Originally posted by asmeone2
As we were discussing in the "Missionary" thread, it is absolutely reprehensible to offer aid to people but put a religious prerequisite on receiving the help.

Not that I'm looking for a fight, but I would like to point out that Abstinence is not a religious requirement nor is anyone who offers this aid forcefully proselytizing anyone before the receive aid. Abstinence is just good common sense and the only effective way to prevent disease. Sure you can argue that condoms and other things work but that's just BS. eventually the condoms break or they are not used at all and you know it! So what's wrong with teaching good common sense to people?

but I suppose their are morons born every day that think they will never get a VD or AIDS. But that's just because no one ever shows the other side of sexual promiscuity. All anyone ever sees is the glamorous side. And besides all that those who believe that Abstinence is bad is in my book a reprobate. go on and practice what ever sexual perversion you like you will eventually catch up to your ignorant self.

Try working with someone with Aids and watch the light and life leave their body as the choices that they made methodically and sadistically destroy them.

Truth is You don't know a damn thing About it do you? or about those in Africa with AIDS or here for that matter so why don't you sit down and shut up?!

well if Obama wants to get rid of abstinence only programs Hooray! The only thing that prevents unwanted pregnancy is the proper use of birthcontrol

Abstinence can be taught by parents and pastors

reproductive health is to important to be linked to a stupid fundamentalist doctrine whose only purpose is to marginalize women .

Yay Obama

Well bible or not ...(in other words I know you cant make kids not have sex ..but you can teach them what it is and why it is etc ..and what it can cause ..and what it means ....to the other person and to you ....
I told my kids to keep from getting diseases ...and to keep from getting a girl from getting pregnant ...and to feel good about what love actually is you need to abstain as much as possible and for sure dont be a whore if you cant abstain *this was to my 2 sons.......sex is so not fulfilling when it is just for relief ....and ...until you meet the one love that you feel like you want to be a part of ..because that is what sex actually was supposed to do ..you become as one ........

I also told them most young girls ..will more than likely fall in love once you did do it with them .. (or so they think) and you would have to break their heart and would feel like you used them if you just did it to relieve yourself ....and that some girls want to be pregnant and would do it just to get pregnant ...




[edit on 15-11-2008 by Simplynoone]

I'm all for getting rid of abstinence programs. It isn't helping teenage pregnancies at all, I mean ask Palin's daughter about that one.

We need to start telling people about birth control, because if they are going to do it, no fire and brimstone speech is going to stop them from doing it.

It's better that they are safe while doing it, at least.

[edit on 16-11-2008 by davion]