Not enough information to draw that conclusion. If the poster’s school was a high school and the ‘contraception information’ provided was complete, including the lackluster ‘protection’ condoms actually provide in typical use and their utter inability to block the spiritual negative effects of fornication then it isn’t sad in my view, it’s just right. But the poster didn’t give us enough info to tell.
Good point. There’s no reason contraception can’t be taught as an error in much the same way that Catholic students teach about other religions.
Ah I see. So basically public schools should not educate students at all on prevention/avoidance of pregnancy and STDs?
Not relevant? This is about trying to protect teenagers from becoming pregnant or contracting dangerous diseases that could potentially kill them or ruin their life. Not relevant?
I just think that Christians should make sure that Christian teenagers aren’t having sex, and then make sure that non-Christian teenagers aren’t having sex. It damages Christian credibility.
Pathologies, sexual and otherwise, can be taught in biology class. How pregancy/reproduction occurs is also a biological fact.
No, not relevant. You have posted a question in the Moral Theology section of a Catholic website. The “effectiveness” of contraception is irrelevant as it is an *intrinsic evil *and can never be taught, supported, or condoned in any way, shape or form. It is to be rejected completely.
It isn’t about that at all.This is about trying to protect teenagers from becoming pregnant or contracting dangerous diseases that could potentially kill them or ruin their life. Not relevant?
Haha, ok, so as I said - schools should not educate students at all on prevention/avoidance of pregnancy and STDs. Correct?
So allowing these numbers of STDs, teen pregnancies/abortions to grow is a better action than providing safe sex education in an attempt to decrease them?
So now you are saying we are to teach the “Truth of Christ” in public schools??
The evidence I’ve seen out there reveals that the abstinence only programs resulted in MORE teenage pregnancies/STDs/abortions than safe sex programs.
You create a false dichotomy.
You again create a false dichotomy. Your premise is flawed.
We, as Catholics, can only proclaim the Truth. We cannot *support *or *advocate *anything other than the Truth. Therefore, we cannot **support **the teaching of lies in the public schools or anywhere else. We must *advocate *for the teaching of the Truth or of nothing contrary to it. And, we must protect children from these false ideas to the best of our ability should the schools choose to disregard our advocacy of that which is True.
This is still ignoring the elephant hiding behind the grass leaf. In the business world an analysis like that would have gotten the program manager fired on the spot. Correlation does not mean cause and effect. If I have a patient with gangrene in his leg and I amputate it the patient still has a good chance to die because of the gangrene. However, if I overdose him on morphine he does not die of gangrene and he does not suffer but he still dies. That means that amputation is not as effective as morphine in preventing death by gangrene. Is my analysis correct or not?
Christ said to listen to the Church and the Church gave the explanation. Clear and simple.
It is *better *to know the Truth.
Contraception is an intrinsic evil and a grave sin against the Sixth Commandment. See the Catechism.
Let me see?
Your question, based on false dichotomies, had no answer.I wish you would have answered my questions directly rather than claiming I’m making false dichotomies, but that’s ok.
I don’t believe any of your poll options accurately represent what Catholics are to believe and advocate on the matter.