JT Thweatt leaned back in his chair as he spoke, “It was the summer going into highschool and I got an iPod touch.”

A habit that started out “soft” for Thweatt, he started out only viewing videos on YouTube before his habit worsened. He describes the time in his life as a time when he was curious and just beginning to notice girls and women. Through the iPod touch, access was easy and hidden from anyone else.

“There were these desires and urges and lack of knowledge, and I didn’t know what to do with them,” Thweatt explained. Pornography brought immediate gratification and he didn’t think he was hurting anyone else.

On April 6, Bethel held a student panel on the subject of pornography. Campus Pastor Laurel Bunker served as a mediator on the panel as students JT Thweatt, Rachel Cole and Jenny Mawhorter took the stage to openly discuss their struggle with pornography and the affect it had on their lives.