"Smut for smut" campaign in Texas

The University of Texas at San Antonio is locked in a fierce debate after a group of students launched the “smut for smut” campaign, trading Bibles and other religious texts for porn for any student over the age of 18.

Leaders of this atheist campaign allege that porn is no worse than what’s written in religious texts. Sadly, a university spokesman says that this controversial cause is completely legal, though he admits a majority of the students on campus do not agree with it.

Pornography is sinful. Jesus said, “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matthew 5:28). The vast majority of pornography is made for men, and is extremely degrading to women, turning them from the perfect helpmeet and companion as God made them to nothing more than an object for the base gratification of sexual desires.

Furthermore, placing the Bible on the same level as this unrighteous material is completely sacrilegious. The word of God is meant to be a “light” and a “lamp,” helping someone to build themselves up and receive an inheritance among the saints (Psalm 119:105; Acts 20:32). Pornography will always make men and women worse for viewing it, while the scriptures will make them better, pointing to a higher and holier standard of life. What a travesty it is to see “campaigns” like this one which advocates evil and turns people away from what is righteous.

Kyle Campbell