Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Condoms a Symbol of Freedom?

Condoms a symbol of freedom? Freedom from what? Freedom from moral restrain? Freedom from responsible behaviour? Freedom from God's commandments? Freedom to live the way we want. What have condoms freed us from? Condoms have freed us to break our marital vows? Freedom to have sex and not deal with the out come? Freedom for sexually transmitted grades? Freedom for sexually transmitted promotions and job offers? Freedom for chop a chop in the area of sex?

This debt is not pitching the church against science. Some of us give the impression that science has the moral high ground and that science answers all. I strongly disagreed with your position. Science deals with the physical, it deals with what you can touch, taste, see and feel. Science has no spiritual component and to denial the spiritual in the name of science is dishonesty.
Science deals with the how and not the why. Science does not add any purpose or intrinsic value to our actions. The spiritual deals with the why and gives us purpose and meaning. I said condoms are treating the symptoms of a problem and not the root of the problem. As such they are very limited. Let me repeat, who amongst us will put on a fire proof vest and jump into fire? Many of us will not. Having sex with an HIV positive person is doing just that. Therefore take the risk at your own peril. How many of you who preach the use of condoms, will knowing have sex with someone that is HIV positive?
Some say abstinence is not possible. Is that? I practice abstinence. I am presently married and belong to my spouse alone. I have been able to do that, because I believe that life is more than flesh and blood. That is, I am a spiritual being. That God is my creator and that He who gave me sexual emotions has limits to how these emotions have to be expressed. Experimenting with multiple partners in the name of gaining experience is a big lie. You will not get any gratification if you chose that path. Some say you can not eat the same food everyday. What a blatant lie. Sex within the context of marriage and a loving caring and unselfish relationship gets better and better as the days go by. The unfortunate thing is that, because we are a people that have lost their spiritual bearing, we tend to be selfish and self centered. We want to enjoy sex, but we do not want to make any meaningful investment in our relationship. Love is a verb, it is action and it takes
hard work to make relationships work. How many people are willing to give what it takes?
We have been told that if it feels good then do it. That is another lie. We must go back to our spiritual roots then we will be able to grow and acquire the ability to show restrain. Please do not be quick to point to the priest, pastors, leaders and other Christians who do not show restrain. The question is what are you as an individual doing? The failure of others is not an excuse not to do your own part.
I will be the last person to encourage my love ones to live in disobedience to the law of God. I know some of us do not believe in the existence of any Deity. You are entitle to your believe, but know that you will reap only what you sow. HIV is here and it is not going away anytime soon. If you want to be HIV free, show restrain and do not sleep with multiple partners.

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