Thanks for sharing your thoughts. This article is basically a summary of three peer-reviewed studies on the relationship between moral incongruence and perceived pornography addiction. Each of the research papers linked in the article cites dozens of other relevant papers, and one of them is actually a meta-analysis/systematic review of research in this area. So the ideas talked about here are, of course, fair game for debate, but you’re going to have to get a little more nuanced than saying they have “no basis in research.”

Also worth noting is the finding that moral incongruence generally, not religiosity specifically, was more closely related to perceived porn addiction than actual frequency of porn use. In other words, it’s quite possible that someone who’s not religious could still see their pornography use as “wrong” or shameful, which might make them more likely to view it as an “addiction.”

As far as the points about other research angles on this topic, if you have any specific studies in mind, I’m more than happy to look at those for another post on this topic!

Increased porn addiction among more conservative people doesn’t define “porn addiction” as there are many, many people who struggle with this who have no such religious history.
Why not say that early trauma related to healthy sexual desire and arousal (like hellfire and damnation taught from ages 5-6 on) can lead to sexual problems in adolescent and adult life. One of which can be an addictive relationship to porn?

That conclusion -not yours in this article – can be rooted in solid research. What about this idea? Not so much

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Robert Weiss PhD MSW
Author/Sexologist/Educator