WOW, 90% of Christians are not aware that their local church offers programs to kick the addiction of watching pornography.
Or maybe they're just playing stupid and don't want to go to their local pastor and say: "Hey, I've been watching porn. I've been masturbating." And maybe they're right. It's none of church's business what they do privately. And there is no such thing as porn addiction.
Or maybe they're just playing stupid and don't want to go to their local pastor and say: "Hey, I've been watching porn. I've been masturbating." And maybe they're right. It's none of church's business what they do privately. And there is no such thing as porn addiction.
Quote:Bridging the Gap: The Church’s Role in Addressing Pornography
Though pornography’s influence is widely acknowledged, many faith communities still struggle to address the issue openly and effectively. Barna’s Beyond the Porn Phenomenon research, conducted in partnership with Pure Desire Ministries, reveals both troubling trends and hopeful opportunities for the Church to provide lasting support.
While over half of Christians and churched adults (53%) say it’s important for their church to address pornography and sexual compulsive behavior, only 10 percent are aware of their church providing programs for people struggling. And yet 75 percent of pastors say they are individually ministering to those struggling with porn. The data points to a gap in the awareness or efficacy (or both) of how churches approach this topic. So, how can leaders bridge this gap?
Most U.S. adults overall (56%) view therapy or counseling as the most effective approach for addressing porn use, followed by addiction recovery resources (28%). Specifically among those with a history of porn use, half (55%) also list therapy or counseling as the top form of treatment for someone struggling with pornography (vs. 62% of nonusers). Further, two in five past or present porn users (38%) think personal counseling is a very effective strategy.
Engaging individuals in positive hobbies and activities emerges as another method that U.S. adults perceive to be effective (27%). Recovery groups (25%) and support from friends (23%) land about in the middle of what U.S. adults deem the most effective forms of treatment.
https://www.barna.com/research/address-porn-use/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
