Birth control... what next?
I’m sure you’ve heard that a middle school in Maine is giving out birth control. It’s a sad story, albeit not shocking. It’s another sign of the downfall of society.
When I was young, there were several young students who became pregnant. There was at least one student who became pregnant in 6th grade, and a good handful more in 7th and 8th. When I started volunteering at the OB/GYN unit in 8th grade, it was very strange to “work” at the hospital and to see many of my classmates deliver babies at the hospital. In high school, even more students became pregnant. One girl, who was a good friend of mine in junior high, became pregnant. Again, it was a strange experience to see my classmates with babies.
In a way, this goes back to what I said earlier about singleness. It is so okay to be single. It is so okay to not have sex. The world – and the church – pressure singles to be couples, and intimate couples are often just asking for trouble. Wake up, people! Single people are the backbone of the world!
When I was young, there were several young students who became pregnant. There was at least one student who became pregnant in 6th grade, and a good handful more in 7th and 8th. When I started volunteering at the OB/GYN unit in 8th grade, it was very strange to “work” at the hospital and to see many of my classmates deliver babies at the hospital. In high school, even more students became pregnant. One girl, who was a good friend of mine in junior high, became pregnant. Again, it was a strange experience to see my classmates with babies.
In a way, this goes back to what I said earlier about singleness. It is so okay to be single. It is so okay to not have sex. The world – and the church – pressure singles to be couples, and intimate couples are often just asking for trouble. Wake up, people! Single people are the backbone of the world!
posted by Tidy Bowl at
4:08 PM
6 Comments:
You say, “It is so okay to not have sex.” OK, I fully agree. However, that’s not good enough for a young girl in middle school or early high school. The pressures there very real against these young girls. TV, movies, music and even video games push them toward it and there is so very little pressure to hold them back. Most families are dysfunctional and so they get their love where they can find it- or think they are finding it. I certainly can understand why the school district is doing this. The alternative is the gospel- but they cannot, even if they wanted to.
It is indeed a sad commentary on times.
A very sad commentary.
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BLAZER PROPHET, At
October 21, 2007 10:46 PM
Why is that not enough?
Look, I understand why this school district is giving out birth control. I'm not sure I even disagree with it entirely.
You make it sound like girls have no choice but to have sex. I understand and agree that there is an unbelievable amount of pressure to have sex. But every young person, male and female, has a choice. No matter how much pressure, every young person chooses to have sex - or to not have sex. It is a choice. It is not an easy choice, but it is a choice!
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Tidy Bowl, At
October 22, 2007 2:17 PM
That's easy to say now, but it may not be so easy for a 14-16 year old in a crummy family situation.
As to the gospel- our churches no longer believe it's good enough. If you doubt me, just look at the church. Everything the world does, the church follows after with gusto- look at the music, values, Halo 3 parties, counseling where people are told they have no sin and they are just ill and need to get better...
For nearly 2000 years the gospel sttod completely alone as a beacon of hope. Now it's worldliness and, oh yeah, the gospel too if we have time.
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BLAZER PROPHET, At
October 22, 2007 8:31 PM
I never said it was easy.
I don't disagree with most of what you've said about the church and the Gospel. However, you still will not admit that for every young man and woman, sex is a choice. Outside the realm of rape/molestation, etc., sex is ALWAYS a choice.
Now I admit, there may be a lot of pressure leaning towards one option. It's like really good marketing. If you need to buy some clothes, toiletry products, office supplies, and consumable paper products, and get a prescription filled, you'll go to Walmart. There are other choices, but Walmart meets your needs best. So you choose Walmart. (this is just an example - I admit that you might shop at Target or some other store.)
The point is, Walmart might be the easiest choice, but that does not mean you absolutely have to go to Walmart. You could still go to Sears, HyVee, CVS, OfficeMax, and so forth, but it wouldn't be as easy because you'd have to drive all over town. But it's still a choice. You always have a choice.
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Tidy Bowl, At
October 23, 2007 1:45 PM
You say, "However, you still will not admit that for every young man and woman, sex is a choice."
Well, yes, sex IS always a choice two people make. My point was that it has become a much more difficult choice these days for young girls.
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BLAZER PROPHET, At
October 23, 2007 6:53 PM
This is true. And unfortunate.
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Tidy Bowl, At
October 23, 2007 9:25 PM
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