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Parent
1.
2.
3. Tips for Speaking with Your Child
• Your advice must be built on a previous good
relationship with your child. If you don’t have
this relationship, you must build it.
• You must be absolutely clear about what is
acceptable behavior and what is not.
• Expect children to test these boundaries; this is
natural, and there must be fixed consequences
for violating them.
• Listen with respect when they speak.
• Trust them to do the right thing.
8. American Living in Front Royal
• 9 – Sex ed begins
• 14 – Having sex
• 15 – Pregnant
• 16 – 1st
abortion
• 16 – 1st
STD
• 17 – 1st
baby
• 18 – No college
• 21 – “Shacking up”
• 23 – No marriage
• 24 – 8-12 “partners”
• 24 – 3rd
STD
• 70% divorce rate
• 34 – Grandmother
• Life of struggle
• No husband
• 38 – Last child gone
• 39-75 – Lonely life,
raise grandkids
American Living in Front Royal
9. Godly Living in Front Royal
• 9 – Virtues education begins
• No sex before marriage
• 22 – Complete college
• 23 – Married
• 24 – First child
• Use natural family planning (NFP)
• No sexually transmitted diseases
• No AIDS
• 3%-6% divorce rate
• Grow old together, play with (not raise) many
grandchildren
• Side effect: Happy priests!
Godly Living in Front Royal
10. Who do You Think is Happier?Who do You Think is Happier?
13. The Four Elements of the Person
(1)(1) TheThe PhysicalPhysical (the body)(the body)
(2)(2) TheThe MentalMental (the mind)(the mind)
(3)(3) TheThe EmotionalEmotional (the heart)(the heart)
(4) The(4) The SpiritualSpiritual (the soul)(the soul)
The Four Elements of the Person
(Mark 12:30)
14.
15. Chastity in the Single State Avoids;
• “Unwanted” pregnancy and single motherhood;
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and AIDS;
• Loss of self-respect and good reputation;
• Worrying about what your parents will think;
• Buying and hiding contraceptives;
• Contraception/abortifacient side effects;
• Abortion and its physical and emotional impacts;
• Raising children alone in poverty;
• Difficulty in finding a good husband or wife; and
• Fear of loss of your soul!
17. Free vs. Planned Parenthood Living
In control No control
Trust No trust
Called to higher things No higher vision
Free Slave/pet
Deep relationships “Hooking up”
Natural living Medicated living
Can think Pure instinct
Human being Animal
23. U.S Divorce Rates
Overall rate 51%
Couples using contraception 54%
Couples using natural family planning 3%
Couples who shack up before
marriage (“trial marriages”) 76%
Couples who abstain from sex
before marriage 12%
27. Contraceptive
Technology, the “family
planner’s bible,” lists
fifteen major studies
that show that condoms
break 5.36 percent of
the time and slip 3.67
percent of the time, for
a total failure rate of
9.13 percent, or one out
of eleven times.
28. Would you take
the chance?
“Hey, don’t
worry, pal!
With this
parachute,
you’ll get to
the ground
safely ten
times out of
eleven!”
29. Chances of Condom Failure
Probability
Uses of Failure
1 9.13%
2 17.43%
5 38.04%
10 61.61%
25 90.87%
50 99.17%
100 99.993%
Chances of Condom Failure
30. Withdrawal 38%
Spermicides only 26%
Female condom 21%
Cervical cap with spermicide 20%
Diaphragm with spermicide 20%
Contraceptive sponge
20%
Male condom 14%
“Rhythm” method 6%
Natural family planning (NFP) 1%-3%
Contraceptive User Failure Rates
31. “As has been pointed out, those who
use contraceptives are more likely than
those who do not to resort to induced
abortion ... There is evidence that abortion
rates, as well as the use of contraceptives,
are increasing in many developing
countries ... the epidemiological evidence
points to the fact that induced abortion
services are most needed by those
adopting any form of fertility regulation.”
— Malcolm Potts, IPPF
Medical Director.
32. Some Side Effects of the “Pill”
Heart attacks
Blindness
Ectopic pregnancy
Endometrial changes
Odd bleeding patterns
Missed/prolonged periods
Dizziness
Blood clots
Liver problems
Headaches
Sudden weight gain
Nervousness
Nausea
Breast pain
Hirsutism
High blood pressure
Arm numbness
Immune reactions
35. Homosexuality is a
Public Health Disaster
• Heavy drinkers lose an average of five years
from their lives.
• Heavy smokers lose an average of seven years
from their lives.
• Illegal drug addicts lose an average of ten
years from their lives.
• Very overweight people lose an average of
twelve years from their lives.
• Homosexuals lose an average of 25 years from
their lives.
36. The Reality:
Life Expectancies in the USA
“Straight” men: 75.2 years
“Gay” men: 49.8 years
Average loss of life: 25 years!
“Straight” women: 80.4 years
Lesbians: 52.5 years
Average loss of Life: 28 years!
40. What Jesus Said
“For this reason a man shall leave
his father and mother and be joined to
his wife, and the two shall become one
flesh. … So they are no longer two but
one flesh.”
— Matthew 19:5-6 and Mark 10:7-8.
41. How to Stop Violence
• The Best Way: Do not let it begin.
• Communicate with each other and
resolve problems that may cause
violence!
• Rediscover romance. Remember why
you married her or him in the first
place.
• Your primary job is to help your
husband or wife get to Heaven.
42. How to Stop Violence
• Do not be ashamed to speak to clergy
or counselors.
• Remember that we are here to bring
joy to others, not pain.
• Think of the pain of others, especially
children.
• If alcohol is the problem, give it up!
Millions of others have.
43.
44. “The life of sin is a fall
from coherence to chaos;
the life of virtue a climb
from the many to the
One ... Vice is contrary to
human nature, because it
is against the order of
reason.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas,
Summa Theologica,
1-2, 71, 1-2.
45. “It is always easier to live
a life of virtue than it is to
live a life without it.”
— Mahatma Gandhi.
46. Brian Clowes
Human Life International
4 Family Life Lane
Front Royal, Virginia USA
Telephone: (540) 636-1106
E-mail address: bclowes@hli.org
Web site: http://www.hli.org
Brian Clowes
Human Life International
4 Family Life Lane
Front Royal, Virginia USA
Telephone: (540) 636-1106
E-mail address: bclowes@hli.org
Web site: http://www.hli.org
Editor's Notes
Title of Presentation: Parenting in This Challenging World: Communicating with Your Children
(last updated on October 20, 2009)
The Number One Rule of Good Parenting
The foundation of good communication with your children is time.
How does a child spell “Love?” – “T-I-M-E,” no matter how old he or she is. As a child grows up, he becomes more independent and may not appear to need you as much. But he is finding his way in the world, and has a lot of uncertainty and learning facing him. He may think he does not need guidance, but he does. You, as his parent, are his chief guide and steadying influence. If you do not provide it, someone else will.
Spending more time with your children means that they will be less influenced by the passing (and often lethal) fashions of the world.
Tips for Speaking with Your Child
Your advice must be built on a previous good relationship with your child. If you don’t have this relationship, you must build it.
You must be absolutely clear about what is acceptable behavior and what is not.
Expect children to test these boundaries; this is natural, and there must be fixed consequences for violating them.
Listen with respect when they speak.
Trust them to do the right thing.
A child lives up to what you expect of him or her.
A child also lives down to what you expect of him or her.
So set high standards!
American Living in Front Royal – The Planned Parenthood Lifestyle
I live in a small town in Northern Virginia named Front Royal, where Human Life International is located. We have two cultures living side-by-side in this town – the typical secular American culture, and a thriving Catholic culture.
My wife Kathy directs a small pregnancy help center there. Every day, she sees young girls and women whose lives have been ruined by straying from God’s plan for our sexuality. The typical life of a woman in Front Royal who lives a life without God’s guidance looks like this;
Age 9 – Sex education in the public school begins. Boys and girls learn about homosexuality, birth control, and masturbation, among other things.
Age 14 – The average young person is having sexual intercourse.
Age 15 – Since birth control fails so often, especially among younger girls, the average sexually active girl finds herself pregnant.
Age 16 – 1st abortion
Age 16 – 1st STD
Age 17 – 1st baby
Age 18 – The average sexually active girl will not be able to attend college, because she was too busy going to parties and having a good time, and so her grades are very low. Many young girls also have babies to raise by this time, which severely limits their schooling. The boys and men who got them pregnant, of course, get away with no penalties.
Age 21 – Young people are usually “shacking up,” or living together, by this time.
Age 23 – While some of her friends are getting married, she discovers that no man wants a woman who has two or three babies, all by different men.
Age 24 – By this time, the average person has had 8 to 12 sexual “partners.”
Age 24 – The average woman has had her 3rd STD. One out of four women getting married at this age have an incurable sexually transmitted disease.
Age 34 – Since the young woman does not know how to bring up her children properly, she is a grandmother by this age, as her daughter(s) make exactly the same mistakes she did. If she does get married, she will most likely be divorced, since people who have sexual intercourse frequently before marriage have a 70% divorce rate. So, typically, she will endure a bitter life of struggle with no husband or helpmate.
Age 38 – Her last child is gone.
Ages 39-75 – For the last half of her life, she is lonely, usually finding companionship only by raising her own grandchildren.
Godly Living in Front Royal – The Culture of Life
There is another culture in Front Royal – the Catholic one. St. John the Baptist Church has 1,200 families with an average of six children. Less than one percent of these marriages have ended in divorce or separation, usually because the husband or wife were not properly catechized when they were young. As far as we know, there are no cases of AIDS among the Catholics in Front Royal, and no sexually transmitted diseases. We have not had a single teenaged pregnancy for the past fifteen years.
In contrast to the secular lifestyle, a child growing up in a Catholic family in Front Royal can expect to live a life like this;
Age 9 – Virtues education begins. This is chastity taught as just one virtue embedded in many, including prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. Additionally, the children learn by example from their parents, who do their best to live a virtuous life. As Father Marx has said, “Chastity is more caught than taught.”
Ages 14-21 – No sex before marriage. Sometimes the kids are ridiculed by their secular friends who are already getting addicted to sex, drugs, alcohol and tobacco, but they know how to explain themselves properly.
Age 22 – Complete college.
Age 23 – Married.
Age 24 – First child. The young couple use natural family planning (NFP) to space their children. They suffer from no AIDS or sexually transmitted diseases.
Age 50 – 3%-6% divorce rate. They grow old together, and play with (not raise) their many grandchildren.
A side effect of this kind of living is happy priests! Our priests spend much of their time baptizing and marrying couples, not doing marriage and crisis counseling.
So Who do You Think is Happier? ― The young woman who has had dozens of sexual “partners” and who is raising several children by herself, or the one who has a loving husband, children and family?
There is Only One Secret to a Happy Relationship: The Four Elements of the Person.
We have learned from experience that every human being is a unique creation of God. Each person born is singular and unrepeatable, and everyone lives a different life and has different experiences that shape their personalities.
Our Lord told us “… you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength” [Mark 12:30].
This means that, however unique each person is, everyone is comprised of four primary elements;
(1) The physical element (the body);
(2) The mental element (the mind, or intellect);
(3) The emotional element (the heart); and
(4) The spiritual element (the soul).
Theologians and missionaries recognize that we are all born with birth defects of varying degrees of severity. The most visible to man&apos;s eyes, of course, are the physical birth defects or handicaps. Everyone immediately knows if someone is wheelchair-bound or suffers from severe cerebral palsy. But as we move from physical to mental to emotional to spiritual birth defects and handicaps, they become less obvious to the eyes of man and more evident to the eyes of God. In other words, spiritual birth defects are much less visible to human eyes than physical birth defects — but are much more important and central to the identity of a person. The key to a happy life – and a happy marriage – is lost on this world. These days, most relationships between men and women start with the physical (having sex). As the relationship continues, the man and woman may proceed to find out if they are mentally compatible. Usually, they get no further than this. They do not ever plumb the depths of the person – the emotional and the physical, upon which enduring relationships are based. This is why about 80 percent of marriages between people who cohabit, or “shack up,” end in divorce.
By contrast, the Catholic Church knows full well the secret of living a long and happy life together. If a young man and young woman find that they are compatible spiritually first, this is the foundation of a lasting relationship. They then go on to find that they are compatible emotionally and mentally, and, finally, if they are in tune on these elements, they will find on their wedding night that they are indeed compatible physically. In the United States, married couples who use natural family planning (NFP) and observe the teachings of the Catholic Church, have about a three percent to six percent divorce rate.
Chastity in the Single State Avoids;
People these days have many worries and stresses in their lives. I tell young people especially to enjoy their youth, because there will be time enough for worry and cares later.
But young people now load themselves up with all manner of terrible stresses, and it is not supposed to be this way. People before marriage should enjoy the greatest happiness of all – being free of a mind that is weighed down with worry.
A person who has sex before marriage may indeed enjoy its fleeting physical pleasure, but the Devil always extracts his price. Such people will be oppressed with a large number of heavy thoughts and concerns;
“Unwanted” pregnancy and single motherhood;
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and AIDS;
Loss of self-respect and good reputation;
Worrying about what their parents will think;
Buying and hiding contraceptives;
Contraception/abortifacient side effects;
Abortion and its physical and emotional impacts;
Raising children alone in poverty;
Difficulty in finding a good husband or wife; and
Fear of loss of their soul!
Free vs. Planned Parenthood Living
In Control of your life (standing on your own and living by your own values) vs. Being Controlled by Others (being influenced by peer pressure to have sex and use drugs, pervasive influence of the media, attempts to make you live by the values of others);
Trust in your parents and friends (who you know have your best interests at heart) vs. Lack of Trust (not knowing when someone wants to use or abuse you);
Called to Higher Things (service to God, nation and other people) vs. No Higher Vision (living just for the enjoyment of the present moment with no concern for others);
Natural Living (not deliberately polluting your body with powerful chemicals) vs. Medicated Living (using powerful birth control and anti-STD drugs);
Can Think (making decisions based on thought-out and solid values) vs. Pure Instinct (making decisions based on the moment, on what you feel like right then);
Deep Relationships (based on Faith, love and friendship) vs. “Hooking Up” (using each other and quickly moving on to someone else);
Freedom (living and loving by your own values) vs. Being a Slave or a Pet (living by everyone else’s values);
Human Being (living as if you have a soul) vs. Animal (living as if you do not have a soul).
The Great Paradox
&quot;None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.&quot; — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
What Amuses Us?
This is an age of entertainment, an age of distraction, an age of fevered activity. We immerse ourselves in experience and sensation, always making our physical selves feel good and engaged. The common complaint these days is “I’m so busy!”
We all strive for deep inner contentment while losing it in what has been called the “tyranny of the immediate.”
When we do try to reach for inner peace, the Devil is right there to tempt us with a galaxy of distractions. Most of these are not harmful, if they are taken in moderation. Indeed, some of them, like food and a certain amount of money, are necessary for our continued physical survival.
The primary problem with all of these distractions, if we do not control them, is that they can lead to addiction -- and further remove us from the Source of all true peace and contentment, Jesus Christ. As St. Ambrose said, “The Devil’s snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the Devil’s bait” [Explanation of Psalm 118, 13, 37 (4th Century)].
There are many things that amuse us, but only in a shallow and temporary way: Drugs, sex, influence, possessions, the “New Age,” money, travel, fame, food, alcohol and power.
According to Time Magazine [1],
18.7 million people in the United States [7.7% of the population] are alcoholics, and 12,000 more try it for the first time every day.
3.6 million Americans are drug addicts, and 8,000 more try it each day for the first time.
71.5 million people in the United States use tobacco products.
4 million Americans are food addicts, and about 15% of mildly obese people are compulsive eaters.
Two million American adults are gambling addicts. An additional 4 to 6 million are considered to be “problem gamblers.”
At least one in twenty adult Americans (or about ten million people) are compulsive shoppers.
About 16 million Americans are sexual addicts – addicted to fornication, adultery, homosexual acts or pornography.
Compulsive Internet use and overconsumption of caffeine products like coffee, Coke or energy drinks are often thought to be addictive behaviors.
[1] Michael D. Lemonick, with Alice Park. “The Science of Addiction.” Time Magazine,
July 16, 2007, pages 42 to 47.
We have learned through hard experience that only two things give us lasting contentment, happiness and joy: Faith and family. Yet so many people have given these things up for much more shallow pursuits.
Is it a coincidence that Faith and family are so strongly under attack today?
Certainly not.
There are eight primary teachers of morality in any country, regardless of its size or economic status. These are divided into concentrated and dispersed sources of influence, as shown below.
The Six Concentrated Sources of Influence. These are organizations or entities where relatively few people influence the morals of an entire nation through mass means of communication. These individuals create and disseminate the ideas, attitudes and symbols that appeal to the rest of the population. The moral direction of every country is determined by an elite cadre consisting of about one tenth of one percent of the population, which leads;
The executive branches of the national governments, regions, states and large population centers;
The courts, particularly the national court systems;
The legislatures at the national, regional and state levels;
The leaders and boards of associations with specific missions, including organized medical and legal professionals, foundations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public interest groups;
The media, particularly the entertainment industry (motion pictures, television, radio), the print and news media (newspapers, magazines, book authors and publishers and newscasters) and the arts; and
School leaders, from grade school board presidents to the policymakers at medical and legal colleges.
The Two Dispersed Sources of Influence. These involve millions of people — primarily parents, clergy and more experienced individuals — influencing the morals of many others on a one-to-one basis in;
7) The Church; and
8) The family.
Any violent, political or social revolution consists of a very simple two-step process. In the first step, a relatively small group of people seize or gain control of the concentrated organs of influence and then consolidate their position. In order to complete the process of revolution, they must then exert pressure on the dispersed organs of influence — the family and the Church — in order to make them &quot;fall into line.&quot; Anti-lifers always work from the top down by seizing the six focused organs of influence. Once they have done this, they try to force the Church and the family to accept their vision. Pro-lifers must advance the Culture of Life by working from the opposite direction, from the &quot;grass roots,&quot; thus making the Church and family invulnerable to anti-life meddling.
Three Common and Deadly Threats to Our Children
(1) Premarital Sex and Cohabitation
(2) Birth Control
(3) Homosexuality
These three threats are treated as “normal” by the Western media, and are actually promoted by population control groups in Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. But there are reasons why there are long-standing traditions and taboos erected against these threats: Because they always lead to unhappiness, disease, mental problems and often death. These are scientific conclusions, not religious dogma; perhaps we should listen once more to the voices and the wisdom of the past generations and begin to fight against these threats.
United States Divorce Rates
Overall rate 51%
Couples using contraception 54%
Couples using natural family planning (NFP) 3%
Couples who shack up before marriage (“trial marriages”) 76%
Couples who abstain from sex before marriage 12%
References
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Mercedes Arzu Wilson, Family of the Americas Foundation
Dale Vree. &quot;Hey, it Sounds Plausible.&quot; National Catholic Register, May 7, 1989, page 5 (on cohabitation divorce rates)
Contraceptive Technology, the “family planner’s bible,” lists fifteen major studies that show that condoms break 5.36 percent of the time and slip 3.67 percent of the time, for a total failure rate of 9.13 percent, or one out of eleven times.
References
[A] Study of Nevada Brothel Prostitutes. A.E. Albert, D.L. Warner, R.A Hatcher, J. Trussell, and C. Bennett. &quot;Condom Use
Among Female Commercial Sex Workers in Nevada&apos;s Legal Brothels.&quot; American Journal of Public Health, 1995;85:1,514-1,520.
[B] Study of Monogamous American Couples. M.J. Rosenberg and M.S Waugh. &quot;Latex Condom Breakage and Slippage in a Controlled
Clinical Trial.&quot; Contraception, 1997;56:17.21 (events of breakage and slippage were unambiguously not double counted).
[C] Study of Sydney Female Prostitutes. J. Richters, B. Donovan, J. Gerofi and L. Watson. &quot;Low Condom Breakage Rate in Commercial
Sex&quot; [letter]. Lancet 1988;2:1,487-1,488. Correction by John Gerofi in personal communication to Philip Kestelman, July 1989.
[D] U.S. Clinical Research Participants. M.A. Leeper and M. Conrardy. &quot;Preliminary Evaluation of REALITY, a Condom for Women
to Wear.&quot; Advances in Contraception 1989;5:229-235.
[E] Study of Atlanta Family Planning Recruits. J. Trussel, D.L. Warner and R.A. Hatcher. &quot;Comdom Performance During Vaginal
Intercourse: Comparison of Trojan-Enz and Tactylon Condoms.&quot; Contraception 1992;45:11-19.
[F] Study of Atlanta Family Planning Recruits. J. Trussel, D.L. Warner and R.A. Hatcher. &quot;Condom Slippage and Breakage Rates.“
Family Planning Perspectives 1992;24:20-23 (events of breakage and slippage were unambiguously not double counted; slippage
rate recalculated from original article and reflects condoms that fell off or slipped down during intercourse or withdrawal).
[G] Study of Southern California Monogamous Couples. A. Nelson, G.S. Bernstein, R. Frezieres, T. Walsh, V. Clark and A. Coulson.
&quot;A Study of the Efficacy, Acceptability and Safety of a Non-Latex (Polyurethane) Male Condom; Revised Final Report (N01-HD-1-3109).
Bethesda, Maryland: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, September 15, 1997 (events of breakage and slippage
were unambiguously not double counted).
[H] Study of North Carolina Monogamous Couples (events of breakage and slippage were unambiguously not double counted; among new
condoms used with either no additional lubricant or water-based lubricant, rates recalculated from the original article) .
[I] Study of North Carolina Monogamous Couples (breakage rates ranged from 3.5% for a new lot to 18.6% for an 81-month old lot).
[J] Study of North Carolina Monogamous Couples (events of breakage and slippage were unambiguously not double counted).
[K] Study of Southern California Monogamous Couples. A. Nelson, R. Frezieres, T. Walsh, V. Clark and A. Coulson. &quot;A Controlled
Randomized Evaluation of a Commercially Available Polyurethane and Latex Condom (Avanti Versus Ramses Sensitol): Final
Report (N01- HD-1-3109). Bethesda, Maryland: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, November 6, 1996
(events of breakage and slippage were unambiguously not double counted).
[L] Study of North Carolina Couples Recruited by Mail.
[M] Study of Denmark Female Prostitutes and Male and Female Hospital Staff.
[N] Study of New Zealand Male and Female Family Planning Clinic Clients (events of breakage and slippage were unambiguously not
double counted).
Would YOU take the chance?: “Hey, don’t worry, pal! With this parachute, you’ll get to the ground safely ten times out of eleven!”
Formula:
Cumulative Probability of Failure = 1 – (1 - Single-Use Failure)^Number of Uses.
So the cumulative probability of failure for using condoms 50 times is
1 – (1 - 0.0913)^50 =
1 – (.9087)^50 =
1 - 0.0083 = .9917, or 99.17 percent.
Note that a person who uses 100 condoms (typical use in one year) has less than a ONE IN TEN THOUSAND CHANCE of getting by without at least one condom failure.
Contraceptive User Failure Rates
Withdrawal 38%
Spermicides only 26%
Female condom 21%
Cervical cap with spermicide 20%
Diaphragm with spermicide 20%
Contraceptive sponge 20%
Male condom 14%
“Rhythm” method 6%
Natural family planning (NFP) 1%-3%
Robert A. Hatcher, et. al. Contraceptive Technology (17th Revised Edition). New York: Ardent Media, Inc., 1998. Table 31-1, &quot;Percentage of Women Experiencing an Unintended Pregnancy During the First Year of Typical Use and the First Year of Perfect Use of Contraception and the Percentage Continuing Use at the End of the First Year: United States,&quot; page 800.
The female condom &quot;Reality&quot; is known as &quot;Femy&quot; in Spain and &quot;Femidom&quot; in the rest of the world.
“As has been pointed out, those who use contraceptives are more likely than those who do not to resort to induced abortion ... There is evidence that abortion rates, as well as the use of contraceptives, are increasing in many developing countries ... the epidemiological evidence points to the fact that induced abortion services are most needed by those adopting any form of fertility regulation.”
— Malcolm Potts, International Planned Parenthood Federation Medical Director.
Some Side Effects of the “Pill”: Heart attacks, blindness, ectopic pregnancy, endometrial changes, odd bleeding patterns, missed or prolonged periods, dizziness, blood clots, liver problems, headaches, sudden weight gain, nervousness, nausea, breast pain, hirsutism, high blood pressure, arm numbness and immune reactions.
References: (1) Robert A. Hatcher, et. al. Contraceptive Technology (17th Revised Edition). New York: Ardent Media, Inc., 1998. Chapter 20, &quot;Depo-Provera, Norplant, and Progestin-Only Pills (Minipills);&quot; (2) British Broadcasting Corporation. Horizon Television Show entitled &quot;The Human Laboratory,&quot; broadcast of November 7, 1995.
The Catholic Church does approve of one form of oral contraceptive … The word NO!
One of the most effective and lethal snares of the Devil is homosexuality. Homosexuality is portrayed by Western media outlets as a harmless variation, a “sexual preference” that is morally no different from normal heterosexuality. The governments and the schools condone so-called “harmless dabbling” in “sexual orientation” when children young, and this leads to extreme confusion and deadly future problems for all four elements of the body – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Homosexuality is not a “human right,” as the United Nations and the feminists say ― it is instead the most powerful and destructive addiction of all.
Homosexuality is a Public Health Disaster
We may argue forever over whether or not homosexuality is “natural,” whether or not it is “normal,” and whether or not it is condemned in the Bible; but there is no debate whatsoever about one fact: It is deadly.
Heavy drinkers lose an average of five years from their lives.
Heavy smokers lose an average of seven years from their lives.
Illegal drug addicts lose an average of ten years from their lives.
Very overweight people lose an average of twelve years from their lives.
Homosexuals lose an average of 25 years from their lives.
Average Lifespans of “Gay” Men and Lesbians
For “straight” men and women: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2008 Edition, Table 98.
WB = Washington Blade
NYB = New York Blade
Men
Aarons, Leroy 70 Heart failure WB, 12/31/04
Albright, John L. 51 Heart attack WB, 09/24/04
Allman, Myron &quot;Ollie&quot; 61 Heart disease WB, 12/10/04
Arkush, Paul 48 Hodgkins lymphoma WB, 04/09/04
Arnold, Jeffrey Jay 58 Unknown NYB, 11/05/04
Baltrop, Al 54 Unknown NYB, 12/31/04
Barnes, Richard Thomas 72 Cancer WB, 01/28/05
Barnwell, Carl Jackson (Jr). 60 AIDS WB, 01/02/04
Barsky, Steven Howard 38 Pneumonia/leukemia WB, 07/25/03
Beaty, Steve Michael 44 Non-Hodgkins lymph. WB, 12/16/05
Beltran, Michael Andrew 41 Accident WB, 08/27/04
Bilbrey, David Alan 33 Asthma WB, 12/03/04
Bosinski, Kevin 27 Murder NYB, 10/10/03
Boston, Anthony M. 36 Kidney failure WB, 05/02/03
Boyd, Christopher Aaron 29 AIDS WB, 02/25/05
Boyd, Dennis 47 ALS WB, 07/04/03
Bradford, James (see James B. Osgood) --
Brandon, James W. 73 Stroke WB, 06/02/06
Brazell, Rashawn 19 Murder NYB, 04/08/05
Broadway, Peter John 61 Cancer WB, 01/02/04
Brown, Glenn 40 Heart attack WB, 08/13/04
Brudney, David 64 Cancer WB, 12/17/04
Cable, Robert 50 AIDS WB, 07/25/03
Cadoret, Paul Albert 68 Pneumonia WB, 04/30/04
Carmines, Al 69 Aneurysm NYB, 08/19/05
Carwithen, William R. 83 Pulmonary fibrosis WB, 02/06/04
Cheseldine, William Marvin (&quot;Bill&quot;) 54 AIDS WB, 03/11/05
Chesney, John 78 Heart failure WB, 01/16/04
Civaci, David 48 AIDS WB, 12/30/05
Colvin, Byron 56 Liver failure WB, 10/15/04
Cook, Joshua Layne 23 Murder NYB, 10/29/04
Crain, Joe Brady 66 Pneumonia WB, 05/27/05
Culver, John M. 56 Melanoma WB, 12/02/05
Curry, Daniel C. 52 Suicide WB, 02/11/05
Dabney, Fred Hobar (III) 33 AIDS WB, 07/04/03
Davis, Mark Adam 51 AIDS WB, 10/28/05
Davis, Michael J. 45 Cholecystitis WB, 06/25/04
Dawes, Steven M. 50 Unknown WB, 11/15/04
De Simone, Gary A. 40 Non-Hodgkins lymphoma WB, 10/03/03
Dennis, Arthur W. 37 Cancer WB, 02/11/05
Diamond, David 89 Heart failure WB, 06/24/05
Dingle, Robert M. 48 AIDS WB, 12/31/04
Dowell, Henry Wilson 47 Cancer WB, 03/19/04
Evans, Jay Allen 57 AIDS WB, 10/31/03
Ferebee, Gideon 54 Pancreatic cancer WB, 12/30/05
Fetty, Daniel 39 Murder NYB, 12/17/04
Fryer, John E. 65 Pneumonia WB, 01/02/04
Gage, Jason 29 Murder NYB, 04/08/05
Galla, Richard 43 Murder WB, 05/14/04
Garcia, Eduardo 40 Heart attack WB, 10/08/04
Gibbs, Donald E. 35 Unknown WB, 06/23/06
Groff, Russell 26 Septic shock WB, 12/10/04
Gunn, Thom 74 Unknown WB, 05/07/04
Hammond, John ?? Cancer NYB, 09/24/04
Hancock, David 61 Heart attack WB, 01/02/04
Hancock, David 45 Car accident WB, 01/02/04
Hansen, Joseph 81 Heart failure WB, 12/17/04
Hoffmann, Ernest 57 Lymphoma WB, 05/21/04
Hollar, Cliff M. 42 AIDS WB, 06/06/03
Hooper, Rick 40 War NYB, 08/22/03
Houle, Joseph W. 55 Bladder cancer WB, 04/25/03
Jacks, Bryan Horton 44 Cancer WB, 04/22/05
Jeter, Andre (transsexual) 23 Silicone pumping NYB, 02/11/05
Jeter, Michael 50 AIDS WB, 01/02/04
Jones, George M. 41 HIV complications WB, 12/03/04
Kalmen, Michael 60 Heart failure NYB, 07/11/03
Kinison, Jesse M. (Jr.) 60 Diabetes WB, 01/02/04
King, James Marcus 51 Cancer WB, 12/31/04
King, William Thomas 48 Unknown WB, 07/30/04
Kopitske, Glenn 37 Murder NYB, 02/11/05
Lawson, Douglas McCandlish 58 Lung cancer WB, 04/11/03
Leet, Paul 58 Liver cancer WB, 04/02/04
Lewis, Daniel John 41 Hemorrhage WB, 12/17/04
Lucas, Donald Stewart 77 Parkinson&apos;s disease WB, 01/02/04
Luna, Armando 39 Heart failure WB, 04/25/03
Mader, Thomas J. 59 AIDS WB, 09/05/03
Malerba, Paul Benjamin 48 AIDS WB, 08/15/03
Marrero, Anthony E. 44 Murder NYB, 01/30/04
Marsh, Sam 50 Cancer WB, 02/18/05
Matos, Paolo (transsexual) 31 Murder NYB, 05/23/03
Mattis, Jed 50 Pancreatic cancer NYB, 08/01/03
May, John Robert 42 Multiple sclerosis WB, 04/22/05
Maye, Wortha Myron 47 AIDS WB, 01/02/04
McClure, Thomas R. 40 AIDS WB, 01/16/04
McDowell, Bill David 65 Brain cancer WB, 03/04/05
McGhee, Sampson Jonathan (&quot;Mickey&quot;) 32 Murder NYB, 02/11/05
Méndez, Jeffrey Librado 33 Leukemia WB, 09/22/06
Meneice, Gary R. 61 Heart attack WB, 01/25/05
Merchant, Ismail 68 Ulcers WB, 12/30/05
Mercado-Santiago, Jose 48 AIDS WB, 10/24/03
Miller, Steve 61 AIDS WB, 12/31/04
Mirasola, Peter F. 35 Liver failure WB, 03/18/05
Mize, William Raymond 72 Accident WB, 12/31/04
Morris, David 39 AIDS WB, 01/02/04
Mullikin, Bryan 33 Heart failure WB, 04/11/03
Nederoster, Mark Stephen 33 Accident WB, 01/21/05
Noble, Andre 25 Accident WB, 10/31/04
Owens, Jeffrey 40 Murder NYB, 04/01/05
Osgood, James B. (James Bradford) 73 Heart attack WB, 01/23/04
Pasquarelli, James 36 AIDS WB, 04/02/04
Pennington, Bruce 56 AIDS WB, 08/29/03
Phillips, Guinne (&quot;Richie&quot;) ?? Murder NYB, 02/11/05
Piper, Richard V. 40 Suicide WB, 01/09/04
Powers, Terence A. 38 Suicide WB, 08/13/04
Rexroth, Robert E. 44 Heart attack WB, 11/12/04
Riddell, Frank 57 AIDS WB, 02/20/04
Rivera, Jacinto 48 Unknown WB, 01/28/05
Robinson, James 44 Non-Hodgkins lymphoma WB, 03/26/04
Robinson, William 42 AIDS WB, 12/31/04
Ryan, David 55 Fire NYB, 01/02/04
Salinas, Mike 46 Heart attack WB, 01/02/04
Sanchez, Guillermo 21 Suicide NYB, 02/06/04
Scarth, Douglas S. (&quot;Doug&quot;) 55 Unknown WB, 04/01/05
Scavullo, Francesco 82 Heart failure WB, 01/16/04
Schlesinger, John 77 Stroke WB, 01/02/04
Scott, Dorich Garfield 49 AIDS WB, 12/24/04
Selby, Alan 75 Emphysema WB, 05/21/04
Selvala, Arnold A. 74 Cancer WB, 03/25/05
Shah, Susan (transsexual) 36 Suicide NYB, 12/31/04
Shea, Keith Michael 44 Guillain-Barré Syn. WB, 10/14/05
Sheorn, Douglas Smith 48 Lymphoproliferation WB, 06/09/06
Shraberg, Bill 61 Hurricane Katrina WB, 09/30/05
Smith, Larion 42 Pneumonia WB, 09/06/05
Snapp, Bryant D. 36 Car accident WB, 01/02/04
Sokolowski, Frank 65 Murder NYB, 10/03/03
Spear, John Richard Jr. 41 AIDS WB, 04/22/05
Stelling, Jason Todd 27 Accident WB, 02/18/05
Stine, Rodney 59 Cancer WB, 04/23/04
Summers, David N. 45 Leukoencephalopathy WB, 01/13/06
Swift, James 45 Accident WB, 10/08/04
Taylor, Rodney David 38 AIDS WB, 01/02/04
Thompson, Craig Allen 36 Heart failure WB, 12/30/05
Tolson, Darryl Timothy 49 Respiratory failure WB, 01/07/05
Valli, Clayton L. 51 Surgery complications WB, 05/16/03
Van Dyke, Terri 55 AIDS NYB, 11/07/03
Walsted, Philip 24 Murder NYB, 02/04/05
Ward, Douglas Christopher 49 AIDS WB, 05/16/03
Warner, R. Michael 51 AIDS WB, 09/12/03
Warren, Howard (Jr.) 68 AIDS WB, 01/02/04
Warren, Richard Hooper 77 Emphysema WB, 01/16/04
Wertheim, Aubrey 49 Non-Hodgkins lymphoma WB, 01/02/04
Whitfield, LeRoy 36 AIDS WB, 12/30/05
Williams, Milton Allan 46 AIDS WB, 01/07/05
Winfield, Paul 62 Heart attack WB, 03/12/04
Woolley, George W. 61 Cancer WB, 05/30/03
Yanus, Mike Murder NYB, 01/30/04
Yeager, Michael Lee 49 Unknown WB, 06/09/06
Women
Alston, Wanda 44 Murder NYB, 03/25/05
Anzaldua, Gloria 61 Diabetes WB, 12/31/04
Ardussi, Margaret Rose 63 Multiple sclerosis WB, 12/24/04
Barnett, Jeanne 73 Diabetes WB, 10/10/03
Brown, Beverly Anne 54 Cancer WB, 11/11/05
Darby, Carla Roth 59 Hyponatremia WB, 12/23/05
Dunlap, Mary 54 Pancreatic cancer WB, 01/02/04
Dworkin, Andrea 58 Unknown WB, 04/29/05
Fenleroy, Alita 57 Liver and lung cancer WB, 09/29/06
Gunderson, Lucille 65 Lung cancer WB, 07/18/03
Gunn, Sakia 15 Murder NYB, 10/10/03
Harris, Sharon D. 43 Heart failure WB, 12/24/04
Hogan, Sarah Dunn 33 Unknown WB, 11/19/04
Linton, Laurie 46 Cancer NYB, 01/14/05
Mullen, Patricia 62 Suicide WB, 10/24/03
Odom, Lynda Joyce 61 Cancer WB, 12/09/05
Pettit, Sarah 36 Non-Hodgkins lymphoma WB, 01/02/04
Postal, Maxine 61 Unknown NYB, 12/31/04
Selway, Mary 68 Cancer WB, 05/07/04
Sloan-Hunter, Margaret 57 Unknown WB, 12/31/04
Sontag, Susan 71 Leukemia WB, 12/30/05
Steele, Catherine Ann 45 Suicide WB, 01/06/06
Van Arnum, Amy Louise 31 Unknown WB, 06/20/03
Williams, Gail 43 Drowning NYB, 12/03/04
“The life of sin is a fall from coherence to chaos; the life of virtue a climb from the many to the One ... Vice is contrary to human nature, because it is against the order of reason.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 1-2, 71, 1-2.
“It is always easier to live a life of virtue than it is to live a life without it.”
— Mahatma Gandhi.
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