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Originally Posted by BJClark  I watch movies like "She's To Young" on lifetime with my kids..and then talk with them about the consequences of sexual activity outside the confines of marriage. She's Too Young - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think the best programs are those that require parent/child communication.. |
I have watched that movie and that movie can stimulate sinful feelings especially in guys. I would do that with great caution. For girls its a good movie for a mother and daughter to watch then discuss but not for guys.
Also as much as I believe in sexual purity the abstinence programs are not working over all in general. Yes the secular forces have fudged some numbers, but even by conservative studies there is no difference in terms of stoping sex before marriage. If anything like all things in the Bush administration it has created a bigger divide. More young people having sex at younger ages, fewer in the 15-17 range and same for 18-... The only real difference is that the national average for starting sexual activity has decreased. I do not know that it can be blammed on the programs but one thing is clear that there is no difference. And a bigger point I think that should be taken into consideration is that it does make no sense to commit to sexual purity outside of the Christian Worldview which is based in the nature of God and how He has revealed himself. Worldly people have no problem as a whole in using condems and riskings stds in order to have a few hours of physical pleasure. Christians on the other hand believe that sex was designed by God for His glory ultimately. The World sees it selfishly. You cannot use secular government to promote Biblical truth when the culture overwhelming rejects it, well you can but it makes no sense to complain about it. Christians in the United States need to start getting used to being marginalized. It's happening more and more and to expect to be this great influential force to change society through government was always a bit dellusional (sorry D.James Kennedy whom I love as a bro. in Christ).
Christians must preach sexual purity but we must never be willing compromise the message by lying about numbers, sexual disease risks and non-existant dangers like we have done the past 8 years (and I was in Junior High and high school then and heard these abstinence lectures and such and I have many anecdotes about this some humerous). Why should we be suprised when worldly teens act like wordly teens have always acted and disobey God's revealed law?