Christians and counseling those with STDs

[Ivy]

Of course a condom is better than nothing. However, if the condoms break, and they surely can and do......your protection rate has
just plummeted to zero....whether it's your first or thousandth time with this person.

[Melanie]

The final straw for me with the NI church I attended for a few years was when the preacher claimed, during Sunday night class, that condoms are "useless to prevent AIDS"

That statement has one purpose only -- to scare people into not having sex. Unfortunately, although fear IS a motivator, it is not nearly as strong as the sex drive. As a matter of fact, fear was often their primary mode of persuasion. How many people got dunked just because they thought they might die in a car wreck on the way home from "services?" Didn't they know "Perfect love casteth out fear?" If you're not motivated by LOVE, aren't you just a clanging cymbal or something? That's a topic for another thread, though.

[cathym]

That statement has one purpose only -- to scare people into not having sex.

That's the theory, but all it really does is make people not bother with the allegedly-useless condoms when they do it anyway.

[KLP]

Actually fear is what made me always use a condom in the first place. But a problem comes up when you run out of new condoms. This is a real bind because you have to think that a used condom is better than no condom. hmm, what to do? And if self-control were an option then you would not be in the situation to start with.

[GuitarHero]

How many people got dunked just because they thought they might die in a car wreck on the way home from "services?"

Sounds like a great reason to forsake the assembly. Then no worries about the car wreck!