Pornography is taking a toll in our lives and the lives of loved ones either directly or indirectly and not only that...
it is separating you from God and his will in your life.
I believe that:
pornography will become the weapon of choice and most successful tool for Satan to govern our
lives and keep us in bondage and away from the will of God. The use of pornography is growing exponentially
with US being the home of 89% of pornographic websites in all the world according to statistics.
For us Christians I believe that...
it has the potential of becoming the single greatest threat to our spiritual growth and life.
Some Christian surveys below quickly give you a glimpse oh how bad the situation is:
- * March, 2007: At a small Christian conference in Austria, 75% of the 25 men in attendance
admitted to being involved with porn; 50% within the past 6 months.
- * April 6, 2007: 70% of Christians admitted to struggling with porn in their daily lives.
From a non-scientific poll taken by XXXChurch, as reported by CNN.
- * August 7,2006: 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted
to pornography. 60% of the women who answered the survey admitted to having significant
struggles with lust; 40% admitted to being involved in sexual sin in the past year;
and 20% of the church-going female participants struggle with looking at pornography on an ongoing basis.
From the results of a ChristiaNet poll reported by Marketwire.com
- * In December of 2000, the National Coalition to Protect Children and Families surveyed 5 Christian Campuses to see how the next generation of believers was doing with sexual purity:
48% of males admitted to current porn use.
68% of males said they intentionally viewed a sexually explicit site at the school.
- * Roger Charman of Focus on the Family's Pastoral Ministries reports that approximately 20 percent of
the calls received on their Pastoral Care Line are for help with issues such as pornography and compulsive sexual behavior.
- * A 1996 Promise Keepers survey at one of their stadium events revealed that over 50%
of the men in attendance were involved with pornography within one week of attending the event.
- * In 2000 Christianity Today survey, 33% of clergy admitted to having visited a sexually explicit Web site.
Of those who had visited a porn site, 53% had visited such sites "a few times" in the past year,
and 18% visit sexually explicit sites between a couple of times a month and more than once a week.
- * Out of 81 pastors surveyed (74 males 7 female), 98% had been exposed to porn; 43%
intentionally accessed a sexually explicit website
National Coalition survey of pastors. Seattle. April 2000.
- * In his book, "Men's Secret Wars", Patrick Means reveals a confidential survey of
evangelical pastors and church lay leaders. Sixty-four percent of these Christian leaders
confirm that they are struggling with sexual addiction or sexual compulsion including,
but not limited to use of pornography, compulsive masturbation, or other secret sexual activity.
- * In his book "The Sexual Man", Dr. Archibald Hart revealed the results of a survey of some 600 Christian men, on the topic of masturbation:
61% of married Christian men masturbate
82% of these have self sex on an average of once a week; 10% have
sex with self 5-10 times per month, 6% more than 15 times per month, and 1% more than 20 times a
month. 13% of Christian married men said they felt it was normal.
- * 34 percent of female readers of Today's Christian Woman's online
newsletter admitted to intentionally accessing Internet porn in a recent poll.
- * In March of 2002 Rick Warren’s (author of the Purpose Driven life) Pastors.com
website conducted a survey on porn use of 1351 pastors: 54% of the pastors
had viewed Internet pornography within the last year, and 30% of these had visited
within the last 30 days.
- * 47% percent of families said pornography is a problem in their home.
Focus on the Family Poll, October 1, 2003.
- * In a survey of over 500 Christian men at a men's retreat,
over 90% admitted that they were feeling disconnected from God because
lust, porn, or fantasy had gained a foothold in their lives.
As reported in an article on Pastors.com by Kenny Luck.
In March 2005 Christianity Today published the results of a
study called “Christians and Sex” in their Leadership Journal.
680 pastors and 1,972 laypersons were surveyed, with the following results:
- * 44% of churchgoers want to hear more scriptural teaching from their pastors on the subject of sex.
- * 22% of pastors feel they should spend more time on the topic.
- * 85% of pastors say they speak about sexual issues once
a year, while 63% of churchgoers say their pastors do so. Among
those churchgoers who say they want their pastors to preach more about
sexual issues, 47% say their pastor speaks about it once a year,
an even bigger difference of opinion. A CTI analyst was quoted saying
"Perhaps this desire for more biblical exposition on sexual issues exists because
pastors are not speaking forcefully or clearly enough, while exposure to sexual images and
messages in today's media is ever more heightened."
- * 57% of pastors say that addiction to pornography is the most sexually damaging issue to their congregation.
- * Almost 9 in 10 pastors reported counseling a layperson on sexual issues once a year or more.
Let’s take a look at worldwide statistics that relate to sexual addictions.
Every second - 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography according to statistics gathered by various sources. To see more worldwide statistics
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Rejoice my brothers and sisters,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, has He not overcome?
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