"Majority of practicing Christians admit to viewing porn, many comfortable with habit: study"

"A majority of practicing Christians, including pastors, admit to viewing pornography and a large share say they are comfortable with the habit, a new study has found.

In Barna’s recently released researched report, Beyond the Porn Phenomenon, produced in partnership with Pure Desire Ministries, researchers found that pornography use is so prevalent among all demographics and the gap in use among Christians and non-Christians, as well as men and women, has grown narrower over the last eight years...

'Beyond the Porn Phenomenon represents a sobering call to realize our collective struggle has not improved, in spite of some initial steps to bring health to the Church. The average Christian is not experiencing freedom in this area — 75 percent of Christian men and 40 percent of Christian women report that they are viewing pornography at least occasionally,' Nick Stumbo, executive director of Pure Desire Ministries, said, noting that the statistics for pornography use among today’s youngest adults, Gen Z, 'are even worse... What may be more troubling is that well over half of Christians who use porn say they are comfortable with their porn use...'"