I wouldn't say "promises of afterlife" are false, they're unknowable. Saying there's potentially an afterlife is a non-falsifiable statement; there's no test for it we could actually do to confirm or deny its existence.
Unless you've got an actual test which can definitively prove there's no afterlife, in which case I'm all ears.
You're assuming that they have not questioned and looked into things, as it turns out there is good evidence against pornography being healthy.
> I’d argue that religion is far more harmful, especially to children. Teaching magical thinking, false promises of afterlife, and hatred for outgroups can warp peoples’s whole lives.
I will offer a few points for consideration.
1. You assume, and if I was uncharitable I'd say that this is an "unquestioned bias" though I have no reason to believe that to be the case, that all religion is false, this is extremely contested. I've known atheists who would even contest this unqualified statement since they'd argue that even if they deny the ultimate reality of religious claims that the goods taught by religions and the bonds formed are positive goods which outweigh the perceived negatives.
2. I do not see, even granting that all religion is false or even evil, the case that pornography, which regularly promotes incest, abusive behavior, is the result of trafficking and rank with abuse, is worse than the typical religious expression in western countries which would promote charity and discourage evils.
Please cite it if you have it, because discussions on this topic are riddled with garbage "evidence" peddled by fringe activist organizations that lack any genuine expertise in the relevant fields.
Saying this is also outgrouping people.
I can say that people who, IMO, teach children these harmful falsehoods are doing the wrong thing. WITHOUT saying they should be treated badly as a group, or jailed, or that they have bad hygiene, or anything else.
If we can't disagree with specific behaviors, I don't know what's left.
A lot of assumptions and unquestioned biases in that little statement.
But I think the bigger point here is the debate about how much and which parenting roles we want government to take on.
I’d argue that religion is far more harmful, especially to children. Teaching magical thinking, false promises of afterlife, and hatred for outgroups can warp peoples’s whole lives.
> That’s a standard we’ve had in America for generations
That isn’t a particularly strong argument, given the other standards we’ve had for generations, like treatment of women and minorities, the inequalities of the justice and financial systems, the corruption and nepotism in our politics. The insane idea that 5 year olds play highly violent video games daily but will somehow be ruined by seeing boobs (or even fucking) is just. . . Wow.