the traditional values that historically ruled in the middle of the country and constantly makes caked middle America as backwards and stupid. But Americans are waking up to the fact that Hollywood is depraved and has had far too much influence on the rest of the country. Americans are tuning out Hollywood. (Evidence of this is that for the first time in history, they are having to do a fundraiser to put on their Oscars gala.) Anyway, I apologize for the awful moral influence American “stars” have had around the world. They have become a national embarrassment.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

"Western culture" as we often now describe it is just rebranded paganism. The rules-based order was designed to subvert and destroy every other empire and nation once Christendom had been successfully corrupted and usurped from within.

[@martun321]

Yup, that's what happening, US culture with its movies, music videos, TV shows spread like a plague and promoted lack of morality

[@foxopossum]

I remember when Friends first came out, I wasn’t a Christian at the time, but I recall being shocked by Friends. That is laughable compared to almost anything out nowadays. On a different note, I was sexually abused when I was younger but the went on to abuse sex. I’m a Christian now but am having a very difficult time giving up some lewd sexual behaviors. It really does mess you up when you abuse it. Who woulda thunk it?

[@reginaford8575]

Check out Pastor Edwin Lutzer’s series on the loss of innocence

[@foxopossum]

@@reginaford8575 I will! I LOVE his preaching. Thank you!

[@benevolatdiana]

Yes thats why I never liked that show, distorting the idea of true friendship. Well said Matt and Lila

[@Maranatha7557]

I always hated ‘Friends’ and didn’t let my kids watch it.

[@sitka49]

Does life imitate art or does art imitate life -The sexual revolution did not start in the free-loving 1960s as is commonly thought, It began with the “silent generation” of the 1940s and ‘50s, which as its moniker implies, didn’t talk much about sex. But U.S. Census Bureau statistics on premarital pregnancy and vital statistics on single motherhood between 1940 and 1960 point to the unexpected conclusion that there was much more sexual activity during those decades than Americans were willing to admit, People didn’t start having sex because Elvis Presley was shaking his hips or because Hugh Hefner came out with Playboy,” the use of census data focusing on premarital pregnancies. After 15 years of Depression and war, there was also a desire on the part of Americans to live in the moment and enjoy life, and they were accordingly less likely to defer to traditional restraints on their behavior.” According to research, the sexual revolution actually began during World War II, which had a great liberalizing effect on values, affecting everything from child-rearing to religion. For example, the proportion of the population that considered alcoholism a disease rather than a moral failing increased from 6 percent in 1944 to more than 60 percent in 1954 and this was all before the pill. relying on vital statistics and census data rather than sexual surveys, such as those completed in ‘40s and ‘50s by research groups, and because the government’s hard numbers are likely more reliable.Because rates of single motherhood focus on what people have done as opposed to what people claim to have done - or not to have done

[@Bacchus8699]

"Does life imitate art or does art imitate life?" Both honestly. However, what you said here is really interesting. I had thought that the sexual revolution started in the 1960s, but to realize that it started with the "silent generation" does interest me. Do you have any articles, studies, and such where I can read more about this?

[@paulaprice6949]

I suppose partying g after a war would be expected. The Boomers. 😂

[@sitka49]

@@paulaprice6949 your idiot! 2 World wars and a depression within 15 yrs.( be like 2009 till now) and I forgot mention a dust bowl thrown in ( insult to injury). During the depression my dad grew up it was no party. You don't know what hard times are- Clown Hat. Bad day for you would be if forgot to charge your cell and you couldn't access social media. 😭

[@sitka49]

@@paulaprice6949 partying after a war? And it really wasn't partying. They were tired of restrained values. Why do you think people came to United States in the first place? To be able to practice their own religion. And for the record it was actually two world wars, a depression with a dust bowl thrown in. Within 15 years, that would be like from 2009 until now. (The public education hard at work) You don't know what bad times are. Bad day for you is you forgot to charge your cell phone last night. And you couldn't get on tiktok 😭 My dad grew up during depression it was no party

[@sitka49]

Paulaprice@ 6949 Party after a war? ( I can see that the taxpayer got there money's worth from public education. Lol) It actually was two world wars a depression and a dust ball thrown in within 15 years it would be like 2009 until now It wasn't a party per se, it was that people were tired of living under restrain (Puritan) values It's always been that way in history why do you think people came to America in the first place? To go against the the tyranny to practice their own religion. My dad grew up during the Depression I can tell you it was no party. You don't know what hard times are. A bad day for you would be forgot to charge your cell phone and now you can't get on tiktok. 😭

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

There is no salvation apart from the blood and merit of Jesus Christ. He is the only hope for humanity.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

I’m 50 and I’ve never seen an entire episode of Friends or Seinfeld. But I was an immigrant and was still out for work during its time-slot. Didn’t have cable TV or a VCR to record it. Now we’ve got it on streaming and I’m still too busy with other things to do a catch-up.

[@Triumvirate3]

I never watched Friends growing up. In fact, since I went all my adulthood without ever seeing it, I decided I should know what the hype was all about, so I watched the first episode on Max. First of all, it wasn’t funny in the least. Second, the contrived, casual attitude toward sex wasn’t fooling me. Ultimately, I got the sense that what I was actually watching was a carefully crafted vehicle for leftist, amoral values for the purpose of social engineering. I was filled with contempt and disgust, and the show was damn boring to boot. Who the hell is able to enjoy that empty garbage? Not someone I’d wanna know.

[@skylinefever]

If social engineering works, how many chubby chasers were created by body positivity?

[@cardboardcapeii4286]

Social conditioning

[@sophiathesophisticated1383]

Chesterton said: "The first two facts which a healthy boy or girl feels about sex are these: first that it is beautiful and then that it is dangerous."

[@chissstardestroyer]

Yeah, I was somewhat aware of that element in those shows; and I did NOT want to have any of that garbage in my head, not once, not ever!

[@mildajasaite871]

Friends was def used to normalise casual sex. And I think the main reason why it succeeded was because they did it through the prysm of traditional patterns, like Monica turning 28 and realising she wants family, Monica and Chandler wanting kids miserably, Pheobe not moving in with Mike if there is no marriage in sight, Monica's and Rosses funny brother/sister relationship, Joe getting mad at his cheating father etc... basically we could see us in them and where we were mislead was the message that in the end of all this destructive behaviour you still can come out as happy full human with family and satisfying relationship. You might. You also might come out raped, in need for abortion, dumped, abused, depressed, unable to find partner etc. Also, nobody, literally nobody in this world has 5 steady friends who would be closer than the actual family and could hang out together literally all the time.

[@debbiegum2226]

As an adult I watched “Friends” and I liked it. But then there was an episode where the 2 girls are in the bathroom fighting over the last condom. One girl had a guy in her bedroom while the other had another guy in her bedroom in the middle of the day. All I could think was- how do 2 grown women, long out of college, behave like that?? And it’s supposed to be funny? I quit watching the show after that.

[@lukeslc-xd8ds]

We don't need so-called therapists, authors, counselors, or what have you to tell us that porn in evil. The Light of Christ that each of us has tells us that it is.

[@skylinefever]

Why don't such people do something other than regurgitate corporate motivational speaker plattitudes?

[@Brett.D]

Romans 8:9 - But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.

[@skylinefever]

@@Brett.D I guess God couldn't be bothered to show up the the God shaped hole I was told I had.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

@@skylinefever You filled that hole with paganism. How could God ever be expected to fit there when you are so full of yourself?

[@XiaoFury]

I still can't understand why new girlfriends and boyfriends just move in with each other without even knowing a single fact about their partner. They do the whole 9 yards that married people do, but will refuse marriage on the grounds of not being ready, or not having trust in their partner (yet they trust each other to keep making out). Fornication doesn't make sense.

[@RepentImmediately]

Considering most Hollywood execs are Jewish, and many actors simply change their Jewish last names, explain this Judeo-Christian thing.

[@johnkilrainblackstone6986]

Thank you. I was looking for this comment.

[@skylinefever]

Many of the SBC members I was stuck with were massive pro Jewish shills. I say such people can fend for themselves.

[@Pumpkinshire]

I’m hoping to make tv shows soon starting a KZbin podcast first and if I can make money I’ll make good clean shows with traditional hero’s and role models for family’s to watch together anymore want to come on the first episodes of the podcast?

[@elizabethmonsell1847]

We attended Catholic school. My sister did a whole video project about abortion. She even casted our youngest sibling who was around age 7 or younger. Don’t know why my father allowed that. He was likely working to provide for us. My mother would have approved the message.

[@xinosaj]

Friends and Seinfeld are ancient - smart phones and even the Web as we know it didn't exist when those shows were on. But I suppose they illustrate "the slippery slope." Those 90s TV shows would have been more realistic if characters got herpes and had abortions.

[@debbiegum2226]

Believe it or not the decor from “Friends” has made its way into elementary classroom themes. Unbelievable

[@mj-rg9kp]

I never cared for friends, it was a corny show with a corny cast. The jokes were not even funny, being real.

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I don’t think Friends was the first show to depict people having casual sex.

[@kurticusmaximus]

Friends, I watched it. Looking back, I wish I had not. Why laugh about evil sexual behaviors that promote literal ruin in the romantic lives of deceived people?

[@1czechit1]

What an interesting take! Nice.

[@RionE23]

If you think porn is not addictive, give it up, and see how long you can go before you realize you can’t give it up.

[@wrosebrock]

When hungry who looks at pictures of food ? Makes no sense

[@marvalice3455]

Christian tradition. Jews take it or leave it depending on which rabbi they follow. There's actually not much more in common between rabbinic Judaism as a whole with Christianity than there is between islam and Christianity

[@szim5551]

Interesting comment about how extremely beautiful things can be made so incredibly ugly, but how moderately nice things can only be made moderately ugly.

[@kiraflash4596]

The biggest problem with Friends was that it was so boooooring.. I never understood the appeal of the show. Other sitcoms were a lot funnier.

[@jacqueslefave4296]

Yes, sadly, we are a polygamist (AND polyandrous) society, it's generally serial polygamy, but it is categorically different from what was practiced in the Old Testament, as problematic as that was. Today, it is practiced without any thought of it being a lifelong commitment, and it is based on the depraved premise that our sexual organs are nothing more than toys that a bunch of overgrown children play with. And what does a child do when he/she is tired of "it?" They throw it away or break it. 😈😢

[@martun321]

It normalized casual sex and portrayed it as a thing with no emotional consequences, all done in a very sneaky way

[@chissstardestroyer]

Yeah, I do agree with you on condemning immoral behavior; the primary question then becomes on the mechanics of *how* to describe it as self-destructive to the people who go into it. The problem with works like "Friends" is that it *glorifies* immoral behavior, and I do NOT mean the *apparent* delights thereof; the very false delights, but the morally wrong kind of conduct about it, and also the conduct in these "sitcoms" that removes it from "comedy" unless you're talking about the types of 'comedies' that Hell itself would have: "comedy" works that include sexual abuse of the coworkers and the like, or much worse still!

[@txpeaches872]

Yeah Seinfeld too. Great show but I feel convicted not to watch it anymore.

[@Siegfried5846]

You should check out Adam Green. He just did an interview with Karlyn Borysenko.

[@Sil7531]

Ehm. Treating an abortion like eating a piece of cake and demonizing anything that is not religious, are the opposite sides of the same craziness. This is fanatism

[@Astro_Mickey]

Friends and the 70s Show! It make so much sense why millennial generation almost mimics what happen in those shows

[@chisaten]

I am not Christian, but I agree about how these shows trashed minds and glamorised immoral acts. It makes me glad I never watched them.

[@senister14]

I dont think this guy has ever met any real regular people.

[@lizleary101]

What religion are the script writers of Friends?

[@ChessTube100]

That's the question that solves the problem. No one will dare say it out loud though.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

Friends isnt the problem. People choose.

[@alicebombeeck5384]

Sitcoms have destroyed a lot in our culture.. as 'fun' it all seemed at the time

[@Blitz_Zayne04]

I never did like the show friends. I liked that 70s show but realizing now on what fornication means it gave me the more reason to not care what people think if I'm single or not.

[@grosen2]

I would be very interested in seing how the science has been modified to fit this particular sad, simplistic, puritan religious narrative. Remember, the idea of “porn addiction” is not recognised as a real ilness.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

The first step is admitting you have a problem but you're right, it's technically addiction to masturbation not porn.

[@SwornReaper]

I mean, truth is that there is no humor in heaven. Humor is source of sorrow. I think that Mark Twain once said that.

[@ConstantiaVerted]

Brain atrophy? Reeeeally? I mean, I'm anti porn but I don't think that one can be substantiated.

[@jacqueslefave4296]

There have been studies with the male brain going through an MRI with men that have taken certain dyes that help illuminate the brain while viewing pornography, and it lights up like a Christmas tree. At a minimum, I think that it makes it next to impossible to enjoy an ordinary wife because she cannot possibly match or get even close to the beauty of a porn model. Even the porn stars themselves could compete, because their images are computer enhanced.

[@williamkish6823]

Be in the world not act like the world

[@TheFockerizer]

Wow Matt Fradd I knew him when he was in Australia

[@yohananberrocal4586]

Bring back the 1950s.

[@skylinefever]

How will you make the 1950s stay? For all I know, the 1960s happened because those who grew up in the 1950s were miserable, and wanted out. Bringing back a certain year may be like Sisyphus trying to roll the rock up the hill once again.

[@jacqueslefave4296]

The origins of the sexual revolution of the '60's were nurtured in the 1950s, IMO.

[@karpabla]

"Indoctrinating children" is not the best argument launched from any religious education framework. For good or for bad, religious education for children is literally indoctrination. For good or for bad, I repeat.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

Only if they are taught uncritically or without reasoning, like all children in mainstream education are taught pagan naturalist philosophy without addressing the full implications of the naturalist worldview.

[@RepentImmediately]

​@@MichaelWilliams-eq4ktmost religious people cannot answer critical questions

[@skylinefever]

I agree, this is another "It's only bad thing X when someone else does it" situation.

[@abelinolopez1957]

Lila is so beautiful!

[@coxrocks25]

Friends was always the most degenerate show and it wasn't even funny. I'm convinced that was the final real world test for the laugh track. Take that out and I guarantee you wouldn't laugh once at it.

[@KarateCowboy05]

Thank you so much. I have thought this since I was a teenager in the 90's

[@MrKingishere1]

Billions of viewers. One of the top most successful shows. Seems like ur in the minority

[@coxrocks25]

@ProtestantKing7 as a Christian (I assume by your name) it shouldn't matter at all whether I'm in the minority. The majority of people watch pornography that doesn't mean it's not degenerate. It was also so popular at the time because it was transgressive. Now it's incredibly mild by today's standards but people are still fans because of the nostalgia. Also none of those people have ever watched it without a laugh track. I guarantee you do that and you wouldn't find it the last bit funny. I couldn't even laugh at it with the laugh track but I guess I'm not as easily manipulated as some others.

[@MrKingishere1]

@@coxrocks25 A bunch of bold assumptions with nothing to back it up. You're comparing a TV show to something like videos ? If you don't want to watch friends and other shows like Seinfeld then don't watch them. But don't try to make it a Christian issue because many of us know how to separate television from reality and not let it affect our faith. Just because you don't find that show or other TV shows to be funny doesn't mean that others don't, if you're just going to ignore the fact that it is one of the most successful TV shows and history then that's on you. You are not to be taken seriously quite frankly. the laugh track is irrelevant so I don't even know what you're on about.

[@coxrocks25]

@ProtestantKing7 lol! "Don't point out my hypocrisy" sorry dude, you can't just hang up you're cross when you're watching the tube. Friends is degenerate. People like to watch degenerate things all the time. Your argument is nonsensical

[@utterlynice1]

They are not "sort of" Judeo Christian values. This nation was founded by people who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and the freedom of worship of Him as they were not able to do so in other countries they came out of. Most religion was ruled by the Catholic Church and you could not go against what the Pope, the Vatican and the religious hierarchy said or you were ostracized. This nation is a Republic and made for the people by the people.

[@RepentImmediately]

Then why did they murder so many Natives? I thought God was opposed to open borders....so why did Christians infiltrate America?

[@john9599]

Christian values. Not Judao-Christian. This is a contradiction in terms.

[@hcrush4855]

I found your comment interesting. Can you please explain how it is a contradiction? Are we not to hold the same commandments? Christians should aspire to be free from the law, doesn’t mean it is a different law, rather a call to perfection within the same law.

[@vaderkurt7848]

​@@hcrush4855 Current Judaism is nothing like temple Judaism thus entirely unrelated to Christianity most especially Catholicism.

[@RepentImmediately]

​@@hcrush4855read the Talmud and get back to me

[@christophermanley3602]

3:00 - If you want people to trust you and come to see your point of view, it always helps to call them “stupid” first

[@michellemailloux2483]

Judeo/Christian is an oxymoron.

[@BINSNEWS]

"Friends" ended when they all slept with each other. 1 of the most shallow shows that ever existed. The Ross/Rachel Scenario was not even reality. I'll admit it was funny for 3 seasons in late 90's, because it was not totally reality. At the time shows like "Ed", "Popular", & "Providence" were so much better. It helped mess up the dating scene for Generation X in the late 90's. It made relationships/commitment out to be a joke.

[@DonBailey-od1de]

Never watched that show , but i can tell you this . When you hear a bunch of high school kids some of them sucking on baby pacifiers , laughing and jokeing because school is out and they are on their way home. You ask one of the boys what are the girls sucking on a babys pacifier for , and he shrugs his shoulders and says , Practice. Then you hear one of the girls say , Sex is my favorite indoor sport. But this isnt good enough , wait , theres more. Standing at a bus stop , two girls are talking abd i over hear one say , I use to think danceing naked was the worst thing you could do but then after all , its just skin. ( Never mind shame , Modesty , or morals , its just skin. I guess )

[@ReformedSooner24]

Enshrine the Apostle’s Creed in the Constitution

[@humberto4344]

Full stop! Agree!

[@m_d1905]

No, absolutely no. America NEVER intended to be a theocracy. You want theocracy, go to Iran and give it a go.

[@mr.s9783]

@@m_d1905Iran isn’t Christian. I’m no theocrat, but Islamic theocracy and Christian theocracy are nowhere near similar to one another.

[@divinecomedian2]

No. Catholicism shouldn't be forced on anyone.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

@@m_d1905 The future of the world is theocratic monarchy under Christ. Best get used to that idea. And before that happens, God is going to feed the world a heavy gulp of Islamic theocracy just to whet the appetite of those who aren' yet convinced.

[@lukatomPL]

Pray for Matthew Perry, he may be in purgatory needing our help, and he could probably be a real help to reverse the damage done by bad things contained in this show, he already sees this show in God's eyes.

[@MrKingishere1]

lol

[@scottymackay1801]

If the 'right' try to go puritanical again raging against sitcoms like Friends and Seinfeld, we will lose and lose forever.

[@RepentImmediately]

The right voted for a guy who fornicates with p*rn stars

[@skylinefever]

I think about how many athiests exist due to Karen moms of the 1980s.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

@@skylinefever "Karen moms of the 1980s" were baby boomers who notoriously and generationally rejected Christianity and embraced rebellion, sensuality and paganism, setting that up as normal for their children. So yes, many atheists were born of narcissistic parenting and the family and societal breakdown it produces but at the end of the day, it's their choice to embrace the failure trend they have first hand experience of. I wonder if you think about the obvious solution though?

[@jithinn1]

Ugly truth of Friends.

[@PokeLinkEB]

Great points. Still love the humor/writing. Just like the Bible has bad things in it. We can use it to learn as well.

[@skylinefever]

I wonder when the hardcore Christians will be Christ like to money changers.

[@MichaelWilliams-eq4kt]

"Great points. Still love the humor/writing. Just like the Bible has bad things in it. We can use it to learn as well." The bible is an explanation of human depravity, not an endorsement. Friends - and popular culture - is an endorsement. The only thing your will learn from Friends is retardery.

[@JohnnyCkha]

Actually only Martha Kauffman was the only one "normal" person there, the two producer of friends have happened to be so wrongly called "married"... Even lady Gaga a few years ago congratulated Lisa Kudro for teaching a whole generation how to not be normal, that kind of praising is normal now a days, Matthew Perry there was scripted to watch porn as a normal thing and in real Life that was one of the behaviors that ruined his love life. Friends was maybe the first worldwide tv show to teach lesbianism as a good or normal thing, and taught people how to set their family and Christian values aside to accept that aberration

[@avjb1872]

'Judeo-Christian'

[@williedejesus4747]

Amazing 👏 I respect the breakdown. Agree 💯

[@michaelman957]

Yup

[@jmslangevin]

True!

[@lawrencevandenberg7725]

ED on the rise. Fancy that.

[@MattieK09]

Stop saying “Judeo-Christian” it’s just Christian

[@wms72]

Weren't there 400 Jewish organizations that protested the Supreme Court decision, saying abortion is a Jewish value?

[@philfrank5601]

Taking away recognition from the Jewish basis of Christianity is wrong, so no, I think Judeo-Christian is appropriate term here.

[@KirisutonoNeko]

Fornication wasn’t approved of in the Old Testament either. May as well acknowledge allies on the points of agreement that there are, particularly with such particularly close ties.

[@giganticitalianbodybuildin1584]

​@@KirisutonoNekolike killing Christ and being cursed for this.

[@giganticitalianbodybuildin1584]

​@@philfrank5601 Like the fact that modern Judaism is rooted in the Pharisees teachings that Jesus opposed, and in hating Jesus. Ever heard of the Talmud?

[@returntothyfirstlove5146]

So - was this the origin of the common modern phrase "friends with benefits"? Hmmm....

[@maxpyn8120]

Islam is spreading fast

[@jacqueslefave4296]

Yes, it is, in no small part because Christianity has been trivialized. I think that Islam is a sign that God has given up on a people. 😱😢

[@timjohnson2186]

Jesus is my role model

[@EKL-qu7ih]

Given the problems that exist in the world today, why are you worried about Friends? Absurd to me. Jesus would rather you do something to help those starving, drinking dirty water than splitting hairs over friends.

[@TheCoralie87]

💗

[@jacqueslefave4296]

If men can walk and chew gum at the same time, how much more can God do through His People? A lot is done through various churches and para-church Christian organizations, the efforts to feed people and teach them farming, and even more importantly, seeking and establishing reliable and clean water, mostly through water well drilling. Bad water and lack of water kills more people than ALL other causes put together, including but not limited to, malaria, AIDS, other illnesses, failed crops, warfare, and supply chain disruption. And water problems AGGRAVATE the destruction of those other causes. So, if your heart is moved to help these people, I suggest that you donate to charities that help solve the water problems.🤔

[@EKL-qu7ih]

@@jacqueslefave4296 I work for an NGO. I'm not religious. And yet many deeply religious people are more interested in hair splitting over FRIENDS than helping people. You've chosen to miss my point entirely.

[@benevolatdiana]

Yes thats why I never liked that show

[@TellingItLikeItIs2000]

Explain how pornography does these damages. They just say it’s bad for you but never say why.

[@josephpchajek2685]

Are you for real?

[@JoeyG-o8r]

This video is for Catholics who already understand the teaching, but here are some reasons why corn is bad: - It's addicting, and I'm not sure why you'd want to be addicted to anything - It's unnatural to see more woman naked in one evening than most men throughout history have seen in a lifetime - You are habituating yourself to getting off watching other people have sex - You are putting yourself at risk for problems in the bedroom when you are with a real woman - You end up sexualizing all the people around you, seeing them as potential objects for your pleasure - It messes with your dopamine, seretonin and testosterone and basically makes the rest of your life harder. Those are just some of the physical and psychological issues. There are spiritual issues as well.

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

How about the fact that it fuels sex trafficking, abuse, and objectification of women and children? Not to mention how many "performers" have mental health and drug issues because of it. It is a satanic, dehumanizing practice and should be abhorred by us all.

[@m_d1905]

It creates an unrealistic ideal of sex. It can cause performance issues for both men and women. It desensitizes people to sex and more violent, perverse, porn then needs to be consumed. To name a few. Matt listed some of the issues in the video, perhaps listen again.

[@househannah333]

Creates a unrealistic expectation of sex, creates desires that can not be righteously fulfilled, perpetuates a culture of power dynamics and sex as a way to gain control or assert dominance, dopamine addiction, triples the market for sex related slavery and extortion including child sex trafficking.. the list goes on my friend

[@EduardoRodrigues-ce4dh]

Sex and the City is worse.

[@Weaselg83]

Anybody else here watch friends purely for entertainment purposes and not interested in coming up with a psyche101 thesis on the show, c'mon people lighten up!

[@buttmankun]

No such thing as "judeo-christian"

[@r.walker7986]

Its been normalized since the beginning of time. LOL.

[@josephpchajek2685]

Totally goes off the rails when he started talking about ugliness, it made him sound stupid.

[@christophermanley3602]

Yeah, he really wanted that self-deprecating joke about him being ugly to land