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[[File:Larry Flynt Wheelchair.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|The [[pornography|pornographer]] [[Larry Flynt]] is an atheist.<ref>Flynt writes, "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism": see the epilogue of Flynt and Ross</ref><ref>"I am not saying he don't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him." ''[https://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html Larry King Live]'', January 10, 1996</ref> See: [[Atheism and pornography]] ]]

[[File:Larry Flynt Wheelchair.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|The [[pornography|pornographer]] [[Larry Flynt]] is an atheist.<ref>Flynt writes, "I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism": see the epilogue of Flynt and Ross</ref><ref>"I am not saying he don't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him." ''[https://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html Larry King Live]'', January 10, 1996</ref> See: [[Atheism and pornography]] ]]

An essay at the website Thirsting For Truth indicated:

An essay at the website Thirsting For Truth indicated:

{{Cquote|We all know instinctively that sex has a particular purpose or design. Even if we don’t know exactly what that design is we can recognize when something about a particular sex act or result doesn’t seem right. At this point we are not trying to show the purpose of sex. We are only trying to demonstrate that if we can recognize that something like rape is a misuse of our sexuality then there must be a proper use. If we say that rape is a wrong way to use one’s sexuality then, in effect, we are affirming that there exists a right way to use one’s sexuality. We won’t go into the philosophy of what makes an act like rape, or incest, wrong. We will only discuss the damage it causes and why I think it can lead a person to Atheism....

{{Cquote|We all know instinctively that sex has a particular purpose or design. Even if we don’t know exactly what that design is we can recognize when something about a particular sex act or result doesn’t seem right. At this point we are not trying to show the purpose of sex. We are only trying to demonstrate that if we can recognize that something like rape is a misuse of our sexuality then there must be a proper use. If we say that rape is a wrong way to use one’s sexuality then, in effect, we are affirming that there exists a right way to use one’s sexuality. We won’t go into the philosophy of what makes an act like rape, or incest, wrong. We will only discuss the damage it causes and why I think it can lead a person to [[Atheism]]....

So when we image that love of God properly with our sexuality then we become something of a portrait, a painting, of God to the world.

So when we image that [[love]] of [[God]] properly with our sexuality then we become something of a portrait, a painting, of God to the world.

In other words sex in its pure form speaks a truth to the world: “God exists, He is real and He is Love”. This is evident in a family that sacrifices out of love for each other: the man lays down his life for his bride and the two lay down their lives for their child/children. When we see a family who truly and unselfishly love one another something resonates in our hearts. Something tells us that this is what life is all about. This is what real love is. This sort of love gives us hope and we love to see this sort of love in action. Hence the countless movies that are centered on a love story or a man who sacrifices his self out of love for his woman or his people. Movies like Braveheart, Titanic (where Jack dies saving Rose), and pretty much every other powerful, and lasting, love story share the same theme of self sacrificial love. This sort of love inspires us and gives us hope.

In other words sex in its pure form speaks a truth to the world: “God exists, He is real and He is Love”. This is evident in a family that sacrifices out of love for each other: the man lays down his life for his bride and the two lay down their lives for their child/children. When we see a family who truly and unselfishly love one another something resonates in our hearts. Something tells us that this is what life is all about. This is what real love is. This sort of love gives us hope and we love to see this sort of love in action. Hence the countless movies that are centered on a love story or a man who sacrifices his self out of love for his woman or his people. Movies like Braveheart, Titanic (where Jack dies saving Rose), and pretty much every other powerful, and lasting, love story share the same theme of self sacrificial love. This sort of love inspires us and gives us hope.