Man Dies Alone With Massive Porn Stash
What happened to the Japanese man who died with a massive porn stash?
Joji, a 50 year old man in Japan, died of a heart attack alone in his apartment surrounded by his porn collection, and no one noticed for a month. Reports that he was crushed under six tons of it were false. The real tragedy is the isolation. As Dr. Ted Roberts of the Conquer Series puts it, porn promises you everything and gives you absolutely nothing.
Did you hear about the story of a Japanese man who died with his massive porn stash. Some news outlets claimed that the man was crushed under 6 tons of porn (but that was later shown to be fake news – the man died from a heart attack).
The story quickly became viral and news agencies around the world reported it in a sensational, or almost satirical manner, but beneath that there is a tragic truth.
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This 50 year old man, known as Joji, died alone, isolated and was not found for an entire month. He was surrounded by all these fantasies of relationships with porn stars and yet didn’t have one person in his life who noticed he had died.
That is how pornography works, “It promises you everything and gives you absolutely nothing,”
says Dr Ted Roberts, who is the host of the Conquer Series.
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Japan is home to some of the heaviest porn users on the planet, with some attributing the country’s population decline to its adult entertainment obsession.
Japan is not alone with 68% of church-going men in America viewing pornography on a regular basis, adult entertainment is bringing a similar decline in the church.
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Thankfully, over 50,000 churches from 100+ countries around the world are stepping up and running the Conquer Series for their men.
One of these Conquer Groups meets each week in a private room in a coffee shop in Tennessee, their leader says,
I was set free through the grace of God, a plan, and accountability. Since then, I have helped to set others free and I have used the Conquer Series to do it.
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More articles by Jeremy Wiles →Frequently Asked Questions
Why does porn make you feel so alone?
Because it hands you the feeling of connection without any of the substance. The man in this story was surrounded by images of relationships and had no one in his life who noticed he had died for an entire month. That is exactly how pornography works. It promises you everything and gives you absolutely nothing, and the longer a man trades real people for a screen, the fewer real people he has left.
Does Japan have a porn problem?
Japan is home to some of the heaviest porn users on the planet, and some observers link the country's population decline to its adult entertainment obsession. But no country has a monopoly on this. In America, 68 percent of church-going men view pornography on a regular basis, and adult entertainment is producing a similar decline inside the church. The setting changes. The pattern does not.
How many Christian men watch porn?
Sixty-eight percent of church-going men in America view pornography on a regular basis. If that number surprises you, it should not. These are men who love God, pray, and show up on Sunday, and they are still stuck. That is the whole point: this is not mainly a willpower failure among bad men. It is a battle that most men in the pews are fighting quietly and losing alone.
What happens in a Conquer Group?
A Conquer Group is a small group of men who work through the Conquer Series together, week by week. Over 50,000 churches in more than 100 countries now run them, and they meet wherever men can be honest, including a private room in the back of a coffee shop. One group leader described his own freedom coming through three things: the grace of God, a plan, and accountability. That combination is the model.
How long is the Conquer Series?
The Conquer Series is a cinematic ten-week, video-based study containing nearly seven hours of teaching, cinematic parables, and Bible-based strategies. It has helped millions of men renew their minds and find freedom from porn. Ten weeks is the on-ramp, not the finish line, but it gives a man a battle plan and a group of brothers instead of another private promise he will break by Friday.
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