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Yes, the Bible says it's wrong - however, I do think the Church needs to consider teaching more than just "God says don't" as a method of sex education. I grew up with the whole True Love Waits thing, and whereas I'm a definite advocate of saving sex for marriage, I don't see why the church seems terrified to address it.
When the church (and mind you, this may just be the churches I've had experience with, and not the church as a whole) says "Don't have sex because God says it's wrong and you could get pregnant or an STD" and then magazines and research and peers and practically the whole world talks about "safe sex" and all the methods of birth control and STD prevention, it's easy to say "Oh, well maybe it's not as dangerous and unhealthy as I was led to believe... and God will forgive me"
I guess what I'm trying to say is this: the church should be more active in sex education - more than just saying it's wrong and not to do it. Tell people how to deal with impulses, what to say to 'the world' when they say everyone's doing it, what to do when someone you really love pressures you for it, and ultimately WHY it's wrong (leads to broken relationships, etc).
By the way, did you know that a lot of teens think that having sex with a condom isn't really having sex? We can't leave the entirety of education up to the schools!
When the church (and mind you, this may just be the churches I've had experience with, and not the church as a whole) says "Don't have sex because God says it's wrong and you could get pregnant or an STD" and then magazines and research and peers and practically the whole world talks about "safe sex" and all the methods of birth control and STD prevention, it's easy to say "Oh, well maybe it's not as dangerous and unhealthy as I was led to believe... and God will forgive me"
I guess what I'm trying to say is this: the church should be more active in sex education - more than just saying it's wrong and not to do it. Tell people how to deal with impulses, what to say to 'the world' when they say everyone's doing it, what to do when someone you really love pressures you for it, and ultimately WHY it's wrong (leads to broken relationships, etc).
By the way, did you know that a lot of teens think that having sex with a condom isn't really having sex? We can't leave the entirety of education up to the schools!