Please be advised…
I am 99.999% against abortion! SO, please consider that before you respond to anything I say. OK?
Is it possible…even just a little that people in “Planned Parenthood” are revolted and disgusted at the number of “abortions” that take place, and are even more disgusted and revolted by the number of people that are using abortion as a method of “birth control” instead of using “responsibility”?
Granted, the Church is against the use of “artificial birth control”, and it is considered a sin, however…considering the difference between the use of a “condom” and a later emotionally devastating abortion, which is murder, which may later have significant medical repercussions as well… Frankly, I would prefer on a moral and common sense level that a condom be used…if one is going to not be able to control their “desires”…
Condoms were initially created to prevent pregnancy. That’s all. But they have developed to a point where they are
considered an effective barrier to certain STD’s, however, as anything else made by man…they are not foolproof! But in reality, which is the greater evil? Abortion or use of a condom?
The article at this link will attest to that…
cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/latex.htm
I think every parent should make their children read it and maybe even memorize it. Yes, that’s right. Stop protecting the little dears from reality!! Parents need to quit putting their heads in the sand like Ostriches and start getting deeply involved in their kids lives. Kids may not like it, but
TOUGH!! When they grow up and leave home, pay the rent and support themselves…then they can make their own rules. But the bottom line is: When living at home…its the parents rules, not the kids that count.
The whole issue on a secular level is a conundrum… but its really not that difficult to solve. I respect that Church’s stance on the issue as being right, however…the solution lies in a secular/religious vein. No one solution will work for all.
I am 58, and yet I can remember the sum total of the Birds and Bees discussion that my dad gave me: I quote: "
IF YOU KNOCK UP A GIRL, I WILL BEAT YOU TO DEATH!!! He was most serious when he said it, and I believed he would. And my father was a “lukewarm convert” to Catholicism…he converted to marry my mother. But then again…when I became a teenager in the early 60’s…
it was not at all “socially acceptable” for unmarried people to have sex, get pregnant, live together, or have children out of wedlock and flaunt raunchy lifestyles.
Yeah, I know…you can’t “threaten your kids”… BULL-HOCKEY!! I said the same thing to my son…and he knew I meant it.
Solving problems of these kinds are not solved at the “government level”…they are solved at home. The way to solve it is to begin at a young age with kids and teach them, train them in the right ways to do things. The way of the Church is excellent, and it really does coincide with what is “common-sensically” correct. Think about it… A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. We need to return to the values that our parents and grandparents embraced…
And prayer makes a difference as well.
Peace!
) leads to being somewhat “jaded” about the physical aspects of the relationship. That can make a difference in a relationship. Being “experienced” is not necessarily a “plus”…actually…its a drawback to some extent.