{"id":15712,"date":"2013-06-13T05:27:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T09:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=15712"},"modified":"2013-06-12T19:22:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T23:22:56","slug":"dear-little-girl-jesus-doesnt-want-your-sex-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2013\/06\/dear-little-girl-jesus-doesnt-want-your-sex-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Dear Little Girl: Jesus Doesn’t Want Your Sex Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This little girl is pledging her sex life to Jesus<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The O2 Experience is an organization that goes around the country giving talks on \u201cLife, Death, Sex, and Romance\u201d\u2014which of course is code for \u201chow to avoid both hell and sex before marriage.\u201d On their webpage<\/a>\u00a0they describe their conferences as \u201can opportunity for young people to hear the life-changing message of the gospel and understand God\u2019s plan for their sex lives.\u201d From a reading of the group\u2019s webpage, it looks like you take sex and hell, and throw in a little shame, guilt, and fear tactics on the side, and you\u2019ve got the perfect formula for winning converts. After all, I suppose, you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a teen who doesn\u2019t think sexual thoughts at least once in a while, and if the group shares the views of the Josh Harris book they promote on their website, all they have to do is tell teens that those thoughts are sinful and will damn them to hell unless they recite the sinner\u2019s prayer.<\/p>\n

This promo video offers a flavor of their style:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>This is a blatant attempt to make virginity hip. Note that this isn\u2019t girls with long uncut hair and denim skirts\u2014it\u2019s ordinary teens with baggy pants and spikey hair. They want to make virginity <em>trendy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Look, I don\u2019t have a problem with people deciding not to have sex. In fact, I don\u2019t even have a problem with people deciding not to have sex based on their religious convictions. I also don\u2019t have a problem with teens who want to ensure that virginity is a socially acceptable choice, and not something that is ridiculed. I think that every sexual choice (provided it doesn\u2019t involve nonconsensually harming someone else) should be seen as okay, and not as something to be put down or made fun of.<\/p>\n<p>What I <em>do<\/em> have a problem with is the use of misinformation, shame, and threats of hellfire to manipulate children\u2019s sexuality and sexual choices. I mean for goodness sake, one of their slogans is \u201cHold Out for Honor.\u201d Because apparently, if you have sex you lose your honor. 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