Comments on: Sex Without Condoms Is The New Engagement Ring? http://kevinbussey.com/2008/09/05/sex-without-condoms-is-the-new-engagement-ring/ confessions of a follower of Jesus Christ struggling to recover from legalism Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Angie http://kevinbussey.com/2008/09/05/sex-without-condoms-is-the-new-engagement-ring/#comment-10176 Angie Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:28:46 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1154#comment-10176 This is just plain scary. We as Christians have done a poor job of going beyond "just say no" to explain the ramifications of sex before marriage. I'm not even referring to diseases and pregnancy. I'm talking about the emotional attachment of sex. Many women I've talked to talk about that as the number one reason they wish they'd never had sex outside of marriage. The idea that now unprotected sex is somehow a signal of commitment saddens me. Being a Christian in the public health field is hard because I believe 100% in abstinence as the only fool-proof protection method and is God's divine plan but telling hormonally challenged students "just say no" without talking to them about the very real physical and emotional consequences is wrong. Too many parents (Christian and non-Christian alike) are too afraid to have frank, age-appropriate discussions with their children and then are shocked to discover their children are sexually active. I'm not 100% sure where the right balance is but it's obvious "just say no" isn't getting the point across. This is just plain scary. We as Christians have done a poor job of going beyond “just say no” to explain the ramifications of sex before marriage. I’m not even referring to diseases and pregnancy. I’m talking about the emotional attachment of sex. Many women I’ve talked to talk about that as the number one reason they wish they’d never had sex outside of marriage. The idea that now unprotected sex is somehow a signal of commitment saddens me.

Being a Christian in the public health field is hard because I believe 100% in abstinence as the only fool-proof protection method and is God’s divine plan but telling hormonally challenged students “just say no” without talking to them about the very real physical and emotional consequences is wrong. Too many parents (Christian and non-Christian alike) are too afraid to have frank, age-appropriate discussions with their children and then are shocked to discover their children are sexually active. I’m not 100% sure where the right balance is but it’s obvious “just say no” isn’t getting the point across.

]]> By: Kevin Bussey http://kevinbussey.com/2008/09/05/sex-without-condoms-is-the-new-engagement-ring/#comment-10174 Kevin Bussey Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:01:36 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1154#comment-10174 Sorry, My comments were acting up. It was not suppose to be closed. <em>Kevin Bussey's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ConfessionsOfARecoveringPharisee/~3/384478975/' rel="nofollow">Sex Without Condoms Is The New Engagement Ring?</a></em> Sorry,

My comments were acting up. It was not suppose to be closed.

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