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Originally Posted by Daoust
And here's a second evangelical Christian who agrees with Intense1.
Maybe we're a vocal 10% or 7%, but I think our 'voice' has been fading for years and years. I think the 90% gets pretty up in arms over the 10%. And as a member of that 10%, I'm certainly not militant or pushy about my beliefs. I abstained from sex until I was married. I didn't force anyone to do like I did. I think it's the right thing, and I think that because of my morals and belief system, but I didn't raise my voice to make you think that.
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You might not be militant about your beliefs, but a great many that align themselves with you, are. Instead of thinking rationaly, and informing themselves, they act on pure delusion. They think if they just push hard enough with their ineffective abstinance only education, they can stop teens from having sex. Might as well try and make the earth rotate backwards.
The problems that are the result of irresponsible sex, such as widespread STD's and teen pregnancy are huge burdens for our society. Those are problems most non-evangelical people want to alleviate. Whats wrong with taking practical approaches to reducing those problems? Maybe teach kids (who we know are going to have sex, anyways), how to do it responsibly and at least make them aware of the risks. Go ahead and teach abstinance along side everything else, they arent mutually exclusive lesson plans.
Most evangelicals see the act of sex, itself, as the problem. I can see the logic in that, I really can. If no ones having sex till marriage then the other problems solve themselves. Good luck with that though really.. and as this study shows, your fellow countrymen do not see it that way.
Its funny, the voice you think is fading, I think is yelling louder than ever. Maybe its finally starting to get drowned out by a culture of people that, as indicated by this study, do not share your views on sex, never really have and are finally starting to speak up about it. Guess time will tell.
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Now, to totally mangle a paraphrase of someone elses words, "My abstinence does not bother me; does your conscience bother you?"
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Not at all!
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Originally Posted by Daoust
We tend to think that the world is devolving instead of evolving, and humanity's depravity and immorality are our proof. Don't hate us because of that.
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The world must be a very awful place for you.
