Against Sex Education

It has always been a problem with good people, what policy to pursue with regard to sex instruction. Modesty is the guardian of purity. Modest people are ordinarily pure in thought and deed. Knowledge of evil does not keep people from evil. Those who know most about the evil consequences of impurity frequently become the worst victims of the vice of impurity. Perhaps never before in the history of mankind was there so much sex instruction as at present, and never before were there so many victims of the vice of impurity. Our predecessors got along without all the sex instruction that is now ruining so many under pretext of educating them. The purest and healthiest nations of the world have been those least acquainted with sex knowledge. There is a natural instinct in this matter which dictates reserve. A few words of discreet instruction from the proper persons at the right time is all that is necessary for sexual guidance. The policy of the Church of Christ has always been to safeguard purity by upholding lofty ideals and virtuous principles. But above all the Catholic Church. develops pure generations by having her children realize that impurity is a sin. It is forbidden by Almighty God. That is the great and sufficient reason for avoiding sex offenses. In order to safeguard persons against smallpox, it is not necessary to familiarize them with the symptoms of the dread disease. The health officers put up a warning sign and people keep away from the scourge. God,the highest authority,labels impurity as in,and declares that the impure shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. That is more effective against sex offense than all the means devised by man. Moreover in order to help her children to be pure the Church nourishes them with the grace giving sacraments established by her divine Founder. It is impossible to partake frequently and worthily of the sacraments and become a victim of sex-domination.

Unfortunately many of the youth of today are taught that they are but high grade animals. God has no part in their lives. They are a law unto themselves.We see the result only too clearly and painfully. These misguided ones are repeating the sentiments of the wicked of old as recorded in Scripture: “The time of our life is short…come therefore,and let us enjoy the good things that are present… let us crown ourselves with roses,before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot….Let our strength be the law of justice….These things they thought,and were deceived: for their own wickedness blinded them” (Wisdom ii. 1, 6, 8, 11, 21).

Too late did these victims of vice discover their error. The Bible gives us their words of despair: We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways,but the way of the Lord we have not known…but we are consumed in our wickedness. Such things the sinners said in hell”(Wisdom v.7,13,14). In contrast to those who were a law to themselves defying God’s will,is the end of those who reverenced the law of God: But the just shall live forever more: and their reward is with the Lord…therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty from the hand of the Lord”(Wisdom v.16,17). “Blessed are the clean of heart:for they shall see God”(Matt.v.8).

(Rev. Martin J. Scott S. J.; Marriage Problems)