idk where quint is right now-- he seems to have disapeared with his gf somewhere and i honestly don't really wana know the details.. i'm basically just sitting here waiting to take her home cuz that's all i really am....a ride
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it's really heartbreaking to see this stuff, Shayla. It's horrible to see you like this. I've tried talking to you before, so now, please reason with me:
Shayla, of course you're going to feel sad, that's not going to go away for any physical reason. The truth is, without God there can be no purpose, no hope, no meaning; the only thing anyone without God can look forward to is death: death for oneself, all that one loves, even one's own children if someone is a parent... only death, so why waste time? I'm not trying to use scare tactics or be extreme; this is simply an intellectual reality. You're not happy. Good, that's actaully the smart position IF there is no God
The cool thing though, is that it doesn't have to be that way Shayla.
What's cool is that God is there, and he's intellectually proveable, He even says that faith is to be based on fact, which is much different from the world today, which considers faith as basically wishful thinking. God, Jesus, and the Bible are proveable from science, textual criticism, archaelogy, mathematical probability, and so much more.
Shayla, the stuff you do can matter eternally (y'know, forever)! you won't just pass from this life as someone not good enough, because with God or without, you have an intristic value that no person can deny. Yet without God, the value gets wasted. Basically, you can connect with God and have an eternal, purposeful existence.
That is, if you choose to get right and live right for God. Shayla, the reason you're depressed is not necessarily for any external reason - it's because you're not putting God's principles into your life, you're living wrong. Do you want to know the terrible statistics on sex before marriage? I included just SOME on the next comment
I'm not saying this to condemn you, but to try and help you. It's not my personal agenda, it's objective truth. I feel obligated, and indeed I want to help, if I know the 2+2=4 of life: the way life works right. It's not me, it's God and what he says in the (provable) Bible. Even though I could just say some encouraging words, it wouldn't help in the long run like making God the foundation of your life would. Therefore, even though I don't want to tell you you're wrong, (I want you to feel better), I say it anyways, and I say what God says so you'll have as much opportunity as possible to know what's true and how things work.
I'm always here for more info, my email is mafreprezent@yahoo.com; and if you're interested in wanting to live right and getting out of your terrible slump, come to my church sometime, Tucson Community Church. I think you've been there before, but try our teen program that I'm at all the time: the Edge. check us out: www.thecoolchurch.com. I'd love to see you there. the next comment has sex before marriage facts.
Here are some statistics regarding sex before marriage:
Couples who engage in sex before marriage are far more likely to divorce. According to a study by the National Survey of Family Growth, women who have premarital sex increase their odds of divorce by about 60 percent. In a study on premarital sex and the risk of divorce, the Journal of Marriage and the Family reported that those women who had been sexually active prior to marriage faced "a considerably higher risk of marital disruption than women who were virgin brides." (Joan R. Kahn and Kathryn A. London, "Premarital Sex and the Risk of Divorce," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53 (1991) Statistically, the more sexually involved you are BEFORE marriage, the more likely you are to commit adultery AFTER marriage." (Andrew M. Greeley, Faithful Attraction: Discovering Intimacy, Love and Fidelity in American Marriage (New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1991).
DISEASE FACTS
In 1995, the Department of Health and Human Services found that 50 percent of young women and 55 percent of young men (ages 15-19) reported being "sexually active." Every year, three million young people are infected with one of 60-odd sexually transmittable diseases (STDs). According to the Western Journal of Nursing Research, "because of the high incidence of STDs among adolescents, they are more likely to have sexual partners with an STD... even if the adolescent has had only one partner." Left untreated, these diseases can lead to severe health problems, including infertility. Females who have slept with three or more people over a lifetime are 15 times more likely to get cervical cancer. In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control announced that AIDS had become the leading cause of death among 25-44 year olds in the U.S. 56 million Americans--one out of every five are suffering from incurable viruses. Even more have bacterial and fungal infections that cause infertility and other physical problems. Another sad toll - 1.5 million babies are aborted each year.
Approximately one out of four women have been infected with the genital herpes virus. Unbelievably, 46 percent of black women (almost 1 in 2) and 18 percent of white women (almost 1 in 5) carry this infection. A study of sexually active college women showed that in one three-year period, 43 percent acquired the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes warts and in some, cervical cancer. The disease kills nearly as many women each year as AIDS. In addition, 60 percent of the women suffering from HPV were infected sometime during their college years.
When women depend on condoms as contraception, there is a 10%-20% chance of becoming pregnant every year. Now pregnancy can only occur in one 24-hour period each month. If a female has that high of a chance of getting pregnant, how high is her chance of getting a sexually transmitted disease that she can contract every day of the year?
What about having anal or oral sex? While you can't get pregnant this way, you can still give and contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). STDs can be easily spread through the membranes in the mouth and anus. In fact, some organisms, such as HIV, are much more easily spread through anal intercourse. An estimated 10 to 15 percent of couples, (about 10 million people), suffer from infertility. (have difficulty conceiving) A significant number (but not all) of these infertility problems are a direct consequence of sexually transmitted diseases from sex before marriage.
Shayla, of course you're going to feel sad, that's not going to go away for any physical reason. The truth is, without God there can be no purpose, no hope, no meaning; the only thing anyone without God can look forward to is death: death for oneself, all that one loves, even one's own children if someone is a parent... only death, so why waste time? I'm not trying to use scare tactics or be extreme; this is simply an intellectual reality. You're not happy. Good, that's actaully the smart position IF there is no God
The cool thing though, is that it doesn't have to be that way Shayla.
What's cool is that God is there, and he's intellectually proveable, He even says that faith is to be based on fact, which is much different from the world today, which considers faith as basically wishful thinking. God, Jesus, and the Bible are proveable from science, textual criticism, archaelogy, mathematical probability, and so much more.
Shayla, the stuff you do can matter eternally (y'know, forever)! you won't just pass from this life as someone not good enough, because with God or without, you have an intristic value that no person can deny. Yet without God, the value gets wasted. Basically, you can connect with God and have an eternal, purposeful existence.
That is, if you choose to get right and live right for God. Shayla, the reason you're depressed is not necessarily for any external reason - it's because you're not putting God's principles into your life, you're living wrong. Do you want to know the terrible statistics on sex before marriage? I included just SOME on the next comment
I'm not saying this to condemn you, but to try and help you. It's not my personal agenda, it's objective truth. I feel obligated, and indeed I want to help, if I know the 2+2=4 of life: the way life works right. It's not me, it's God and what he says in the (provable) Bible. Even though I could just say some encouraging words, it wouldn't help in the long run like making God the foundation of your life would. Therefore, even though I don't want to tell you you're wrong, (I want you to feel better), I say it anyways, and I say what God says so you'll have as much opportunity as possible to know what's true and how things work.
I'm always here for more info, my email is mafreprezent@yahoo.com; and if you're interested in wanting to live right and getting out of your terrible slump, come to my church sometime, Tucson Community Church. I think you've been there before, but try our teen program that I'm at all the time: the Edge. check us out: www.thecoolchurch.com. I'd love to see you there. the next comment has sex before marriage facts.
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Couples who engage in sex before marriage are far more likely to divorce. According to a study by the National Survey of Family Growth, women who have premarital sex increase their odds of divorce by about 60 percent. In a study on premarital sex and the risk of divorce, the Journal of Marriage and the Family reported that those women who had been sexually active prior to marriage faced "a considerably higher risk of marital disruption than women who were virgin brides." (Joan R. Kahn and Kathryn A. London, "Premarital Sex and the Risk of Divorce," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53 (1991)
Statistically, the more sexually involved you are BEFORE marriage, the more likely you are to commit adultery AFTER marriage." (Andrew M. Greeley, Faithful Attraction: Discovering Intimacy, Love and Fidelity in American Marriage (New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1991).
DISEASE FACTS
In 1995, the Department of Health and Human Services found that 50 percent of young women and 55 percent of young men (ages 15-19) reported being "sexually active."
Every year, three million young people are infected with one of 60-odd sexually transmittable diseases (STDs). According to the Western Journal of Nursing Research, "because of the high incidence of STDs among adolescents, they are more likely to have sexual partners with an STD... even if the adolescent has had only one partner." Left untreated, these diseases can lead to severe health problems, including infertility.
Females who have slept with three or more people over a lifetime are 15 times more likely to get cervical cancer.
In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control announced that AIDS had become the leading cause of death among 25-44 year olds in the U.S.
56 million Americans--one out of every five are suffering from incurable viruses. Even more have bacterial and fungal infections that cause infertility and other physical problems. Another sad toll - 1.5 million babies are aborted each year.
Approximately one out of four women have been infected with the genital herpes virus. Unbelievably, 46 percent of black women (almost 1 in 2) and 18 percent of white women (almost 1 in 5) carry this infection. A study of sexually active college women showed that in one three-year period, 43 percent acquired the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes warts and in some, cervical cancer. The disease kills nearly as many women each year as AIDS. In addition, 60 percent of the women suffering from HPV were infected sometime during their college years.
When women depend on condoms as contraception, there is a 10%-20% chance of becoming pregnant every year. Now pregnancy can only occur in one 24-hour period each month. If a female has that high of a chance of getting pregnant, how high is her chance of getting a sexually transmitted disease that she can contract every day of the year?
What about having anal or oral sex? While you can't get pregnant this way, you can still give and contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). STDs can be easily spread through the membranes in the mouth and anus. In fact, some organisms, such as HIV, are much more easily spread through anal intercourse.
An estimated 10 to 15 percent of couples, (about 10 million people), suffer from infertility. (have difficulty conceiving) A significant number (but not all) of these infertility problems are a direct consequence of sexually transmitted diseases from sex before marriage.
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