Birth Control is Free to the poor if they have acess to public health centers, the problem with abortion is YOUNG unwed Mothers in many instances who are simply unable or unwilling to care for a child. Most are living a lifestyle that many here can not comprehend, drug use (selling themselves for drugs) or for a place to spend the night to get away from parents who abuse them (who also may very well be immersed in drugs). The demise of the family unit is a big contirbutor to this as well as many other socio-economic problems.
People today have lost hope and many chirstians do nothing but beat them up even more, by preaching comdemnation rather than grace and love. Christians can not even get along with each other today without strife. We must begin at home, by restoring families with values.
Multiple sex partners and I mean MANY is the acceptable norm today-No comittment there. Sex outside marriage by men who promise to leave their wives eventually end up with an unwanted pregnant girl who finds she has been stupid, but what now-instant solution abortion, the same thing with "prom night" relations. Our youth is so starved for love and attention that they fulfill it in inappropriate ways. They have rarely suffered the consequence for anything as of yet other than a 1-2-3 timeout, if that & look for the quick fix to any "problem".
We must show our youth what committment means and we start with delayed gratification. It's not easy, but it is simple. You just can't get people to do it. People don't even cook at home & hwen they do it's instant everything. We want instant cures, solutions & miracles. We treat God like a magic genie and quit (any/everything) from school, church to marriage at the 1st sign of trouble.
Learning what committment and acceptance of responsibility is is key-now how do we effect that?
Hello,
You know I think Keith Richards has looked the same for the past 50 years LOL.
But back to the topic, another stat that I found on the internet was 1.3 million abortions annually in the US. Don't know if it's completely accurate. Still I know there's a lot of them. I remember when I was a hippie. We didn't do the things one should do for birth control.
Today I think kids are sexually active at a younger age. They, and this is anecdotal as I don't have any stats, are probably not taking many precautions.
I hate to see what happens to the life of a girl who has a baby and in most cases has no support other than her family. It is so life changing and life limiting. I am not for abortion and like Cons, thinks it needs to be removed from political debate.
I do not think that sex outside marriage by married men who are promising to leave their husband is a significant factor however. It is a sin for both parties and blaming just the man is leaving half of the equation out of the picture. It is definitely wrong though.
Yes, leaving abusive parents and getting into a prostitute lifestyle happens but I know personally girls that have left, boys too, who while they might have acted a little wild did not get into selling themselves for money. Yet some do and I agree that is a problem.
The demise of the family unit, the loosening of discipline, and the classification and treatment of teenages as some kind of special class of people or species when in reality they're kids, does not help.
I am a minister which means I minister to others. Not because I am in some special class but because I think more is necessary, I believe more clergy and every just folks who aren't clergy should be in ministerial, helping roles, helping to support and take care of others who need it. The holier than thou attitude some Christians project is not helpful. Telling someone the truth about Christ is not acting holier than though but projecting an attitude of superiority or an attitude of inferiority to someone else because of Christ is in my opinion not Christian things to do.
There is so much we can do in the world as people of faith and many try. But I think more should be done rather than have a million dollar church that sits empty most of the week when it could be used for a shelter of some kind, has a few mission trips when it could be having or supporting a lot more, and a few services a week and thinking, "Wow, we're really doing a great job here." Another thing churches are staff for with both real staff and congregation is tons of more community service.
It has been nice responding to your post and reading the responses of others.
God bless and all the best and this is for everyone.
