Comments on: Abstinence education doesn’t work. let’s do it more! http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/19/abstinence_education_doesn_t_work_let_s A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin C. http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/19/abstinence_education_doesn_t_work_let_s/comment-page-1#comment-57452 Robin C. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57452 Oh, no, it can't be wrong because god is on their side. They are sure that any second now it will start to work-god is just testing them. (Sarcasm in case you missed it.)<br /> <br /> Abstinence education is faith based. To admit that it is not working would be to admit that their faith is wrong about this and if their faith is wrong about this, what else is it wrong about? Oh, no, it can’t be wrong because god is on their side. They are sure that any second now it will start to work-god is just testing them. (Sarcasm in case you missed it.)

Abstinence education is faith based. To admit that it is not working would be to admit that their faith is wrong about this and if their faith is wrong about this, what else is it wrong about?

]]> By: http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/19/abstinence_education_doesn_t_work_let_s/comment-page-1#comment-57458 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57458 With the news from the Supreme court, this thread was predictable...<br /> <br /> <blockquote>But a trade association for abstinence educators emphasized that the findings represent less than 1 percent of all Title V abstinence projects across the nation.</blockquote><br /> <br /> http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20070414/abstinence_study_070414/20070414/?hub=Health&subhub=PrintStory<br /> <br /> Sure...let's make a major decision based upon 1% of the program...<br /> <br /> Kind of reminds me of how an atheist justifies their lack of belief... <br /> <br /> With the news from the Supreme court, this thread was predictable…

But a trade association for abstinence educators emphasized that the findings represent less than 1 percent of all Title V abstinence projects across the nation.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20070414/abstinence_study_070414/20070414/?hub=Health&subhub=PrintStory

Sure…let’s make a major decision based upon 1% of the program…

Kind of reminds me of how an atheist justifies their lack of belief…

]]> By: rdmiller3 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/19/abstinence_education_doesn_t_work_let_s/comment-page-1#comment-57459 rdmiller3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57459 There's a joke where the jokester sayd, "Don't think about elephants!" So of course the victim who may have been thinking of ice-cream or video-games will end up thinking, "Elephants? Why would I think about them? They're big and grey, and wrinkley..."<br /> <br /> So let's get a bunch of boys and girls together and tell them not to think about sex.<br /> <br /> Great idea for a mixer, eh? There’s a joke where the jokester sayd, “Don’t think about elephants!” So of course the victim who may have been thinking of ice-cream or video-games will end up thinking, “Elephants? Why would I think about them? They’re big and grey, and wrinkley…”

So let’s get a bunch of boys and girls together and tell them not to think about sex.

Great idea for a mixer, eh?

]]> By: rdmiller3 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/19/abstinence_education_doesn_t_work_let_s/comment-page-1#comment-57460 rdmiller3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57460 (Gah... early-morning typos.) (Gah… early-morning typos.)

]]> By: writerdd http://atheists.org/blog/2007/04/19/abstinence_education_doesn_t_work_let_s/comment-page-1#comment-57465 writerdd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57465 Admit you're wrong because the evidence says so? How reality-based of you. Admit you’re wrong because the evidence says so? How reality-based of you.

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