Abstinence or Safe Sex?

Just because someone doesn't believe doesn't mean God doesn't exist, that is correct; however, if a student does not believe in God then we cannot rightfully impose Christian moral beliefs upon them in an environment that is legally obligated to remain unbiased in their practices and teaching. They aren't encouraging students to go out and "get busy". They are telling them that there are potentially severe emotional and physical consequences for having sex, but they are telling them "if you are going to take that risk at least eliminate the risk for the most part".
Okay, so what legislation do we need to bring Christianity back into the schools? I know, I'm being hopelessly idealistic but we must try.

So teenagers weren't having sex back in later days? Please! Everyone on both sides of my family as far back as my great great grandmother got married because they were pregnant. Don't tell me that teens weren't having pre-marital sex back when women still wore pearls while cleaning house and everything was just lily white and wholesome. My family came from wealth, education, and morally strong, Christian families and they were still having sex and babies out of wedlock. It has nothing to do with the times we live in. Teens were having sex then and they're having sex now and believe it or not I feel that people are losing their virginity later in life now.


The truth is simply this...teens have been having sex since the beginning time and they will continue to do so. How does removing the knowledge and accessibility of how to protect themselves going to eliminate that?

You missed my point. I was talking about the religious tolerance in the US. What happened to there being one God only.

I'm not so naive to think that the "good old days" that teens weren't doing it. That has never been my point. My argument is that if the gospel were preached as it should, then perhaps (I'm a Cavanist) more people would come to the saving knowledge of Christ and we could enforce stronger morals. However, my Biblical beliefs tell me that there will be evil no matter what. Again, perhaps I am being too much of an idealist.

On that token I suppose schools should stay out of issues such as being drug free, the dangers of smoking, and the devestating effects of drinking and driving. After all, the parents should be the ones responsible for educating their kids...right? Some kids come from homes where there is not enough time for the parents to explain these things to them. Some parents and their kids do not have the type of open relationship in which either or parties feel comfortable discussing things of a sexual nature. That's like saying "let's take PE out of the schools because kids should be exercising at home!"

The point is that there is such a small group of students who are abstinent for religious reasons and many are not being taught at home or in the church that sex before marriage=bad so what do you teach the rest of the teens? If a parent is not comfortable with how the school is presenting the message on sexual relations then they are more than welcome to prevent their child from attending the classes. It is not mandatory.

Once again, the social problem I am talking about only scratches the surface of schools. The real problem is that parents aren't doing there jobs. What can be done to make parents more accountable for their children. Once again, there is my idealism showing through.


Spiritual consequences don't apply to everyone though! Here again, just because you and I know God does not mean these students will. Why should they be told sex is a sin when to them it isn't? It isn't even a sin to many Christians so now what do we do? What has been accomplished in the mission to teach teens that sex is evil? Absolutely nothing.

The dangers of sexual immorality discussed in Proverbs are helpful even to non-believers since it deals with the worldly consequences and the spiritual consequences. Perhaps the better word is psychological, I think you said that earlier in the post.

Kids will choose to have sex no matter how much you beat them over the head with abstinence.

Then tell them what lust can do to a person. Have someone who has experienced the destructive power of lust talk to them about how it can twist a person and nearly destroy them spiritually.

Will they?

No matter how much you tell kids not to have sex, SOME of them inevitably will.

Yes, they will. Perhaps I should clarify that when I say "kids" I mean "some percentage of kids," not "all kids." The entirety of recorded human history is on my side with this one. No matter how much you tell kids not to have sex, SOME of them inevitably will.