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Zika virus primarily contracted through mosquitos can now also be translated sexually. I have heard on these forums that stds are a punishment to sexual immorality and the monogamous and abstinent are immune. Ignoring the obvious failures of this argument Zika virus completely blows this out of the water. Now your partner can get bit and transmit the virus sexually to you.
Does monogamy really protect people from stds ?
monogamy is not immune from STDs
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Not at all. You could be the perfect Christian who does everything right and follows the rules, but if your partner cheats on you and gets an STD, they can then pass it on to you.
Monogamy or marriage is no guarantee you won't get an STD. Nor is it any guarantee that your partner won't cheat on you.
Monogamy or marriage is no guarantee you won't get an STD. Nor is it any guarantee that your partner won't cheat on you.
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Post #3No, I should think however that sexual promiscuity would be a factor in the spread of and/or the liklihood of contracting a sexually transmitable disease.DanieltheDragon wrote:Does monogamy really protect people from stds ?
Monogamy would not be a protection against mosquitos.
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Long before Zika, AIDS was readily transmitted to monogamous couples through failed hospital IV procedures, and IV drug use as well as simple blood transfer due to injury. Therefore, that argument never had any legs to begin with.
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I have never made the absolute cause effect argument. However, are you saying that one should not avoid questionable contact, ie stay indoors and not have sex for a week in this case, when one contracts a disease?
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Post #6I’ve never seen this argument presented by anyone on this board – not that it’s important. Do you deny that monogamists (where both parties are monogamists and not just one) are less likely to contract an STD than someone who is promiscuous?DanieltheDragon wrote:I have heard on these forums that stds are a punishment to sexual immorality and the monogamous and abstinent are immune.
I am a monogamist. I'm fairly sure my wife is as well. We don't have STDs. I think it's safe to say that the likelihood of us contracting one is slightly lower than that of a stereotypical Sigma Chi at UCLA.
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It's obvious that promiscuity is a higher risk activity for STD's than strict monogamy. It's also a more exciting lifestyle for some people. And I note with humor and a raised eyebrow that whereas Religion has naught to say about the hundreds of other risky lifestyles - sky diving, motorcycle driving, surfing, car racing, gambling, combat, police work, firefighting, or even day-trading.... they can't seem to wait to flail their arms in self-righteous fervor over risky sexual activity.
Why is that?
Why is that?
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Not for Christians it doessn't. You'll have to speak to Jews about their interpretation of the rest but I hazard a guess that they would disagree that the Mosaic law allows for rape, but I'm not an orthodox Jew.
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Not for Christians it doessn't. You'll have to speak to Jews about their interpretation of the rest but I hazard a guess that they would disagree that the Mosaic law allows for rape, but I'm not an orthodox Jew.
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