Morally sensitive people understand that pornography is ultimately more devastating to society than stealing. Theft robs people of things, but pornography robs them of character. It destroys their humanity. Nearly 900 theaters show X-rated films and more than 15,000 'adult' bookstores and video stores offer pornographic material, outnumbering McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. by a margin of at least three to one. 2 One immediate result of the widespread popularity of pornographic expression is that society rapidly becomes jaded by it and is susceptible to and often is drawn to even more greatly depraved representations of it.
Pornography is psychologically addictive.
Doubtless, Christians are concerned most about the pollution of the soul for which pornography is certainly responsible. The estimated eight billion dollars spent annually on pornography 3 corrupt the souls of all those who embrace it, and many who are somehow the unwilling victims, directly or indirectly, of it. About 1.2 million children are annually exploited through child pornography and prostitution. 4 Numerous studies confirm that many pedophiles and rapists precede their sexual assaults with digestion of pornography. The divine image in which mankind was cast by God is incompatible with pornography.