Those in positions of power treat others like objects…

Judging by the expression on her face, Hunter looks to be doing the math on her predicament. If she doesn’t do what Jim is asking her to do, she may or may not get paid. If she doesn’t do this, it’s entirely possible no one else will hire her after today. So, she concedes.

The participants have to do things they don’t want to do….

“I think I’m gonna cry,” chokes Hunter, teary-eyed…

“Just try to look happy,” Powers consoles…

Eventually, he gets what he needs.

Yet, these are humans with real feelings, real needs, real problems, real hopes, real dreams, and real souls…

Being a porn star isn’t easy. “It’s really weird. Like, at nighttime, I get anxiety about it. Like, I did the other scene, and, last night, as soon it got dark, and I laid in bed, and I was just alone with my thoughts, I felt really guilty and nervous about it.”

She hesitates. “So, you know, it’s, like, I keep praying about it, and, you know, asking to kind of be forgiven, ‘cause it is kind of wrong, I think, and it’s very degrading, I think, and it’s just—.”

She’s on the verge of tears. “I need the money that bad. I don’t have a car. I don’t have anything right now. I actually, like—I just need the money.”

The sin and depravity of man knows no limits….

But, this isn’t your father’s porn. Equal parts freak show, horror movie, and Russ Meyer-on-crack, his X-rated visions are deranged, demented, mind-boggling expeditions into the dark, unexplored continent of human sexual perversity.

…and takes us farther than we ever thought we’d go…

He was willing to go beyond the pale if that’s what it took to entertain the masses, and for that he was rewarded. “It was like the last days of Rome,” he says wistfully. “We were in the vomitoriums.”

It leads to self-deception…

“We are helping these girls! Anybody that comes into this business, for the most part, is a broken toy.” He leans towards me, earnestly attempting to make himself understood. “We’re giving them a place where they can make money, and get by, so they’re not standing on line in a welfare department. Thank God for people like me!” He bangs the desk.

It’s a cleverly crafted deception…

I ask her if she was really having orgasms the half-dozen or so times she appeared to during the scene. She looks around to see if anybody is within earshot. Deen is in the shower. She cups her hand next to her lips and mouths: No.

Those that are exposed to it at a early age are deeply effected by it…

A product of the porn generation, he saw his first adult movie at six, was inspired to become a porn star while watching Jenna Jameson on MTV’s “Loveline,” and shot his first scene at 18.

It promises intimacy and love yet it contains neither…

The men were there for many different reasons. They were lonely. They were horny. This was their fantasy. They wanted to be porn stars. They were fresh out of jail. They were social outcasts. They longed to be somebody, if only for a few minutes.

These quotes were taken from an online essay about the porn industry: They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They?

Warning: it contains graphic language as it’s a stark account of what goes on from someone who witnessed it and talked to the participants.

Romans 4:5

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness

…yet our society clings to what he taught because it made us gods and ’seemingly unaccountable’ for our actions as long as it concerned sexuality. It has truly become the ‘opiate of the masses.’

Despite the fact that the work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey has been debunked and discredited—largely thanks to the efforts of Dr. Judith Reisman—the world hums along seemingly oblivious to the influence his fraudulent research continues to exert.

Dr. Miriam Grossman, in her book, You’re Teaching My Child What? A Physician Exposes the Lies of Sex Education and How They Harm Your Child, makes clear that we are paying a heavy price for our inattention and complacency.

Alfred Kinsey’s academic training was in the classification of insects. But he turned his personal obsession with sex into his field of study. As Judith Reisman and Kinsey’s biographer, James Jones, have concluded, Kinsey was a deeply disturbed man.

Read the rest of this article here:

• Sex Ed Based on Lies Is Child Abuse

An uneasy, anxious couple make small talk for several minutes. Then suddenly it all changes at the sound of a director yelling, ‘Action!’ At that moment, a red light appears on a camcorder and it becomes alive. It silently has command over the couple. It tightens its demonic pull as it moves in for a closeup. Temptations become commands directed at their souls as it incessently circles the couple. It laughs at them. It mocks them. It urges them on. It delights in their degradation. It loves the power. It has successfully accomplished its goal. It has made two humans abuse themselves and act like animals. All it cost him was a lie. It cost them their souls…

When you think your dream is dying
He has not forgotten you
When your body aches from trying
He has not forgotten you

When you worry for tomorrow
Even though the sky is blue
See the sun is shining
He has not forgotten you

When July feels like December
He has not forgotten you
When it’s painful to remember
He has not forgotten you

When it seems you can not win
And there is not much left to lose
He has got a plan
And He has not forgotten you

And hope will spring eternal
In the home of those who know
That loving eyes will follow
Every where we go

And even in the darkness
His promises are true
Keep this in your heart
He has not forgotten you.

He is faithful
He is present
He is listening
He is love

He is faithful
He is with you
He is listening
He is love

If your tired flesh has squandered
What your spirit would have saved
And your aimless feet have wandered
Far from all you truly crave

Turn and run toward your Father
Do not wait another day
See His arms are open
And He is calling out your name

And hope will spring eternal
In the home of those who know
That loving eyes will follow
Every where we go

And even in the darkness
His promises are true
Keep this in your heart
He has not forgotten you

He is in your heart
And He has not forgotten you.

• Jennifer’s profile on Lilithfair.com

She will join Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Emmylou Harris, Chantal Kreviazuk and many more as the Lilith Fair returns for the first time since ‘99.

Now that is changing. The case against pornography is being focused on the actors/actresses. The glamorous facade is coming down and it is being seen for what it really is. Pornography is abusive to the performers.

It is inherently destructive to body, mind, and soul. Those who have been there can testify to that fact.

For the past few years, Shelley Lubben (a former porn actress) has been researching the Porn Industry and has compiled her findings into an eye-opening report.

• Secondary Negative Effects on Employees of the Pornographic Industry

Could it be that we have been so selfish all these years?
Could it be that we were only thinking of ourselves and not thinking about the human beings that were being degraded on camera for temporary pleasure and profits?
Could it be that we are guilty of not caring and not seeing these people as valuable and of worth?
Are they not people?
Are they not sons, daughters, fathers, mothers?
Are they not worth protecting and fighting for?

I believe this is why the pornography issue is so uncomfortable for us. It’s not that we don’t want to deal with pornography, but rather we’re hesitant for what that will reveal about ourselves. It speaks to the condition of our hearts and it’s not a pretty picture.

God help us. God change us - change our hearts.

Just as 150 years ago our country was not able to see slaves as people, modern america is not currently able to see sex industry workers as people. They are seen as mere throwaway objects to be used for pleasure and profit. Pray that God will change us - that human beings will be seen as precious eternal souls created in the image of God.

Though she had become a believer at an early age, Chynna admits she drifted away. “I was looking for my relationship with God. I had kind of lost my way,” she says before recommitting her life five years ago. “I said, ‘okay whoever you are and wherever you are, I’m ready to be with you. I’m ready to know the truth about who you are.’ So literally three days later, my brother-in-law Stephen Baldwin and his wife Keenya were sitting at our kitchen table and just started praying over me. This time the conversion was so powerful. I felt like God wasn’t going to let anything get in the way. I knew I wasn’t going to let anything get in the way and it’s been that way ever since.”

Read more about the group here:

• Press release
• Official Chynna & Vaughan website