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Why Christian Internet Filtering and Accountability?
There are several reasons why we recommend Internet filtering PLUS accountability. First of all, one of the biggest sin issues for most Christian men is pornography on the Internet. In 1996, a Promise Keepers survey revealed that over 50% of the men in attendance at one of their stadium events had been involved with pornography within one week of attending the event. In 2000, a Christianity Today survey showed that 33% of clergy admitted to having visited a sexually explicit Web site. Of those who had visited a porn site, 53% had done so “a few times” in the past year, and 18% visit sexually explicit sites between a couple of times a month and more than once a week. Both of these surveys are old, especially by Internet standards, so it is certain that these percentages are much lower than the actual numbers today. It is very likely that you have, or have had in the past, a problem with what you view on the Internet; most men have. If you're looking at things on the Internet that you shouldn't be, then you need to stop, right now. If you're married you are sinning against God AND your wife and certainly not honoring her the way you should. If you're single you are sinning against God and you are certainly not honoring Him the way you should. Additionally, you are developing habits that will go with you into your marriage.
The second reason why we recommend Internet filtering AND accountability is for the safety and protection of children. In a recent survey, one in four kids reported having at least one unwanted exposure to sexually explicit pictures during the past year, and one out of five reported receiving a sexual solicitation. This is a very serious problem which puts all children at great risk. It is vitally important that Christian parents take steps to protect their children from this horrible aspect of the Internet via filtering and reporting, so that they cannot view pornography and so that you can see where they are going on the Internet.
The combination of filtering and reporting gives Christian parents a 1-2 punch against Internet pornographers and predators. Here's what we recommend:
- Sign up for the SafeEyes Christian Internet filtering service (which includes free reporting). Click here to sign up.
- Install the Internet filter on your computer. Follow the directions to select the areas of the Internet you want to filter. We recommend restricting instant messaging, chat, FTP and other categories which could contain pornography or enable a predator to contact your child.
- Have someone change the password so that you and your children do not know if. Your wife is the best person for this, of a trusted friend if you're not married. It is important that you do not know the password so that you cannot simply bypass the filtering and reporting when you want to look at pornography.
- Put your wife (if married) or a trusted friend on distribution for the accountability reports. If you have an accountability partner, you can have it sent to him, but we still recommend having it go to your wife as well. Why? Because, frankly, knowing that your wife will see a record of every site you visit is a HUGE deterrent.
"I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl."
(Job 31:1, NIV)
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