The Power and Profit of Porn

The porn industry isn’t just a moral debate. It’s a $100 billion global machine designed to hijack the human brain for profit.

Porn accounts for over 12% of all internet content—and generates more money than the NFL, NBA, and MLB combined. That’s not by accident. That’s by design.

Algorithms track behavior, escalate content, and normalize degradation. The goal isn’t to entertain—it’s to hook you. The longer you scroll, the more they earn.

And it’s not just men. Porn targets both the male and female brain, exploiting emotional bonding, curiosity, and trauma. And the industry is getting younger: studies show the average age of first exposure is now 10 to 12 years old.

But it gets darker: 90% of top-selling porn videos contain acts of physical aggression, and over 45% include verbal abuse toward women. (Source: Journal of Sex Research)

The content has escalated from nudity to degradation, domination, incest roleplay, and violence—and it’s being served to teens and pre-teens through algorithms before they even know how to process intimacy.

They’re not just after users—they’re creating them. Grooming them. Softening their defenses early.

Let’s be frank—this is the Adversary at his best: isolating us, addicting us, and making us believe we’re alone and broken beyond repair.

The statistics inside the LDS Church are staggering. Quietly, silently, many men, women, and youth are suffering—often in shame-filled silence. Elders, returned missionaries, temple workers, young women—they are not exempt. No one is.

If you’ve felt trapped—it’s not because you’re weak. It’s because this system is engineered to trap you.

This isn’t just about addiction. It’s about a war for our minds, our families, and our sons and daughters.

The Neuroscience Behind Porn Addiction

Porn hijacks the brain’s reward system. It floods your mind with dopamine, a chemical that rewards behavior and drives motivation—but in unnatural, supercharged doses.

Over time, the brain adapts. It gets numb to the same content. This is called tolerance, and it’s why so many users end up seeking out more violent, taboo, or extreme content, not because they want to, but because their brain demands more stimulus to feel anything at all.

  • Studies show over 90% of popular porn videos now feature physical aggression

  • Cambridge research confirms that heavy porn users’ brains resemble those of drug and gambling addicts—especially in areas tied to impulse control and craving

🔄 Recovery and Rewiring: The Brain Can Heal

The good news? The brain can heal—but not overnight.

This process is called neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to create new, healthy pathways. With time and support, the damage can begin to reverse.

  • Within 30 to 90 days, dopamine receptors start to reset

  • Memory, motivation, and emotional regulation begin to stabilize

  • Real-life intimacy starts to feel fulfilling again—not just triggering

But let’s be clear—this doesn’t go away with prayer alone. Hoping, promising, and praying without taking action often leads to more shame, not less.

God is not absent. He is not ashamed of you. But He invites you to co-labor in the healing process. That means:

  • Taking action

  • Getting support

  • Being rigorously honest

This is not about willpower—it’s about surrender, structure, and showing up daily with the Savior.

The Lord is with us in this battle.
And recovery is not only possible—it’s promised to those who walk the path.

Why Working the Steps Matters:

  • You learn to tell the truth—first to yourself, then to others

  • You clean up the wreckage—without excuses, without ego

  • You build a new foundation: honesty, humility, and service

  • You stop hiding and start living with spiritual integrity

This isn’t about managing behavior. It’s about rebuilding your soul.

Recovery means walking into the fire—not around it.
Not to be punished, but to be purified.

You can stop the behavior, but you may still carry the same fears, pride, dishonesty, and chaos within.
But when do you work the steps? You become someone new.

And the Lord—He doesn’t just help you stop.
He helps you become.

The Spiritual Cost of Porn

Porn doesn’t just affect your brain. It affects your soul.

It numbs your ability to feel joy.
It hijacks your desire to serve.
It dulls your relationship with God.

It drains the Spirit right out of you.

You may still show up at church. You may still pray, go through the motions, even serve—but deep down, you feel hollow. Numb. Unworthy. Disconnected.
That’s not just guilt. That’s spiritual depletion.

Porn damages your ability to connect with what’s sacred:

  • Prayer feels robotic

  • Scripture feels dry

  • The temple feels distant

  • People feel like objects or threats

  • You stop trusting yourself—and you stop trusting God

It doesn’t just break your relationships with others.
It breaks the one thing you need most: your relationship with Christ.

⚔️ The Real War

Let’s stop pretending this is just about lust.
This is a war for your heart, your calling, your priesthood, and your soul.

The Adversary doesn’t need to turn you evil—he just needs to keep you ashamed, isolated, and spiritually passive.

That’s what porn does.
It disconnects.
It diminishes.
It devours.

But here's the truth: the Lord is not repelled by your weakness.
He’s not tired of you.
He’s not disappointed in your struggle.

He’s waiting to walk with you—through it.
Not around it. Not over it. Through it.
Through the shame.
Through the wreckage.
Through the fire.

📖 Scripture Anchor:

"I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."
— Isaiah 48:10

This is not punishment. It’s refinement.
You are not cast off. You are being called out of the ashes.