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Effects of Internet Pornography

filed under Spiritual by rob on 27Sep06 @ 10:47 am EST

MenTodayOnline.com has an interesting article about the Effects of Internet Pornography.

Quick stats from the article:

66 percent of Internet-using men between the ages of 18 and 34 look at online porn at least once a month.
Seventy percent of 15-to-17-year-olds said that they had accidentally come across pornography online
51 percent of pastors admit that looking at Internet pornography is their biggest temptation
Two-thirds of divorce lawyers say that the Internet has played a significant role in divorces within the past year, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to more than half of such cases

I’ve had people tell me that the internet is just too dangerous and I shouldn’t be encouraging Christians to use it. Of course this was communicated to me through email, so, grain of salt, right?

Nevertheless, this is dangerous stuff. Anyone (male OR female) can get addicted to this stuff. Just a reality check, people. This is the world we live in…and this is the environment in which we minister.

2 Responses to “Effects of Internet Pornography”

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1 Doug Leppard on Sep 28th, 2006 said:

I had no idea that 66% of the men using the internet look at online porn once per month. I knew it was bad but not that bad.

What to do, who knows. Hold each other accountable. I know as an elder of my church that is one of the questions we ask from someone coming into leadership.
2 Paul Hartgrove on Sep 29th, 2006 said:

These stats are disturbing. I imagine they could easily be slightly higher, due to those that might not want to admit to this. My church needs to restablish a men’s ministry if for no other reason helping men cope with the porn issue. I’ll use thgese stats to revisit this need.

Does “any” failure in this area disqualify a man for leadership? I don’t know.