Oh, yeah. Like this is any surprise. Repression of natural feelings and needs requires finding an outlet somehow. Eastern cultures made quality sex a central part of life and they flourished for many thousands of years. Western cultures have repressed it and we’re falling apart.
ChristiaNet Poll Finds That Evangelicals Are Addicted to Porn
If there could be one place protected from the cancerous infection of pornography and sexual misconducts, one would assume that the Christian church would be that sanctuary. But, recent research is revealing that no one is immunized against the vice-grip clutches of sexual addictive behaviors. The people who struggle with the repeated pursuit of sexual gratification include church members, deacons, staff, and yes, even clergy. And, to the surprise of many, a large number of women in the church have become victim to this widespread problem. Recently, the world’s most visited Christian website, ChristiaNet.com, conducted a survey asking site visitors eleven questions about their personal sexual conduct. (http://www.christianet.com)
Amazingly, there were one thousand responses to the poll conducted by ChristiaNet.com. ChristiaNet.com partnered with Second Glance Ministries in evaluating the poll responses and it seems the Christian community is struggling with many of the same “temptations” that the secular society is faced with.
“The poll results indicate that 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography,” said Clay Jones, founder and President of Second Glance Ministries whose ministry objectives include providing people with information which will enable them to fully understand the impact of today’s societal issues. 60% of the women who answered the survey admitted to having significant struggles with lust; 40% admitted to being involved in sexual sin in the past year; and 20% of the church-going female participants struggle with looking at pornography on an ongoing basis.
“There have been dynamic paradigm shifts in the behavior of Christians over the last four years,” explained Jones. “Technology [the Internet] has allowed pornography to flood the market place beyond a controllable level.” Jones’ ministry also includes providing Christian intervention programs for churches and for individuals. All of Second Glance Ministries’ services are free and recipients may remain anonymous.
“We directed over 100,000 inquiries to Second Glance Ministries in one year,” stated ChristiaNet.com’s President, Bill Cooper. “We are seeing an escalation to the problem in both men and women who regularly attend church.” ChristiaNet.com is committed to addressing the devastating consequences that sexual addictions can have on a family and society by providing a safe environment for blogging discussions and referrals.
This is a pretty old post but I thought I’d put my two cents in.
As a Christian and someone who has struggled with sexual addiction and lust, I am not surprised by the poll. Satan is trying his hardest to seduce the church and lead them away from the freedom we have in Christ. If you think that you are free because you are not a Christian then you are majorly deceived. God’s word says that we are either a slave to sin or to Christ. If you’re not following Jesus then your following Satan, black & white.
God has given us free will to choose the path we will walk. If we choose Jesus than He will be our strength when we are weak. And Paul says that our Spirit is at war with our flesh so that we do the things we do not want to do. That’s why we need to have constant fellowship with God so that He can renew our mind to focus on the things of God. That is what it is to walk in the Spirit. It’s not easy because the world is very seductive with it’s material riches and instant feel good everything. But I know that in the end that stuff just leads to misery and destruction.
Addiction is addiction, whether to sex, drugs, material gain, whatever it is you use to make yourself feel better so you don’t have to face the truth of your internal state. God says that even if we look at someone lustfully, we have committed adultery. God doesn’t care about our outside pious appearance, he cares about what’s going on on the inside. That’s why Jesus rebuked the Pharisees cause they were more concerned about how they looked on the outside. They were people pleasers, loving the praise of men. But inside they were full of crap. And we can all be like that too. Whether lust, greed, hate, we need God to cleanse us on the inside; we can’t hide nothing from Him. And Jesus claims that He is the Son of God and He is the only way to God. Each one of us has a choose of accepting Jesus or rejecting Him. God bless…
I think I see the reply of a PERFECT person above. Casey McKinnon
Not the reply of a “Perfect” just giving an opinion which happened to perhaps irk you?
Peace…