One of my newest favorite sites Godbit has a great article on the “Porn Epidemic”.
We’re going to talk about sexual immorality. I apologize for the “battleâ€? analogy, but honestly, I don’t see a more appropriate place to use it – this issue is nothing short of an epic war, where societies and souls rest in the balance.
As you consider this rampant problem, take in a few statistics to help you determine its seriousness:
* At one Promise Keepers event, 50% of attendees admitted to checking out pornographic material within the past week (Setting Captives Free – PDF file)
* In 2001, 5,656 males were polled: 95% admitted that they masturbate, 41% of all respondents do so at least once a day, and 1% do so 9 times a day!
* In a Christianity Today poll, one third of Christian pastors surveyed said that they have visited sexually explicit websites.
* 51% of pastors admit that looking at internet pornography is their biggest temptation (Christianity Today, December 2002).
* 25 million Americans visit cybersex sites between 1-10 hours per week (MSNBC Survey, 2000).Even though stats need to be taken with a grain of salt, I think we can definitively say that, yes, sexual immorality, even/especially among the church, is a problem.
[Read more - Godbit Project | The Pornography Epidemic]