Statcrux Wrote:This quite simply absurd, sex is not viewed as "dirty and vile". It is viewed as wrong outside of marriage. I would be very interested to see the teenage pregnancy statistics for before and after the introduction of contraception and liberal sexual attitudes (pre and post 1960's) The teenage pregnancy rates in Europe have soared in recent years not gone down, as religion has declined teenage pregnancy rates have increased not decreased. And finally, are you saying that a belief in hell creates serious mental disorder? I would suggest that people susceptible to mental disorder can become fixated on the idea of hell, but the idea doesn't create mental illness.
Well, this link doesn't state the change over the years, but here's a break down by country. Noticed the U.S., on of the greatest advocators of abstinence only education, is responsible for nearly 60% of all teenage births worldwide.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
