This audit examines the effects of pornography on intimacy and the human experience, suggesting significant implications for societal values.
A biblical worldview demands that we look beneath the surface of utility. If every human carries the Imago Dei (the Image of God), then the body is not a commodity, and the mind is not a marketplace. Intimacy, in its sovereign design, is a sacred "substance"—an enduring, God-given bond rooted in transparency and mutual honor. Pornography, conversely, offers a high-dopamine "vapor" that mimics the appearance of connection while physically eroding the brain's capacity to sustain it.
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Alexandra Christine "Alex Christine" Miller (2026) studied this question.
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