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Internet Danger you should know about:

 

Ø       By the end of 2004, there were 420 million pages of pornography (LaRue, Jan. “Obscenity and the First Amendment.” Summit on Pornography. Rayburn House Office Building. Room 2322. May 19, 2005).

Ø       The largest group of viewers of Internet porn is children between ages 12 and 17 (Family Safe Media, December 15, 2005)

Ø       5 stages to addiction:  Early exposure, addiction, escalation, desensitization, and acting out sexually.  This addiction is a sin committed with the mind and then, with the body, by acting out.  It can destroy individuals, children, families, marriages, and our testimony for Jesus Christ.

Ø       The Internet pornography industry generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue – larger than the combined annual revenues of ABC, NBC, and CBS (Family Safe Media, January 10, 2006)

Ø       Pornographers ‘disguise’ their sites with common brand names and misspellings designed to “entrap” people. (Ex: ESPN and Disney.)

Ø       Pornography in many forms is invading people’s homes and is available 24 hrs a day.  In a short period of time the Internet has become the most exploited instrument of perversion known to man. 

Ø       51% of Pastors say Internet pornography is a possible temptation.  37% say it is a current struggle.  (Christianity Today, Leadership survey, Dec 2001.)  4 in 10 pastors have visited a porn website.

Ø       Pornography is physically more addicting that cocaine and ‘imprints’ the mind with images.  Overcoming pornography addiction takes years, and may affect you and everyone around you, the rest of your life.

Ø       A recent study by focus on the Family, (March 2000) shows 1 in 5 adults, 20%, which is nearly 40 million people, have visited a sexually oriented web site.

Ø       Today's Christian Woman in 2003 found that one in six women (17%) including Christians, struggles with pornography addiction.

Ø       Previously, if you wanted pornographic material you could buy a magazine, video, or visit some establishment.  All of these put you at ‘risk’ of being found out.  Now, with computers being used in private, unaccountable settings, people can find and view hardcore pornography right in their homes and offices.  This can quickly escalate into an addiction with great harm brought to individuals, children, wives and families.

Ø       Prevention: Pornography addiction, and the destruction it causes, can be prevented by recognizing the danger, and taking immediate action. You never know when temptation will strike. Protect yourself, your family and your marriage.  Sign up to Covenant Eyes today!   Visit: www.covenanteyes.com and be accountable in all of your Internet activity.

Ø       Commercial pornography sites: 

·          74 percent display free teaser porn images on the homepage, often porn banner ads.

·          66 percent did not include a warning of adult content.

·          11 percent included such a warning, but did not have sexually explicit content on the homepage.

·          25 percent prevented users from exiting the site (mousetrapping).

·          Only 3 percent required adult verification.
(Child-Proofing on the World Wide Web: A Survey of Adult Webservers, 2001, Jurimetrics. National Research Council Report, 2002).

Ø       According to the Florida Family Association, PornCrawler, their specialized software program, identified 20 U.S. companies that accounted for more than 70 percent of 297 million porn links on the Internet.

Ø       According to comScore Media Metrix, 71.9 million people visited adult sites in August 2005, reaching 42.7 percent of the Internet audience.

 

Covenant Eyes software frees individuals from temptation when using the Internet.  The program is very effective. To receive free brochures and other resources please email: resources@covenanteyes.com or phone: 1-877-479-1119.