Internet Pornography by the Numbers: A Significant Threat to Society
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- 40 million Americans regularly visit porn sites.
- 35% of all downloads are related to porn sites.
- U.S. businesses lose ~$16.9 billion/year in productivity due to pornography.
- In 2010, 47% of U.S. families report pornography is a problem.
- Increases marital infidelity rate by 300%.
- 1/3 porn viewers are female.
- 68% divorces due to meeting someone on internet; 56% involve one party having “obsessive interest” in porn.
- Porn hurts adults, children, couples, families, society. Among teens, porn hinders development of healthy sexuality; among adults, it distorts sexual attitudes & social realities; in families, it leads to marital dissatisfaction, infidelity, separation, and divorce.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy…
John 10:10a New International Version (NIV)
If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Matthew 5:29-30 NIV
The eye represents what we see. The hand represents what we do. What I think Jesus is saying here is, “Deal radically with what you expose your eyes to. Deal radically with what you handle and do, the places you go, and what you touch.
Randy Alcorn’s blog, May 2012
How to turn on “Safe Search” on Google:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/510?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
34% of internet users have experienced unwanted exposure
IMDB (Internet Movie Database): IMDB.com
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:29-32 NIV
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Galatians 6:7-10 NIV
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