I’m leaving this post untitled because I just do not have a ‘decoration’ for it. Plain and simple I want to talk about moral decay, pornography.

A quick google search led me to this:

1. 64% of young people, ages 13–24, actively seek out pornography weekly or more often. [1]

2. Teenage girls are significantly more likely to actively seek out porn than women 25 years old and above. [2]

3. A study of 14- to 19-year-olds found that females who consumed pornographic videos were at a significantly greater likelihood of being victims of sexual harassment or sexual assault. [3]

4. A Swedish study of 18-year-old males found that frequent consumers of pornography were significantly more likely to have sold and bought sex than other boys of the same age. [4]

5. A 2015 meta-analysis of 22 studies from seven countries found that internationally the consumption of pornography was significantly associated with increases in verbal and physical aggression, among males and females alike. [5]

6. A recent UK survey found that 44% of males aged 11–16 who consumed pornography reported that online pornography gave them ideas about the type of sex they wanted to try. [6]

7. Porn sites receive more regular traffic than Netflix, Amazon, & Twitter combined each month. (HuffPost)

8. 35% of all internet downloads are porn-related. (WebRoot)

9. 34% of internet users have been exposed to unwanted porn via ads, pop-ups, etc. (WebRoot)

10. The “teen” porn category has topped porn site searches for the last six years (Pornhub Analytics).

11. At least 30% of all data transferred across the internet is porn-related. (HuffPost)

12. The most common female role stated in porn titles is that of women in their 20’s portraying teenagers. (Jon Millward.) (In 2013, Millward conducted the largest personal research study on the Porn Industry in the U.S. He interviewed 10,000 porn performers about various aspects of the business.)

13. Recorded child sexual exploitation (known as “child porn”) is one of the fastest-growing online businesses. (IWF)

14. 624,000+ child porn traders have been discovered online in the U.S. [7]

15. Between 2005 and 2009, child porn was hosted on servers located in all 50 states. (Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection)

16. Porn is a global, estimated $97 billion industry, with about $12 billion of that coming from the U.S. (NBC News)  

17. In 2018 alone, more than 5,517,000,000 hours of porn were consumed on the world’s largest porn site. (Ponhub Analytics)

18. Eleven pornography sites are among the world’s top 300 most popular Internet sites. The most popular such site, at number 18, outranks the likes of eBay, MSN, and Netflix. (SimilarWeb)

19. “Lesbian” was the most-searched-for porn term on the world’s largest free porn site in 2018. (Pornhub Analytics)

20. The world’s largest free porn site also received over 33,500,000,000 site visits during 2018 alone. (Pornhub Analytics)

Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

I think those people who make the argument for not wanting to bring children into the world have a valid argument; if these statistics play into their reasoning. 64%? That is more than half of every kid you see. Think about that when you see those high schoolers walking across that stage. An epidemic.

And what do we do? Do we ban cell phones? Do we confiscate laptops? Are there even safeguards in place in your homes? Cause with those numbers of you aren’t ahead of the game the only way I see it is you are already in trouble. There’s a problem here and it’s past time to start addressing it.

And please forgive me for not doing this sooner.

The following is what I found in my NKJV Study Bible.

Pornography: A Degrading Image

Pornography assaults the senses and sensibilities of the Christian. (Yes, you read that right. We are not a perfect society. Just one that hopefully is willing to admit to a sinful nature and seek forgiveness and power to change.) Scripture admonishes is to live holy and moral lives and to respect every God- created individual. Pornography depicts not only sexually explicit material but drug use and violence. It’s most devastating aspect is the false presentation of women and children as sexual objects who supposedly enjoy brutality and violence. Pornographers encourages images that are antithetical (directly opposed) to the Bible concept of sexuality and features a degrading and unrealistic portrayal of sexual intimacy. It condones antisocial, destructive behavior, and it’s use has a subtle, drugging effect on morality.

Pornography becomes a moral problem in that it subordinates and exploits God’s plan for sexuality and encourages sadistic and violent practices. To assume that pornography has no influence on behavior is naive at best and irresponsible at worst. Our entire educational system has proven that what we read or view does shape beliefs and behaviors. Children, because of their impressionability and underdeveloped skills of discernment, need particular protection from pornography in all forms.

Whatever its form, pornography denigrates (criticize unfairly) God’s ideal. Christians are encouraged to seek- even to “meditate” on- all that is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and of a good report.

There are many resources available to equip yourself and your family, covenanteyes.com is an accountability app and flip phones are still being sold in retailers. Do something to protect the eyes and hearts of our youth. It is not only your responsibility as a parent but needed in a time where devices make things within reach all hours of the day. Do it, now!

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God. According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. You shall observe My judgements and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgements, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

None of you shall approach anyone who near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord. The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness. The nakedness of your sister; the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover. The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their’s is your own nakedness. The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father she is your sister- you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near of kin to your father. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is near of kin to your mother. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law- she is your son’s wife- you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near of kin to her. It is wickedness. Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.

Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her customary impurity. Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile with her. And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire of Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations were defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgements, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you ( for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled), lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. For whoever commits any of these abominations, the person who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.’ “ Leviticus 18.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded god’s: I am the Lord your God.

And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it to your own free will. It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire. And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It shall not be accepted. Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed offering of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard: you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning. You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

You shall do no injustice in judgement. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor. You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor; and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall live your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and will come upon you.

Whoever lies carnally with a woman who is betrothed to a man as a concubine, and who has not at all been redeemed nor given her freedom, for this there shall be scourging; but they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering. The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his son which he has committed. And the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten. But in the fourth year all its fruits shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the Lord your God.

You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying. You shall not shave the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure your beard. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any markings on you: I am the Lord.

Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness. You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.

Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.

And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

You shall do no injustice in judgement, in measurement of length, weight, or volume. You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest engaging, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgements, and perform them: I am the Lord.’ “

Leviticus 19.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 1 Corinthians 6:9.

Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. Romans 14:19.

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who being past feeding, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ephesians 4: 17-19.