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Bringing Home a Porn Star

A female commenter on Salon.com wrote in 2012:
 
“…and, yes, I’m one of those mythic women who actually like porn (but for the record, we make up an estimated one-third of visits to adult sites)."
 
You’re not the only one. A conservative Christian group commented a few years ago:
 
“Perhaps we should call it the Intercoursenet instead, as an estimated 28,258 people every second, mostly men (72%) but also women (28%) view pornography. Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the United States.
 
Christians Aren’t Immune
 
“Christians aren’t immune. When surveyed, 53% of men who attended Promise Keeper said they viewed pornography that week. More than 45% of Christians admit that pornography is a major problem in their home.
 
“An anonymous survey conducted recently by Pastors.com reported that 54% of pastors admitted viewing porn within the last year.
 
“In an online newsletter, 34% of female readers of Today’s Christian Woman admitted to intentionally accessing Internet porn. One out of every six women who read Today’s Christian Woman say they struggle with addiction to pornography (Today’s Christian Woman, Fall 2003).
 
“If only virtual infidelity were limited to viewing strangers copulate in what was once considered a sacred act just a few decades ago.
 
“In order to save, heal and protect our marriages from porn, we need to adopt a broader understanding of this pernicious and slippery world, an understanding that currently and unfairly pins most virtual infidelity on husbands.
 
“The fact remains that electronic media, which includes the Internet, hunts both genders. More and more women are not just viewing porn, they are entering anonymous chat rooms and are more likely to act out in real life what others just type about.
 
“And as marketers know…women…have fantasized about relationships with men other than their husbands through soap operas, not to mention romance novels and magazines such as Cosmopolitan and other little sisters of porn of another kind.”
 
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I really don’t have an issue with Christians viewing porn, fornicating, etc. But why do they have to insist they “believe” ? Why can’t they just admit they’re really *secular*, like everyone else?

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