By Matt at The Church of No People
If you are visiting my blog for the first time today, there is a statistical chance you were looking for porn instead.
First of all, I'm really sorry about that. I found out I'm not the first Christian blog to be sadly mistaken for a porn site.
Please don't click "back" just yet. I know why you're here. Back in September, I wrote one of my favorite posts,
Free XXX Christian Porn.I assumed there would be a
few people who would reach that post by searching Google for porn.
But I was looking at my page stats this weekend, and something really surprised me. First, the
top Google search leading to my blog since September has been "
Christian Porn." That's right,
more people land on this site by searching "Christian porn," than for any other reason. It totally obliterates the second ranked search. There are also dozens of other porn-related searches that have led to me.
I don't know if those searches represent Christians looking for help with their porn problem, or people looking for some sort of deviant,
really boring sounding type of porn. "Christian porn?" I mean, really, someone must have used up
all the other fetishes in the world if the idea of two Christians taking a break from their Bible study to have wholesome, monogamous, procreational "relations" sounds like it would make for good porn. The only thing that sounds less arousing is landing on this site by mistake while looking for Christian porn. So, really, I'm sorry about that. That's lame.
The other thing that surprised me was the sheer
number of porn users showing up here. It hasn't been a few people, or a few dozen.
It's been
thousands.In the last three months,
three-thousand people have shown up here, hoping for something else, and left after 17 seconds. All those people, intersecting on this one insignificant site, looking for the same thing. I'm surprised they stayed
that long.
I had to see why all of you were showing up. So I Googled "Christian Porn." Don't worry kids, I was wearing my anti-porn goggles.
Sunday afternoon, my blog was the fourth result on Google for that search. I didn't see any sites that looked like porn, much less
Christian porn. There were various blogs and news sites. But I also had to scroll to the second page to find anything helpful, like XXXChurch.com, or any of the other well-known porn help sites.
There's so many people here for this reason, and they are landing here before finding the site they really want. So I think I should dedicate this post to saying this: If you're looking for porn, or looking for help...
God still loves you, unconditionally.
Porn is a liar. Porn wants you to think you need it. Porn also wants you to think that "one last time" will be okay, then you can quit. "One last time" will never be your last, and you'll always feel like crap again afterward.
You aren't alone. You probably feel alone, but there's about a hundred people just like you who will happen across this one little site on this day alone for the same reason. That represents just a fraction of the people out there. To find a guy that's never looked at porn is pretty tough. Girls aren't immune either. That's a lot of people in the same boat.
Lots of bloggers have said it better than I can. I'm sorry I can't help you more, but maybe you can be encouraged by them.
Jon Acuff,
Anne Jackson,
Matthew Paul Turner,
XXX ChurchAnyone else have anything to say? Feel free to comment anonymously or whatever. Tell us how you've been affected by porn, or people who've helped you or someone you know.
Comments (36)
I wasn't searching for Porn but this entry and pics made me lose any lady wood I may ever have.
Fantastic post. Absolutely true. May more people keep finding your site and this post!
For some reason you showed up on my Xanga feed... and I was curious if I was gonna see some... ankles.
Maybe they're just searching "christian" and "porn" as separate keywords. For instance, looking for Christian viewpoints on porn.
But then, they may be looking for Christian porn indeed. There is at least one online store dedicated to selling marital aids specifically to married Christian couples. It's a nice place, offering products that aren't too kinky, on a site completely devoid of inappropriate images.
Those profile pictures make me stumble.
I think you've hit a nerve. Keep going. Great post!
damn, i was hoping for better pictures
That's simultaneously hilarious and sad.
"Dude! So, my site got a lot of hits because of the title of a blog. It's so sweet. Also: Pron sucks."
Bam, post summarized.
@Amyseen@xanga - ha ha ha keep it clean now!
@subSacred@xanga - You are funny!!
Christian porn? What is it, Mother Theresa wearing a teddy?? Mary Magdalene in a naughty nightie?
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - *giggles*
Um. All I have to say is, lol.
And that is an eyebrow-raised-what-in-the-world lol.
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - apparently I have, too. Ah well!
Porn can be fun at the right time. My gf and I watched some last night before heading to bed. Anything taken to excess can be harmful. Sensible people can use porn responsibly. We don't have to assume something outside of us is responsible for our pathologies. Might as well re-enact prohibition if you want to adopt the mentality of blaming the substance for someone's problems.
Christian porn? I can't even imagine...
Porn's not a liar. Porn's just images. People are liars. And sometimes people are just providing a service, not lying. If you can't get laid, enjoy the next best thing. Sure, there may be some people who are exploited by the sex image industry. The best hope for this might be the advances in realism that animation has been experiencing. See the Robert Zemeckis' movie Beowulf for an example. It was phenomenal. Maybe porn will make some advances in realism, too, by eliminating poses that would clearly be uncomfortable (just because a camera needs to "see" the right parts) to engage in real life.
Awesome post and I totally agree :)
I'm not a perve I promise!!! I was just wondering what the Hell revelife was doing with a Christian Porn post. I didn't know such a thing existed.
"Don't worry kids, I was wearing my anti-porn goggles." I loved that one.
I was searching Revelife and was wondering what Christian porn could possibly be.
I'm not sure why Christians like to think that porn is some sort of drug-like substance, where the first time you watch it, you're hooked for life, and that's all you spend your spare time doing. It's not. It's just... um, watching a movie. It's really funny to watch sometimes, because the 'acting' is so terrible and so cheesy.
I don't need porn, and nobody else that I knows that watches it 'needs' it either. It's simply a fun past time.
porn doesn't want you to believe anything. porn's an industry, boyo. they just want your money.
and i don't know what's so wrong with it. not my thing, but i suppose it's better than running off and having sex with random strangers and hookers? it can be used to support abstinence? i don't know.
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - I may have to use the term lady wood on the occasions I want my husband to leave alone.
There is also a good chance people are reading this because they read posts on revelife.
Just saying!
I was hoping for a reenactment of the Immaculate Conception.
@lewk@xanga - hahahahahahaha