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>>773113 (OP)

>what route is most biblically sound

The route of Christ, who practiced abstinence and didn't whine about it.

>>773114

is that what they mean by "purity culture"?

>>773113 (OP)

This is exactly what this person said:

>Purity culture is a dangerous lesson we are teaching. Propper sex ed is desperately needed in the church. No more of this burry our head in the sand approach.

There's nothing dangerous about 'purity culture' if by that they mean a culture that values chastity and is not necessarily synonymous with ignorance. What is this person going on about? That a Church has to teach you about sex? How complicated is sex to warrant churches devoting their finite resources to something like 'sex education'? These calls for sex education are a form of infantilism, it isn't rocket science, and to creep an agenda into churches. What exactly should a church teach and according to who? What do they think church is for exactly? It's to worship Christ, spread the gospel and to commit acts of charity and not enable sin because it's convenient. It is absolutely not the responsibility of the church to teach you about sex anymore than they should teach you about drugs, car mechanics, how to knit or how to perform self defense. Churches teach you that sex should be an act of procreation and only within marriage. Sex education is a winnie the pooh meme. Sex ed for myself was a week of bullshit that I already knew by that age, kids aren't dumb if you don't coddle them. The cries for 'sex ed' are to enrich bureaucrats, ideologues, spread propaganda or at best enable immorality. All of this is a distraction. Churches have already been trying to cater to modern sensibilities with no success that is worth respecting. Reddit is shit and people confuse a public forum with substance worth considering.

>having a conversation regarding reddit

lol, no

It's just another way for these liberal demons to sell the idea of "safe sex" to the youth.

Which is a lie. There is no such thing as "safe sex".

It's a buzzword.

Sex is intimate, and therefore fraught with danger, both physical and emotional. It is never safe. Safety and intimacy don't go together.

>>773283

You're giving credence to their narrative with your terminology.

"Safe" to them means free from risk of pregnancy or disease. Pregnancy should not be associated with "unsafe" to adolescents, and STDs should be a non-issue because they're expected to keep virgin. Desire for sex and pregnancy should be motivators for marriage in a healthy mind.

>>773283

Based reply

>>773285

Agreed, young people being taught to fear creating life, while being taught to engage in acts that could create life, are effectively being emotionally victimized by liberal society. As >>773283 said, there's nothing safe about intimacy.

>>773289

No that's my point. Sex is safe and a gift from God. Negative association with sex is hurting the younger generation, just like Catholic demonization of sex has for centuries.

>>773297

>Sex is safe

How?

We literally have to set up very explicit rules to avoid it's destructive effects, how can you just say that "sex is safe"?

Say that marriage is safe instead.

Sex is never safe.

>>773318

Because it doesn't entail any serious danger. "Safe sex" implies that sex is typically unsafe, and this terminology is invariably used by those who want to normalize fornication.

>sex is never safe

are you a rapist?

>>773346

Marriage can act as a sort of emotional buffer for lovers because the first year or so of the relationship is full of sexual desire, which many in our generation view as love. When the courting process is extended further than that, it allows both lovers to see each other in deeper levels of appreciation and respect, essential components to the long term success of what should hopefully be a lifelong commitment to one another.

Part of the reason why sex is 'unsafe' now is because of the emotional and physical risks associated with it now that widespread fornication and short term relationships have broken the ability for people to be emotionally mature with their partners; as soon as the sexual spark dies, the relationship dies, even though in successful relationships it tends to move more in waves, coming and going with the flow of life.

Sex can be risky if not properly prepared for; anyone whose been to public school has seen the sometimes disastrous effects of the young experimenting with sex, often powerfully influencing their grasp on what a relationship is and how to build on it with your partner. This is why the older wisdom of abstinence, patience, and temperance were held in such high regard: many good fruits came from it.