Catholic Parents Must Defend Their Children from Erroneous Views on Sexuality
The Family is cornerstone in the education of a child and this fact has been reaffirmed by the Pontifical Council for the Family. This primary role as an educator is especially true when it come to matters of sexual education. As parents, there exists a sacred duty to not only provide children with physical essentials for living, but also the spiritual.
Lately, I have spent a great deal of time reading about Catholic morality and browsing through works such as Humae Vitae, Evangelium Vitae, Theology of the Body, The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guideline for Education within the Family and all lead to the same beautiful conclusions of the dignity of the human body and how love is trivialized by artificial contraception. In fact, contraception is considered an intrinsic evil, as it not only leads to the violation of the truth of the conjugal act, but also leads to trivialization of human life.
Parents have the duty to not only be knowledgeable in matters pertaining to the Catholic faith and her doctrines on such issues, but also have a duty to know what their children are learning in school, especially as it pertains to sexual education. If a program is undermining the beliefs of parents and contradicting the teachings of Holy Mother Church by presenting views on contraception and acceptance of sexual behavior outside of marriage it is the duty of the parents to defend the child and exercise their religious beliefs by removing their child from the program.
It is true that every child is entitled to sexual education; however, it should not be an education that leads one to the occasion of sin. The Catholic Church teaches values for living and virtues such as temperance, fortitude and leads individuals to exercise self-control. Sexual education programs which lead students to the mindset that when they want to have sex they should use a condom only leads them to the mentality that they if they are tempted, to give into their desires. Further, it endangers their souls and their very lives, not only spiritually but physically, as they participate in an act with a person with a device which is not 100% effective. In fact, the condom's effectiveness in preventing HIV/AIDS fluctuates considering many different variables to include: user error, temperature damage, failure, but the worst thing of all is that it has been documented that condoms are porous enough to allow HIV/AIDS to filtrate through. Electron microscopes have shown holes in condoms that vary from 5 microns to 70 microns; unfortunately, the AIDS virus 0.1 microns in size (C.M. Roland. "The Barrier Performance of Latex Rubber." RubberWorld ["The Technical Service Magazine for the Rubber Industry"], June 1993 [Volume 208, Number 3]). That means there are instances where filtration occurs and people become infected even by supposedly practicing 'safe sex'. Do we want to teach our children how to gamble with their lives? There exists in this mindset the death of body and soul, neither of which is desired.
Our children should be taught the truth in the light of Christ so that they not only preserve their bodies but their souls. They should be taught that their bodies are indeed a house in which the Holy Trinity dwells, and should therefore be treated in such a way that they glorify God with their bodies. The virtues of our faith should be reinforced not undermined. Any program which teaches our children to give into the occasion of sin, and undermines the truth of human dignity is our enemy, as it introduces our children to the 'culture of death'.
Sexual intercourse is an act reserved for marriage. It is a procreative act by design and should not be artificially hindered, as it would become an act of selfishness in that circumstance because there is no reciprocal gift of self. We must not let our children be indoctrinated into the culture of death and as parents, we are their first teacher and guardians of our children; therefore, exercise your authority and protect your children from that which will lead them to perdition. Do not allow the sacred dignity of life to be trivialized or diminished, especially in the eyes of our children; it is they who are our future and will have preach the truth in the time to come.
Pax tecum.
Lately, I have spent a great deal of time reading about Catholic morality and browsing through works such as Humae Vitae, Evangelium Vitae, Theology of the Body, The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guideline for Education within the Family and all lead to the same beautiful conclusions of the dignity of the human body and how love is trivialized by artificial contraception. In fact, contraception is considered an intrinsic evil, as it not only leads to the violation of the truth of the conjugal act, but also leads to trivialization of human life.
Parents have the duty to not only be knowledgeable in matters pertaining to the Catholic faith and her doctrines on such issues, but also have a duty to know what their children are learning in school, especially as it pertains to sexual education. If a program is undermining the beliefs of parents and contradicting the teachings of Holy Mother Church by presenting views on contraception and acceptance of sexual behavior outside of marriage it is the duty of the parents to defend the child and exercise their religious beliefs by removing their child from the program.
It is true that every child is entitled to sexual education; however, it should not be an education that leads one to the occasion of sin. The Catholic Church teaches values for living and virtues such as temperance, fortitude and leads individuals to exercise self-control. Sexual education programs which lead students to the mindset that when they want to have sex they should use a condom only leads them to the mentality that they if they are tempted, to give into their desires. Further, it endangers their souls and their very lives, not only spiritually but physically, as they participate in an act with a person with a device which is not 100% effective. In fact, the condom's effectiveness in preventing HIV/AIDS fluctuates considering many different variables to include: user error, temperature damage, failure, but the worst thing of all is that it has been documented that condoms are porous enough to allow HIV/AIDS to filtrate through. Electron microscopes have shown holes in condoms that vary from 5 microns to 70 microns; unfortunately, the AIDS virus 0.1 microns in size (C.M. Roland. "The Barrier Performance of Latex Rubber." RubberWorld ["The Technical Service Magazine for the Rubber Industry"], June 1993 [Volume 208, Number 3]). That means there are instances where filtration occurs and people become infected even by supposedly practicing 'safe sex'. Do we want to teach our children how to gamble with their lives? There exists in this mindset the death of body and soul, neither of which is desired.
Our children should be taught the truth in the light of Christ so that they not only preserve their bodies but their souls. They should be taught that their bodies are indeed a house in which the Holy Trinity dwells, and should therefore be treated in such a way that they glorify God with their bodies. The virtues of our faith should be reinforced not undermined. Any program which teaches our children to give into the occasion of sin, and undermines the truth of human dignity is our enemy, as it introduces our children to the 'culture of death'.
Sexual intercourse is an act reserved for marriage. It is a procreative act by design and should not be artificially hindered, as it would become an act of selfishness in that circumstance because there is no reciprocal gift of self. We must not let our children be indoctrinated into the culture of death and as parents, we are their first teacher and guardians of our children; therefore, exercise your authority and protect your children from that which will lead them to perdition. Do not allow the sacred dignity of life to be trivialized or diminished, especially in the eyes of our children; it is they who are our future and will have preach the truth in the time to come.
Pax tecum.
Comments
It is so true that people today are engaging in sexual intercourse merely due to physical attraction and not because of love. Often times, I believe, many engage in these activities not thinking about the repercussions and then later on in life regret their actions but by then it's too late, the damage has been done.
Youngsters today need to be taught the moral and value behind saving their virginity until the special day that they do find that person whom they want to share the rest of their lives with. Giving condoms and encouraging youngsters to use them by disguising the matter saying it's for health reason is really sending out a "green light" message saying - "it's okay to engage in pre-marital sex, just use condoms so you don't get pregnant/get someone pregnant or so you won't get diseases." Hey, you can pregnant or get diseases, but they don't tell them that.
What's is making our world so ugly is the lack of values and morality!