"NUDITY STILL NAUGHTY" BY TODD FROM "RAPTURE READY"!!

Apr 1, 2013
Nudity Still Naughty One of the longest-running lies in the culture war is the belief that humanity is sexually repressed and we need to be liberated from our inhibitions. This is the way the so-called sexual revolution brought us strip clubs, porn magazines, and nude beaches. For decades, the entertainment industry has been pushing the line on nudity under the banner of social progress. The advocates of this debauchery hit several obstacles with the rise of sex crimes and sexually transmitted diseases. In the early 1980s, the gay bathhouses in San Francisco would have put the sex trade in Sodom and Gomorrah to shame. When AIDS came along, the health authorities were forced to closed down these establishments. Many female stars have been sold the idea that if you express yourself in provocatively sexual manner, you will enhance your career. One of the saddest things to watch is a young star going from playing a family-friendly role to ones that are only fit for a harlot. In 1993, Britney spears and Christina Aguilera started out dancing on the Mickey Mouse Club. A decade later, they were in a three-way kiss with Madonna at the VMA awards. In the past few months, the sexual revolution has hit another speed bump as a growing number of actors realize the negative consequences of doing nude scenes. Here are five who have expressed regret about selling their souls to the devil: Jessica Brown Findlay
She told the Radio Times: "To be honest, Albatross[movie] was naivety and not knowing that I could say No. I had no idea what was going to happen and thought I was going to be shot from behind. It's not something I would do again." Kelly Brook
She first went topless as a teenager after being offered a load of money, but she wishes she had kept her top on. “Of course I look back on it and think there was something about it that was...was very young," said Brook. "It was good money but, yes, to have someone of that age posing like that. I think that’s probably not great. I don’t think I [felt that way at the time] but I didn’t do it for very long anyway.” Kate Winslet
There is a long list of movies in which Kate has gone topless. Now, she is worried about her reputation: “I don’t want to become that actress who always gets her kit off,” said Winslet. Mary-Louise Parker
She admitted being extremely regretful about going nude for a bath scene on the hit television series Weeds. “I didn't think I needed to be naked," she told Hollywood Gossip magazine. "I fought with the director about it, and now I am bitter. I knew it was going to be on the Internet. I wish I hadn't done that. I was goaded into it." Taylor Lautner
It's not just women who regret showing too much flesh on film. Taylor Lautner was in the Twilight series. A shirtless image of him was used to promote the film’s sequel, Twilight: New Moon. Taylor made it clear that he wasn’t proud of flashing his bulging torso. “If I had to choose, I would never take my shirt off again in a movie,” he said. I'm sure much of the reason actors express regret is that they want to be known for their talent rather than their looks. A star's beauty is a quickly fading asset. Why would a director choose to hire a 30-year-old to play a bombshell or a hunk when they have plenty of people with younger bodies clamoring to take their clothes off for the camera? There is one fact that people promoting the new morality cannot escape: Committing pornographic acts leaves an ugly stain on one's soul. Seth MacFarlane recently poked fun at a string of female stars who have gone topless in his “We Saw Your Boobs” song at the Oscars. The song generated an uproar in the Hollywood press, but why? If showing your private parts in film is so uplifting to your craft, it should be a compliment to have someone set your achievements to music. From time to time, someone who works as a teacher is found to have worked in the adult industry. In nearly every case, the revelation ends the person's teaching career. The liberal media typically offers no support for the ex-porn actors. It is actually standard practice for them to wallow in the sleazy details of their past lives. To see how the media uses and rejects people, you only need to look at the life of Pamela Anderson. She was considered the ultimate sexy starlet back in the 90s. Now that busty blonde is looking pretty rough from her years of hard living. The lack of work has forced her to put her Malibu home up for sale. Anyone who has bought into the lie and has found himself or herself degraded by porn can still find salvation. By placing their trust in Jesus Christ, they can start on the road to redemption. “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool" – Isaiah 1:18. --Todd

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"Seas Roaring" and the "Gog" Factor I’ve found it always a good thing to do when striving to serve as a watchman on the wall: Always look at Jesus’ prophetic words when examining these times of omega signs. The best place to start is in the Gospels that record the Lord’s Olivet Discourse. It was thus when I began thinking on what is most pertinent in the news this past week. Something in particular jumps out of the pages of the Lord’s recorded foretelling: “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” (Luke 21:25). Earlier I had been “watching” a news program, listening to a correspondent shouting to be heard over the noise of an angry mob. The network then cut to several other scenes of irate crowds shouting in unison words I couldn’t make out. The correspondent was saying the roaring of the crowds in the various locations shown was all about the decision by the Eurogroup to “haircut” depositors of the banks of Cypress. At the time, the Eurogroup, which was responsible for insuring deposits of the banks involved, had decided to grab money from the accounts of most everyone. Later the Eurozone powers that be decided on a less draconian action. They determined not to take as much from the accounts of the depositors with lower Euro amounts in their banks. Thus the noise–the “roaring” in the streets--has lessened, if not completely abated. I admit up front that I don’t fully understand everything involved in the economic abyss into which Cypress has plunged, and into which, it is feared, much of Europe, such as Greece, France, Italy, Spain, and others might plunge. However, I do understand, as should anyone who has ever deposited hard-earned money into their bank, that for someone in government--or anyone else--to reach in and rob one’s bank account is the stuff of which riots are likely to be fueled. Kind of makes you mad just thinking about it happening to you, doesn’t it? And that sentiment was explored throughout the financial expert community this week just past. One of my favorite economic experts weighed in with a thought along these lines: “The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: 'Can this happen here?'" (Thomas Sowell, "Can It Happen Here?" www.townhall.com, 3/26/13, p. 1). Exactly… Is this a test to see how the masses will react to such overt robbery by those in authority? I’ve gotten that question many times over this week, and have asked it myself. Call it conspiracy "kookdom," but the powers did start in the smallest of venues in their–shall we call it--experiment? They quickly decided to take a milder tact. However, the robbery will still take place. They just will reduce the size of their haul in their need for money to fix the horrible mess they’ve made of managing fiscal matters. Absolute power has indeed corrupted absolutely in Europe, as Lord Edward Acton would have it. The United States mess is infinitely bigger in terms of the amount of indebtedness. The only saving grace is that America is so gargantuan in its influences and so intricate in its linkages in monetary affairs worldwide that the powers that be will keep it propped up at all costs–at least until some unforeseen circumstance or deliberate action for purposes of serving the globalist banksters’ lust and greed becomes feasible to institute. In either case, it will take a crisis or crises of major magnitude to bring the U.S.–thus all the world--down in one gigantic collapse into chaos. When that happens, there will indeed be a roaring of ear-shattering decibel. I am convinced that the roaring will be worldwide in its scope. The economic morass that gets more quicksand-like by the day not only causes the sea of humanity to roar in distress, but draws other foretold end-times elements into the quagmire. Thus, the student of Bible prophecy attuned to Holy Spirit enlightenment can begin to understand how the last-days puzzle fits together. I cite as example Russia’s growing involvement in the fiscal turmoil now swirling about to America’s east. The Russians were particularly hard hit by the financial goings-on in Cypress, it was at first surmised, because many Russians–particularly those with considerable funds, had placed money in that country’s banks for tax shelter purposes. It is rumored that the Russian underworld–the Russian Mafia-types—particularly would be given the proverbial “haircuts” by the Eurozone’s actions. Russian President Vladimir Putin at first was threatening in his repudiation of the Eurozone’s actions, but for some reason changed his mind and spoke more conciliatorily about the action taken. This has puzzled many observers. His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said: "Considering the decisions adopted by the Eurogroup, Putin considers it possible to support the efforts of the president of Cyprus and the European Commission aimed at overcoming the crisis in the banking system of this island state" ("Russia’s Putin in Surprise Support for Cypress Bailout," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9952952/Russias-Putin-in-surprise-support-for-Cyprus-bailout.html#mm_hash). One has to ask, knowing the former KGB head’s modus operandi: What’s in it for Vlad? It is conjectured by some apparently in the know that Putin and others in Russia likely were given a heads-up on the coming seizures of depositor assets. It’s hard to fathom what other intrigues might have been at work to change the mind of this hard-nosed Russian dictator-to-be. As a student of Bible prophecy, one must consider the words of Ezekiel the prophet. He said that a group of leaders that sounds an awful lot like the current diplomatic lot of America and Europe will one day ask Gog, who almost certainly will be a future Russian leader: “Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” (Ezekiel 38:13). Economic matters will be, from now until the return of Jesus Christ as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the catalyst that will cause the seas of humanity to roar in tumult and, finally, produce a war that will threaten to extinguish all life on the planet. Jesus has promised to intervene before that destruction can fully play out. Again, I’m convinced it will be the Rapture of the church that will burst the building bubble and bring the financial structure of this fallen world crashing down around all who are left behind. Jesus is the blessed hope (Titus 2: 13). Accept His offer of salvation this very moment, and escape the carnage to come. --Terry