John and the Heavier things...

Pornography is an epidemic and getting worse Little is being done and I am guessing that it is because of stats like these:

• Every second, 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography and $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography
• The pornography industry is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink
• There are 4.2 million pornographic websites, which is 12% of all the websites on the internet
• Every day there are 68 million (25% of the total) search engine requests for pornographic terms
• 42.7% of internet users view porn
• The average age of first exposure to pornography is 11 years old and 80% of 15-17 year olds have had multiple hard-core exposure
• The 35-49 age group is the largest consumer of internet pornography
• 47% of Christians say that pornography is a major problem in the home
• 17% of women struggle with pornography addiction and 70% of women keep their cyber activities secret
• The USA produces 89% of all homographic web pages (Germany are the next biggest producer, producing 4% of all pornographic web pages)

Our culture oozes with sex and sensuality. While porn statistics are commonly, the effects of porn on individuals, marriage, the family and the community are rarer. With reports like the following There are endless amounts of negative affects of porn. One I was shocked over a recently forwarded a link by XXXChurch where they gave a quick snippet of John Mayer’s interview with Playboy. In this interview John discusses his porn addiction and how he would ultimately rather view porn verses be with a real person. He talks about staying in bed all day and how people are late to work because they need one more fix.

I can't help but want to ask John if he realizes the addiction he has? Does it bother him? Does he even care that he has lost relationships over his obsession? Like all drugs...they get harder and more frequent with time and usage. The gateway of porn can be disastrous and yet in this interview the interviewer from PB does not seem to be bothered by John's eccentric taste. And it is with all these negative consequences to porn I am left wondering why the temptation is still there.