Pearl - Romance Scams, OnlyFans & Addiction： The DARK Side of Christian Dating

00:00:00.000 Number three is romance scams are real

00:00:02.560 and Christian singles are the highest value target.

00:00:06.920 The last major blind spot church and ministry leaders need to know about

00:00:11.240 are the very real dangers of romance scams.

00:00:14.280 By definition, a romance scam is when someone impersonates someone else online

00:00:18.600 with the intention of separating someone from their money.

00:00:21.600 Yeah, Christian men, unfortunately, are the biggest purchasers of OnlyFans, 1.00

00:00:29.000 Christian married men. 0.79

00:00:30.000 even god can't stop these men from wanting to be with multiple women it's so unfortunate do

00:00:38.680 you know what if you could be so hot as a woman and there's just nothing you can do 0.97

00:00:42.020 nothing nothing there are horror stories you see that simply break your heart

00:00:48.940 christian singles are prime targets for scammers because they tend to be kind giving and empathetic

00:00:55.240 even with strangers. Scammers know and therefore target Christian singles both online and in person

00:01:02.040 much more. Number four, the act of swiping profiles is creating an addictive behavior for

00:01:07.560 women. I mean, how many swipes do you really get as a guy? There is a lot of research showing that 1.00

00:01:13.520 swipe dating is causing serious mental health problems for singles. On average, users scroll

00:01:19.640 through 20 hours per week. Wow, I save a lot of time being in a real life. 20 hours. Okay.

00:01:27.360 Which builds an addictive dopamine loop like drugs, alcohol, and gambling addictions. People

00:01:33.680 join these apps, start swiping. When they get their first match, it fires a high-level dopamine

00:01:38.600 rush to the brain. From there, people keep swiping to choose to chase that high. But there are a lot

00:01:44.280 of reasons why they'll never achieve that feeling. The problem is so bad that people are experiencing

00:01:48.780 withdrawal symptoms, like twitching fingers when they don't use the apps.

00:01:55.500 Wow, isn't that bad out there? Dang. Okay. If an online app truly has Christian values, 0.65

00:02:02.320 they should take on added responsibility to protect their users. Unfortunately,

00:02:07.060 that is often overlooked for a couple of reasons. First, most secular dating apps don't take

00:02:13.060 additional security steps because it's too expensive or takes too many resources to

00:02:18.400 implement. Secondly, the secular apps aren't aware of the increased risk and therefore aren't even

00:02:23.940 aware of the magnitude of the problem. The latter tends to be the case with smaller Christian dating

00:02:29.500 apps that may have their hearts in the right place but lack the industry knowledge to properly

00:02:34.240 deliver a safe experience. The question becomes, should singles even take a chance with online

00:02:42.040 dating. Okay. What's the downside? You might as well try it. I'm not saying it'll work, but

Pearl - April 08, 2025