What do you think today's churches can do so that the vast majority, 90% of their teenage members, as well as

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single adults, will use abstenance, rather than protection, as a way to avoid pregnancy and SDTs, or do you think it is a lost cause and they should just accept immorral sexual behavior as a fact of life?

Answer 1

peer pressure seems to work the best. it is common in a lot of churches for the youth groups to take a vow of celibacy, as a group. it does not work all the time but it does improve the percentages.

Answer 2

1) Churches would need to accept the idea that All God's commandments are to be kept, not just when it's convenient.
2) We need to talk about this more openly, the difference between using God and serving God; the possibility that successful living might involve a few moments of inconvenience here and there.
3) We need to accept the fact (which non-Christians are continually pointing out to us!) that Christianity is way, way different from worldly culture, so far different that they are two Totally different paths! It's a totally unique way of thinking. No point at all in trying to look or sound like the world or dabble in its ways.
4) We all need to support each other in radical commitment to right living. Not condemn. But support every right inclination.
5) We need to make parenting a priority. Human life a priority.

Answer 3

Prayer is first and preaching and teaching is next. If a kid doesn't know or think that his or her actions are going to cause them trouble in the future they will do what they will. But if they have knowledge of all the myriads of diseases and the failure of prophylactics as well as a spiritual knowledge of the consequence of sin, they are more likely to abstain than not. But the education must begin before puberty. I'm not talking about sex ed. That's just a very small part of it. Kids need to be taught that every time they put their hand into someone else's drawers they might be opening up the door to a wealth of demonic activity including, poverty, disease, and violence.
I Cr 13;8a
10-29-6

Answer 4

I don't think it is a lost cause, abstenance is the best way.
Immoral sexual behavior has been around for thousands of years and is detestable to God.

Answer 5

The churches have to seriously stop jumping around the subject and take a more hard nose approach. This means that when talking to kids/teenagers/unmarried adults they have to make it very clear to them that being a Christian(I am assuming that you are talking about Christian churches) means that you don't have sex out of marriage. Period.

Granted most adults are ashamed to tell others that out loud. So its always put into poorly thought out substitutes. Just suck it up and say it out loud.

Answer 6

As a teenage Christian, I say that abstinence is a wildly unrealistic societal expectation. Churches may suggest it, but they have to make a few concessions toward reality. To me, adults have a moral obligation to teach younger people about protection. Discussing abstinence is fine, but face facts and realize that you're not going to be able to sell that to very many people, and then you'll have another job--helping teenagers cope with unwanted pregnancies and a potential epidemic of STDs. Then again, my church isn't as freaked out about sexual issues as most (we have gay clergy and don't tell people what to do in bed). As for myself, I'm celibate, and it has nothing to do with the church.

Answer 7

It is a lost cause because we live in an imperfect world. Nothing short of mind control can ever stop such things. God should of done a better job of creating the world.

Answer 8

I don't think you or anybody else has a right to impose their beliefs about what is immoral or not on anybody else.
Let parents raise their children.
Let single adults decide for themselves. As it is their choice.

Answer 9

there is nothing wrong with a healthy sexual appetite, your good lord jesus gave this to his children, quite freely, I might add.

the teens of today need education on ways to protect themselves, open, caring parents and older friends to talk to, with whom they can have an intelligent conversation, and who they can put their trust in, not continual judgement from old fashion geisers who don't have a clue

I, personally don't believe in sleeping around with several partners, but if you are lucky enough to find a decent individual with whom to have a relationship with (whether you are married or not), be as careful as possible and enjoy the warm loving feelings.... forget the guilt................enjoy life as god meant it to be enjoyed...with one another and in one anothers enbrace...

this is reality, and it is nice
get a clue

Answer 10

THE VAST MAJORITY IS IRRELEVANT, IT'S THE WAY THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT MATTERS. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE RIGHT WAY IS A LESSER TRAVELED AND MORE DIFFICULT ROUTE THAN THE WIDE AND CONGESTED OTHER ROUTE. KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS SUCH AS MYSELF THAT TRAVELED THE EASY WAY BEFORE GOD REIGNED US IN. THAT'S NOT TO DISMISS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOULS IN HELL AS WE DISCUSS THIS ISSUE, THAT HAD THEY THE TIME THEY WOULD HAVE CHOSEN GOD AS WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, CAR WRECKS, IRAQ, WHO KNOWS, A LIGHTNING BOLT, ENDED THEIR DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION ON WHICH WAY IS BEST IN THE LONG RUN.(THIS IS OUR TEMPORARY LIFE.) BOTTOM LINE IS JOHN 12:43 THERE ARE THOSE THAT LIKE THE PRAISE OF MEN , MORE THAN THEY DO THE PRAISE OF GOD., FORGIVE THEM FATHER THEY KNOW NOT WNAT THEY DO. GOOD QUESTION.
GOD BLESS

Answer 11

I think it just needs to be explicitly taught, non-shyly, that premarital sex is wrong for Christians. I was taught this very well by my parents, and I have not gone against their teaching.