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waves of rising divorce and crum–
bling monogamy" ( July 28 ,
1980).
But how can it be called " love"
to give someone, because of igno–
rance, unconcern or sexual care–
lessness, a disease th at could
cause brai n damage, blindness,
heart t rou bl e, s te rility, birth
defects to babies, or a long list of
other possible health problems,
including death?
Sexual Wilderness
Millions are lost in a modern
" sexual wilderness." Promiscuity,
homosexuali ty. and a parade of
new and bizarre sex activities are
more and more widely glamo–
rized by vario u s media or
g roups.
Millions fa il to realize that the
prophets of permiss iveness–
whoever they are- obviously are
not tel ling all of the ug ly side
effects of such "liberating" life–
styles.
H umans today are reaping
tragedy and suffer ing because it
has become chic and popular to
scorn , ridicule and reject God's
laws on proper family relations,
on sex, marri age and personal
hygiene. In the end, God's laws
are not mocked. T he first chapter
of Romans describes the horrible
consequences- physical, mental.
emoti onal a nd spi r itu al - that
happen to human beings when
they forsake the sensi bl e, God–
revealed ways of life for igno–
rance, human lust and rebellion.
NGU Epidemic
The three
Ps- the
pill , promiscu–
i t y and permiss iveness- have
been inst rumental in spread ing
another little-known disease to
unprecedented heights. We call it
NGU
for short.
"Almost unheard of on ly a few
years ago, a venereal disease
called nongonoccocal urethritis
(NGU) has become our
most
common
sexually transmitted dis–
ease, outranking gonorrhea,' ' re–
ported
Parade
magazine, Febru–
ary 24, 1980.
This year an estimated three
million Americans in every seg-
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ment of society will be plagued
with this disease, wh ich is caused
by severa! different organisms.
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n addition to these litt le–
known diseases suddenly being
found or recognized, the old
a nc ient plagues-syphilis an d
go norr hea-have not become
more easily. cured as sorne had
assumed .
Syphilis, the scourge of hu–
rnankind for centuries, far frorn
being cured with a shot or two,
takes up to two years of t reatment
to erase al l signs of the disease.
"The venereal infect ion called
gonorrhea is the most common
bacteria/
disease of humans on
earth . There are an estimated 100
million cases each year through–
ou t the world.... The numbers
have been ris ing each year" (New
York
Times
J anuary 23, 1977).
But here's what really worries
health officials! Cases of "super
gonorrhea," which are resist ant to
all penicillin and most other anti–
biotics, are rapidly increas ing tn
more and more. nations.
"Super Gonorrhea"
Dr. Ronald
K.
St. John of the
U.S . Cornmunicable Di sease
Center's Venereal Disease Con–
trol Division said new mutated
types of gonorrhea are resistant to
all anti biot ics but one. Drug resis–
tance by gonococcus organisrns
has bee n d evelopi ng i n a l!
nat ions.
The superresistant strai ns were
first detected in the Philippines
where 20 percent to 40 percent of
prostitutes were found to have
them. Prostitutes, knowing they
have a high chance of VD infec–
t ions, often treat thernselves with
irnproper doses o f a nt ibiotics.
Doctors using improper anti biot–
ics have a lso been responsible.
lmproper treatment only rapid ly
produces stronger st rains of resis–
t ant organisms. Dr. St. J ohn says
such st rains are now " rapidly gal–
loping forward" in more and
more nations.
Dr. R .D. Catterall of London ,
pres id e nt of the l nternat ional
Union Aga inst Venei-eal Diseases,
sai d 130 s tra ins of penicillin-
resistant gonorrhea were identi–
fied in the United Kingdom in
1979 and that 40 more were
found in the first few mont hs in
1980. "What is worse," he said,
" is that now we have found 30
strai ns of gonorrhea totally resis–
tant to penicillin and relatively
res istant to other antibiotics."
Spectinomycin, a re lat ively
expensive antibiot ic, is now t he
last drug effective against the
"super strains" of gonorrhea. If
the germ develops resistance to
this drug-and gonorrhea orga–
nisms have eventually overcorne
all drugs used agai nst them in the
past-doctors will be helpless to
control the disease.
"A11 our steel-capped bu llets
have tu rned into rubber," laments
one health official.
Too Embarrassing?
Too many are too embarrassed to
learn about sexuall y cornmuni–
cated diseases and to teach their
ch ildren the chief reason for their
epidemic spread. They sit back
and hope the schools will do thei r
job fo r them. But many schools
don't teach anything about sorne
of the newer diseases. And many
schoo ls don't teach the most
important information yout hs
need to
preven!
these crippling
d iseases. Right moral and spi ri–
t ual values need to be taught to
preveni. these epidemics. Preven–
t ion- not treatment- is the án–
swer. That means living a right
li fe-style .
Youths are a big reservoi r of
venereal infection. Venereal dis–
eases st rike 12 percent of adoles–
cents aged 15 to 19 in the United
States. That's one out of eight
teenagers.
"T here are a lot of diseases ou t
there that can hu rt you if you' re
sexually act ive," warns one public
health official. He meant you are
taking chances with sex partners,
or when you have sexual or inti–
mate relat ions with anyone who
may have picked up a sexually
t ransmissible disease from others
at sorne t ime.
Many have heard about syphilis
and gonorrhea. But how many have
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