I just got done reading this article here

http://www.oldpaths.com/Archive/Davison/Roy/Allen/1940/diseases.html

I'm not particularly religious... but I can't help but think that sometimes, STDs are a good wake up call!

What do you think? Do you think some people deserve to catch STDs?

I thought all punishment and judgment comes after death. People who see real-life tragedies as divine judgments are absolutely insane, and will cherry pick anything to prove to their followers of the existence of God. It really concerns me. It's not as if STDs popped up from nothing one day because God thought the world was being too sinful. Those viruses (is it virii?) synthesized and evolved like any other.

I think someone else said it perfectly.

If you are having sex with multiple people unprotected or having sex with people you barely know and opting out of protection without knowing 100% if they are clean or not, you shouldn't be SURPRISED if you find out you have an STD.

Deserved? No, not really. Expected, yeah. A bit. If a girl or a guy has sex with 30 people in their life time - the odds of them catching an STD are higher than a girl or guy who only has sex with ONE person with protection. The odds are just against them.

well for the cheaters yup all the way lol but if ur gonna have unprotected sex and its not a long term thing its pretty stupid of em so that's the risk they r willing to take even with my husband we wore a condom and we were dating and committed till later

I was talking to an old professor and a former student of hers awhile back, and it was a very interesting discussion.

The former student was very spiritual and very much the intellectual. Her take on it, was that STD's and STI's weren't necessarily a punishment or something that's deserved, but more of a a warning sign to society that says "Hey, people. You're not protecting yourselves, and society as a whole is being too promiscuous and carefree, and that we should take things down a few pegs and start to think about what we're doing with our bodies."

She felt that you can't control people or what they're going to do, but if you're going to ignore the signs out there that are sending a message that people are starting to become too loose with themselves, the consequences of those actions shouldn't be something that surprises someone, but they shouldn't be a punishment either, because we all make mistakes.

I kinda stand by that notion. Nobody ever "deserves" to die or "deserves" to catch something that hinders their ability to live their life they way they chose, but there are some actions that people take and some paths that people either chose or allow themselves to go down that have highly predictable consequences given a certain set of circumstances. I've got a weird view on things, but I'm a believer of fate and free will. We have the ability to chose most of the paths in our lives (most, not all), and during our lives, we will all come to forks in the road. We can choose to continue on the same path, or branch off onto something new. For a lot of our actions and a lot of the things we as people and society do, the things that we will encounter on the roads that we choose to travel are pretty predictable. I mean, if a sign says "Warning! Icy roads ahead!" during the middle of winter, it's safe to say that we're going to encounter ice.

TL;DR: People don't really deserve STDs/STIs, but given some people's lifestyle choices, lack of self control, lack of awareness of vigilance, or other contributing factors, many (but not all) shouldn't be surprised if their yearly doctor's visit brings up an unsettling result.

I think they may be a good wake up call - but I sure as hell wouldn't say that people deserve an STD. I mean STD's can happen to anyone, it only takes one sexual partner to get an STD..so like I said wakeup call - of course...but no one "deserves" and STD.

If you are having unprotected sex with a lot of people. You should not be surprised when you find out you have an STD.
I don't think it has to do anything to do Sweet Zombie Jesus and Co.

i love that you call Him sweet zombie Jesus and co. lol

My ex shagged someone else without protection. Does that mean I'd have deserved any STDs if she hadn't been clean?

Yes! Because you had sinful thoughts, and it wouldn't have happened if you practiced sex strictly for procreation!

Oh wow, that is good to know. What if I don't want kids ever? I should never have sex? That's rather unfair. If that was the case why does it feel so good hmm??

You've clearly been influenced by the devil!!!

I really hope you are taking the piss. Otherwise... fuck. You're a bit scary.

based on their first response to the thread, i'd say they are taking the piss lol.

Oh ok good! Lol.

Haha, yes, I'm definitely goofing around on here. Though I could see why you were confused as to whether I was joking. People are scary.

I thought you might be when I saw your picture was of Simon Pegg. God I love him. He went to my college of FE; random fact!

Amen to that shit.

*rofl*

I had a teacher back in high school who firmly believed sex should only be for procreation. (he also had like 12 kids.)

yeah ugh, that was me.

Lol I so do not understand that stance. I think as long as you practice safe sex, and you enjoy it, have lots of it! ;D

I can see why someone would want to believe that - if everyone only had sex for procreation there would be far fewer cases of STDs and HIV in the world.

But it just seems very impractical to me. When I was a kid I always got the "wait until marriage for sex" bit. For awhile I was like yeah okay I can do that.
Then I started high school and was like man eff that nonsense. I never wanted to marry someone and THEN find out he was a terrible lay. Who wants to spend their life with someone who completely sucks at sex? ;)

You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it first ;D

Precisely!