In preparing for a session for the guys at the upcoming Momentum conference in Solihull, I've been studying a few different topics over the last few weeks, including the ever-relevant subject of sex. One of the books I've been reading is Mark Driscoll's eBook Porn-Again Christian. If you've not come across it, there's more to it than the provocative Driscollian title. Definitely worth a read.
Whilst on the subject of porn, here's some statistics on the subject:
12% of all internet sites are porn sites.
35% or all downloads are porn downloads.
Every second 3075 dollars is being spent on porn.
Every second 28258 people are viewing porn on the internet.
Every day there are 68 million search engine requests for porn.
Every day 116000 people type the words child pornography into search engines.
The revenue generated by the porn industry is greater than the world's top 10 companies combined.
The USA accounts for a huge percentage of worldwide porn consumption, but countries such as China, India and Australia are also in the top 5.
It's a proven fact that while porn may provide some degree of temporary pleasure, it's addictive and brings with it a whole stack of negative side-effects. One of the more common ones is sexual frustration and reduced satisfaction in real-life sex with a partner. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! In many cases this lack of fulfillment leads to harder forms of porn, child pornography, the use of prostitutes, and in some cases rape.
With the damage it's doing to our generation for whom porn is just 3 letters and click away, it's great to finally see Americans like Mark Driscoll and Ed Young finally manning up and talking about the subject in church. It's also good to see people like XXX Church developing accountability software and online recovery courses for confessing perpetrators.
It's time to bring the beast out in the open and start talking about it, and give help to those who need it so we can clean up the dirt and prevent more lives being destroyed by the stuff.
To find out more about XXX Church go to www.xxxchurch.com
To download Porn-Again Christian go to Relit
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