I've lost several close relatives to cancer, mostly women, so I keep my eyes open for new developments in the cancer community. Hence I've attached an article about a new development in cervical cancer. It's interesting to note the direct relationship between cervical cancer and STD's.
You know if there's one deadly & sinful way of thinking that came out of the 60's it's all that free love crap. It's such an evil mindset. In the 60's it was in its infancy, now it’s in its young adulthood and yet we still don't discuss many of the topics we should. Of course as a born again Christian man I believe the Bible is absolutely crystal clear that sex outside of marriage is wrong. As a 34 year old man who has grown up in the church I've resolved many of the does and don'ts of Christianity in my mind. Yes the Bible says sex outside of marriage is wrong, but why? So many of us view this as just another stupid rule, like our parents telling us to clean up our room because they said so. "That darn God is upstairs just waiting to smack me for messing up." However, I believe God has very good reasons for His rules.
What ticks me off is how inept parents and the school system are at teaching about sex; warts and all (pardon the expression). At least this was true of my experience with sex education. I hope to God the school system and parents are doing a better job now, however, since teenage sex is still very prevalent I'd say not. This is not to even get into this latest internet spawned pedophile craze (for those who've been tracking the recent Dateline story). For instance, I only recently learned about 50% of men and women in the US have a STD. That's staggering to me. That means 50% of our population has an easily preventable disease. Yes many of these viruses aren't deadly, that is not directly. However, the medical community knows of at least 4 which can be deadly, indirectly, by causing other complications, such as cervical cancer. Fortunately, it seems that now there is a cure for these 4 viruses (per the attached article). However, this still doesn't address this issue in our schools and homes. Christian parents should take an active interest in the lives of their children, both in loving them and teaching them. Don't depend on the schools. However, our schools should support good parenting by teaching abstinence and the negative physical repercussions of being promiscuous: sterility, death, birth defects as well as becoming a carrier of a disease to other people. Also, the emotional negative repercussions of engaging in an intimate physical activity with a person who is not a spouse and then bringing this into a marriage with another person. This has to diminish the emotional intimacy in a marriage. However, these emotional repercussions are only speculative on my part.
Though our schools teach about protection, I wonder how many kids or young college adults actually even think about using protection during sex, let alone actually use it? Even protected sex isn't 100%, as many STD's are passed on by skin to skin contact, not just by intercourse.
So God has His reasons for providing us with rules and guidelines and it's not just so He can smack us when we're naughty. It's so our lives will be filled with less trouble, but more of the peace and joy we were created to experience.
*Greg if you read this article please pipe in, with any of your medical support, additions or corrections.
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