Proven Men Ministries undertook to conduct a nationwide study to obtain current and expansive data pertaining to the scope of pornography use and the impact it has on a person’s life, work, marriage, and sexual behaviors. This part of the survey included questions to capture pornography use or addiction from three different perspectives. First, the participants were asked to identify their frequency of viewing pornography. Second, they were asked if they thought they viewed pornography too much. Third, they were asked if they felt that they were addicted to pornography. Highlights: Approximately two-thirds (64%) of U.S. men view pornography at least monthly. The number of Christian men viewing pornography virtually mirrors the national average Broken down by age: Eight in ten(79%) men between the ages of 18 and 30 view pornography monthly. Two-thirds (67%) of men between the ages of 31 and 49 view pornography monthly. One-half (49%) of men between the ages of 50 and 68 view pornography monthly. Christian men are watching pornography at work at the same rate as the national average. One-third (33%) of men between the ages of 18 and 30 either think that they are addicted or are unsure if they are addicted to pornography. Combined, 18% of all men either think that they are addicted or are unsure if they are addicted to pornography, which equates to 21 million men.
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Great Myths Of Evolution 2

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series GREAT MYTHS OF EVOLUTION

GREAT MYTHS OF EVOLUTION

Great Myths Of Evolution 2 GREAT MYTHS OF EVOLUTION # 2 by David Menton ONTOGENY RECAPITULATES PHYLOGENY

Students of biology who have gone to the trouble to memorize this impressive sounding phrase will be disheartened to learn that it has been known to be untrue since it was first proposed as “fact” by Ernst Haeckel nearly 100 years ago!

The recapitulation myth, better known as the biogenetic “law”, claims that each embryo in its development passes through abreviated stages that resemble developmental stages of its evolutionary ancestors.

The fictitious “gill slits” of human embryos discussed in Myth # 1, for example, are supposed to represent the “fish” or “amphibian” stage of man’s evolutionary ancestors. Most professional evolutionists no longer believe this myth. The famous evolutionist Dr. Paul Ehrlich, for example, said: “this interpretation of embryological sequences will not stand close examination. Its’ shortcomings have been almost universally pointed out by modern authors, but the idea still has a prominent place in biological mythology.” (‘The Process of Evolution’ 1963, p.66).

In his book ‘The
Beginnings of Life’ (1977, p. 32), embryologist Dr. E. Blechschmidt reveals some of his frustration with the persistence of this myth: “The so-called basic law of biogenetics is wrong. No buts or ifs can mitigate this fact. It is not even a tiny bit correct or correct in a different form. It is totally wrong.” Yet in a recent (1980) survey of 15 high school biology text books, 9 offered embryological recapitulation as evidence for evolution!

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