An American Addiction

An American Addiction
Brad Reiches
Mar 15 2007 01:04PM

PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED

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Thursday, March 15, 2007
GodThoughtsWired!

"An American Addiction"

"For this is the will of God...

that you abstain from sexual immorality."

1 Thessalonians 4:3

"Sexual Immorality:"  Any sexual activity outside of a monagomous, heterosexual marriage relationship.  -pastor Brad

In 1973 Americans spent roughly 10 million dollars on pornography.  15 years later, that number had grown to more than 8 billion!*  Today, less than 2 generations removed from the 1970's, it is estimated that Americans spend more than 14 BILLION DOLLARS ON PORNOGRAPHY.**  In investment circles, pornography is the new "glamour stock" of the 21st century.

THE FRUIT:

-Teen-age pregnancy has SKYROCKETED!  Globally, only the nations of the former Soviet Union are comprable.

-America has the highest number of reported rapes in the world!  And here's an interesting "coincidence."  The states which record the highest volume of sales of "adult" and sexully explicit materials also have the highest number of rape cases.***  Don't ya' think that's an interesting coincidence?

-1 out of 3 american girls and 1 out of 7 american boys will be molested sexually before their 18th birthday.****

-1973 - 167,000 cases of american child abuse.  1990 - 2,000,000 cases.

"They sow the wind,

and they reap the whirlwind."

Hosea 8:7

Apparently, what happens in Las Vegas, doesn't necessarily stay in Las Vegas.

Hmmm...

*Gorman, Carol.  Pornography.  New York:  Franklin Watts, 1988.

**Forbes:  May 25, 2001.

***See United States Department of Justice, FBI Crime Report, 1993.

****Dr. Gene Abel of Emory University reports.