Genesis 25:20
The Voice (VOICE)
20 and Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah (the daughter
of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean).
While driving a truck with my cousin’s goods in it from
Idaho to Southern California, I listened to Meg Meeker’s Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters. She outlined the current
practices of a majority of teens and pre-teens. To say that I was stunned and
shocked is to put it mildly.
Some years ago the women’s dean at the university told us
that today’s students are expected to perform some kind sexual gratification as
early as on the first date. They are in constant fear of contracting some kind
of sexually transmitted disease. I listened, amazed and in sorrow, about
today’s loose morals.
When I was a kid there were only two sexually transmitted
diseases (STD’s) that anyone worried about: Syphilis and Gonorrhea. But those
diseases are curable, so they are merely an annoyance. Dr Meeker, a
pediatrician, points out that today there are over 24 different STD’s. Many of
these, like HIV/AIDS and Herpes, are not curable. HIV/AIDS has been in the news
for decades. Herpes is passed on not only by transmission of human fluids but
also by mere contact such as holding hands. It is a known cause of cancer of
the cervix. In the New York Times (May 4, 1982) Dr Clyde Crumpacker pointed out
that the Herpes virus is blamed for more human diseases than any other virus[i].
Meeker claims that a significant percentage of girls between
10 and 15 are expected to perform oral sex, often in group situations. Since
sexuality is encouraged by public media such as TV and magazines, the girls
think about it all the time. She insists that teen depression should be
considered as a STD because the girls become depressed since they normally do
not enjoy the sex and consider themselves to blame.
She claims that fathers are the only real solution to
reversing the trend and giving their daughters the ability to resist being
sucked into this tragic lifestyle. They can get girls to value their virginity until
marriage like Isaac did of old. Of course, she encourages dads to take control
of their own lives and commit to a lifestyle connected with a higher power. She
points out that this higher power is usually the Judeo-Christian God. She also
urges fathers to do everything in their power to prevent divorce. She blames
radical feminism for poisoning wives’ minds into thinking that they are not
living up to their potential by remaining married.
Lord God almighty, bring
us back from lackadaisical parenting to being the strong, responsible parents
that can reverse the self destructive direction our society is moving.
[i] http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/04/science/herpes-now-blamed-for-more-illness-than-any-other-human-viruses.html
[ii] http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/2010/06/father-daughter-reading-outside.jpg
I have found this to be very educating. Herpes can be transmitted through mediums other than sexual intercourse, as I had leaned to understand. It is partly responsible for causing cervix cancer which is now on the upsurge in Tanzania.
ReplyDeleteSome one is not very transparent. The government of Tanzania is now officially encouraging all men to get circumcised due to the fact that, '... a correlation has been established between Cervix Cancer and uncircumcised men'. Except for the warrior tribes, majority of the men, hitherto in Tanzania as elsewhere in Africa, go uncircumcised.