Comments on Gen-X Rising: Sex on Campus

I am with tls about talking sexual ethics, but I t...

2007-10-29T21:48:00.000-04:00

I am with tls about talking sexual ethics, but I think the church has to draw the line at saying that the only qualifier for a sexual relationship is a mutual, loving relationship. There are all kinds of reasons why sex is supposed to be reserved for marriage - from its connection with procreation to the very notion of what a covenental relationship is supposed to be about. If anyone is

Yeah, probably so, Steve. And I'm with tls as far...

2007-10-29T16:46:00.000-04:00

Yeah, probably so, Steve. And I'm with tls as far as talking sexual ethics. The attitude of "when you get married, what we've told you is wrong up until now is suddenly the most-right thing in the world" just doesn't cut it. And neither does avoiding the subject.

I think you are onto something, tls... What we nee...

2007-10-29T14:50:00.000-04:00

I think you are onto something, tls... What we need (as adults in the church) to do is model healthy intimate relationships and do so in ways that make us available to younger people.

That's an interesting question, Amy: I'm inclined ...

2007-10-29T14:48:00.000-04:00

That's an interesting question, Amy: I'm inclined to think, though, that the younger people would tend to hear you the same way as any other adult who has merely given in to that older person's way of thinking.

It seems that rather than an all or nothing policy...

2007-10-27T17:53:00.000-04:00

It seems that rather than an all or nothing policy regarding pre-marital sex, the Church would be better suited to actually talk about sexual ethics. What makes sex good and just? What makes our relationships ethical and loving?

When we promote an all or nothing ethic in regard to premarital sex, we lose our opportunity to talk about sexual ethics and just relationships. This leaves

Good question, Steve. I wonder if Andrew and I hav...

2007-10-26T09:57:00.000-04:00

Good question, Steve. I wonder if Andrew and I have any chance of being heard as voices "in the middle" because we aren't parents?

This is good stuff to read, and another case in po...

2007-10-25T16:51:00.000-04:00

This is good stuff to read, and another case in point of us becoming who (what) our parents were, "back in the day" when they lamented the moral decadence then pursued on college campuses.

On what basis ought we expect this generation of young adults to hear us any differently than we heard our parents?