Bible Society Won't Print Bibles for Porn Stars

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Apr 2, 2006 7:20 PM EDT

Article Source: CBS News

Two pastors who hand out bibles at adult film conventions as part of their anti-porn efforts had a novel idea: put the phrase "Jesus loves pornstars" across the covers of the books they hand out.

They hoped the phrase would help them with publicity and distribution, but unfortunately, their printer refused their request.

[T]hey paid the American Bible Society (ABS) to print 10,000 copies of the Scriptures. But the publisher backed down after hearing about the cover concept.

The ABS says while it appreciates the pastors' mission, the words "Jesus Loves Porn Stars" are "misleading and inappropriate for a New Testament."

"Misleading and inappropriate," eh? Apparently, that whole thing about Jesus loving everyone as long as they accept Him ( you know, that crazy stuff that people have been getting out of the Bible for thousands of years) is incorrect, and new bibles will reflect the new conventional wisdom that Jesus only loves a few select groups of people, as defined by the American Bible Society.

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... new bibles will reflect the new conventional wisdom that Jesus only loves a few select groups of people, as defined by the American Bible Society.

That and just about everyone in the industry and those that enjoy porn would black out the word "stars" for a good giggle.

Anyway, everyone knows that porn stars are religious. Why else would they constantly cry out for God! during every scene?

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#1 - Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:28 PM EDT

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wilwheaton

That and just about everyone in the industry and those that enjoy porn would black out the word "stars" for a good giggle.

That's actually a good point, and if I was an anti-porn guy, I'd probably think twice about spending my money to make that possible.

But still seems ridiculous to me that the printer won't print the books.

This brings up an interesting point . . . the Bible is public domain, isn't it? Some company who wants some free publicity should take the job of printing the books, especially if they weren't a religious publisher, but wanted to make a point about free speech and the apparent hypocrisy of the ABS. A small press like Soft Skull would reap massive benefits from a relatively small investment.

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#1.1 - Tue Apr 4, 2006 5:30 PM EDT

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Brian White

Maybe they can include graphic photos to keep the porn stars interested while reading the bible. Anything to get the good word out there, ya know.

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#1.2 - Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:53 PM EDT

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Mott

Yeah, I think the main issue is having "Jesus loves porn stars" popping up as a fun catchphrase, ultimately making light of an industry that causes so much concern for the American Bible Society. I think they're just looking to avoid giving the phrase too much publicity and having it pulled out of context as a gag T-shirt or something along those lines. Nothing all that outrageous in their decision.

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