Tim Chester:
In my forthcoming book, Captured By a Better Vision: Living Pom-Free
, I describe the spread of pomography as an epidemic. Here are some stats that back up this claim …
* Every second, 28,258 Internet users are viewing pomography and $3,075.64 is being spent on pomography
* The pomography industry is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink
* There are 4.2 million pomographic websites, which is 12% of all the websites on the internet
* Every day there are 68 million (25% of the total) search engine requests for pomographic terms
* 42.7% of internet users view pom
* The average age of first exposure to pomography is 11 years old and 80% of 15-17 year olds have had multiple hard-cor e exposure
* The 35-49 age group is the largest consumer of internet pomography
* 47% of Christians say that pomography is a major problem in the home
* 17% of women struggle with pomography addiction and 70% of women keep their cyber activities secret
* The USA produces 89% of all pomographic web pages (Germany are the next biggest producer, producing 4% of all pomographic web pages)
4 comments:
what's the best way to address this issue in a small group/ community group setting? In a group that contains 10 Christian men, it seems that at least some of them might be struggling in this area. Do you wait for them to bring it up because of the relationships you build with them, or, do you confront everyone and lay it on the table? any thoughts?
Lay it on the table. Just ask them. Name it and confess sin that you have if it is there. They will follow the leader.
Bringing things into the light is the first step to healing. You have to name it.
You may also want to consider putting it out there and then making yourself available one-on-one. It is a rare case (at least in my experience) that a man will "publicly" confess this most shameful of sins - it is almost always done with a call to a pastor, an elder, a small group leader, or a trusted Christian brother. Opening up to a few others can come later. The wife should come before that though. That is usually the toughest but most necessary. Just something to consider.
Wow. It's almost unbelievable... and then it's not.
God give the church strength and wisdom to find victory and voice against this issue.
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