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April 22, 2007, 6:16 pm PDT
 Quote From: housewife52 When it comes to being possessed by demons, I just don't know. Although these are 2 different things, I feel about demon possession like I feel about UFO's. I have personally never seen a UFO. There are a lot of people who claim they have. I have never been demon possessed nor do I know anyone who claims to have been demon possessed. Other than the Exorcist,I have never seen an excorcism. That being said how does a priest know for sure that a "possessed" person is not mentally ill and needs counseling and medication? Seems like there's a lot of room for misdiagnosis. As my kids were growing up I tried to teach them age-appropriate as I saw it. Neither one of them at 11 would have been mature enough to sign a virginity plege. As teens we talked to them about being responsible about sexual behavior-birth control stds.Of course abstinance was the first option. But the thing is kids grow into young adults and they are going to be faced with situations that ultimately will be thier own choice to make. So I think it is a parent's responsibility to cover all bases. I personally don't think that abstinence is enough to tell them about. Having said that, I will say that is not the Baptist belief. They pretty much believe in teaching abstinence. I am a Christian and I have a brain(I'm always talking about my brain!) But I can be a Christian and be a responsible parent also.The reason I mention Baptist is because I was baptised into the Baptist faith at age 18. As the years have gone by, I find myself disagreeing with things here and there. I agree with you, and these things need to be taught to BOTH boys and girls. I think sometimes we forget, girls don't get pregnant by themselves (at least not according to my health and biology teachers ) and if they get an STD, they received it from someone, I think we forget that. Abstinence I agree is the best option, if you want to avoid getting pregnant or an STD, then we hit reality. Our children grow up, go away to college in some cases and in many of these cases when they are finally out from under their parent's watchful eyes, they go wild and unless you're going to college with them, they are not going to tell you EVERYTHING, that's reality, how many of you as adults tell your parents EVERYTHING ? I think and belive we have to arm them, like you said as responsible parents, we have to give them cold hard FACTS cause cure and prevention because unless you follow them EVERYWHERE and keep them locked in your home, if they want to they will find a way and no "Pledge" is going to stop them, in my experience with teens both raising them, and working daily with them, the best way to get them to try something like having sex is to make it some type of forbidden thing shrouded in mystery, these are the kids most likely to be irresponsible about their sexuality, no parent wants to think of their child as being a sexual creature like the rest of us, but reality is rearing its ugly head in the form of teen pregnancies and the spread of STD's, our children need FACTS, cold hard facts. |
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April 24, 2007, 3:23 pm PDT
Quote From: housewife52 When it comes to being possessed by demons, I just don't know. Although these are 2 different things, I feel about demon possession like I feel about UFO's. I have personally never seen a UFO. There are a lot of people who claim they have. I have never been demon possessed nor do I know anyone who claims to have been demon possessed. Other than the Exorcist,I have never seen an excorcism. That being said how does a priest know for sure that a "possessed" person is not mentally ill and needs counseling and medication? Seems like there's a lot of room for misdiagnosis. As my kids were growing up I tried to teach them age-appropriate as I saw it. Neither one of them at 11 would have been mature enough to sign a virginity plege. As teens we talked to them about being responsible about sexual behavior-birth control stds.Of course abstinance was the first option. But the thing is kids grow into young adults and they are going to be faced with situations that ultimately will be thier own choice to make. So I think it is a parent's responsibility to cover all bases. I personally don't think that abstinence is enough to tell them about. Having said that, I will say that is not the Baptist belief. They pretty much believe in teaching abstinence. I am a Christian and I have a brain(I'm always talking about my brain!) But I can be a Christian and be a responsible parent also.The reason I mention Baptist is because I was baptised into the Baptist faith at age 18. As the years have gone by, I find myself disagreeing with things here and there. You claim to be a Christian but you have never met Jesus and you have not seen him remove an evil spirit from a young man, but you just don't know because you have never met(or don't know that you have) a possessed person. If you read the Bible you would know that Satan has possessed people as the Bible has stated. Either you believe or you don't Doubting Thomas or do you have to see the wounds in his hands before you believe. Either you do and are a Christian or you don't and your not. Get off the fence and stand up for what you believe but remember that the Bible will tell you. It says to remain abstinent until marriage or is that the part that you don't agree with. You cant be a Christian and only believe in the parts of the Bible that soot you. I pray you are able to jump one way or another. I do hope you truly believe and trust in what God is telling you. |
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