Oh by the way...on top of being from a church of 14 and being in the middle of nowhere did I mention I was home schooled?Yep,my social life was rockin lemme tell ya and we never had youth revivals and the girls in the church down the road were not dating material.So yes,youth camp was actually the highlight of my social life,such as it was.See,I actually DID live for God the best I could the rest of the year so I wasnt spending camp trying to be something I wasnt the rest of the year.
Jedi, I think that a lot of young people fall in your category, and I do believe that practical socializing is something that we must consider.
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It is not unholy to be attracted to the opposite sex.
Where did I say it was unholy to be attracted to the opposite sex? It is unholy to have our focus off of GOD when it's time to meet together for worship.
As a brother who's 19- I couldn't be more grateful to be in the assembly I am in, and to have been able to go to a good camp last summer. In my assembly the guys and girls have their areas where they sit, and even the engaged couples (there are none right now) don't sit together, we think there should be some things that shouldn't be taken away from newly married couples, like getting to sit together for the first time in the assembly hall.
Also, at camp- if the preacher isn't making hookey jokes about guys and girls getting together, and if you separate the guys and girls, but don't make a federal case of it, they just know that's the way it's going to be, you don't have minds wandering. The brothers have a good time together, the sisters have a good time together, and you're at camp to get something from GOD and have NO distractions. You can get a wife at socials back home, where the focus is NOT supposed to be a week away from home, work, the distractions of modern living, and you can focus on service, fellowship and activities (which is what camp is supposed to be).
Why don't we raise the courting age to 20? Does anyone want to live holy anymore?
-Bro. Alex
I think the highlighted portion of your post explains the position you hold.
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This is an ole-time Pennycostal practice. During every service at our campground the boys sit on one side of the church, and the girls on the other. Considering our current culture, Is Separating Boys and Girls a Good Idea?
All of the games are girls vs. boys.
Boys and girls are always pitted against each other in offerings.
I personally think it is an archaic practice. One that needs to go bye-bye.
I want my boys to like girls.
Seems odd that the church wants them to stay away from each other.
No kidding! My husband was raised in a UPC church and attended the church school most of school years and it was the same thing. Actually, in his school the boys couldn't even play against the girls in case they accidentally touched each other. There was so much fear instilled in the opposite sex that my husband still to this day struggles with knowing how to interact with ladies.
I guess they are afraid if a boy and girl accidentally touch the chemical factory will explode.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
I guess they are afraid if a boy and girl accidentally touch the chemical factory will explode.
Yep!
My BIL when he was a young boy was caught by the Pastor holding hands with a girl and he told her that's how girls got pregnant. No wonder my husband's family is so messed up!
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