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-The Internet is the most easily accessed source of pornography. The [[Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Internet|Internet]] honor suggests that you develop a covenant governing your use of the Internet, which excludes pornography and other harmful activities, and sign it along with the rest of your family.
+The Internet is the most easily accessed source of pornography. The [[AY Honors/Internet|Internet]] honor suggests that you develop a covenant governing your use of the Internet, which excludes pornography and other harmful activities, and sign it along with the rest of your family.
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 The Pathfinder Pledge says that you will be pure and kind. This prohibits the use of pornography.
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-This topic list is repeated in both [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Voyager-Spiritual Discovery]] and [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Guide-Spiritual Discovery]] so consider combining your Guides and Voyagers for these discussions, and discussing different topics than last year. Note there are five topics and that two different topics need to be covered in each of the two classes, so by time they complete Guide the Pathfinder will have discussed at least four of the five topics.
+This topic list is repeated in both [[Investiture_Achievement/Voyager/Spiritual_Discovery|Voyager-Spiritual Discovery]] and [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Guide-Spiritual Discovery]] so consider combining your Guides and Voyagers for these discussions, and discussing different topics than last year. Note there are five topics and that two different topics need to be covered in each of the two classes, so by time they complete Guide the Pathfinder will have discussed at least four of the five topics.
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	Don't forget each Pathfinder needs to '''study the topic''' before your discussion, so assign your Pathfinders this task to do before the meeting. You might require that they bring at least three printed articles to the discussion to ensure they studied and to help move the discussion along.		Don't forget each Pathfinder needs to '''study the topic''' before your discussion, so assign your Pathfinders this task to do before the meeting. You might require that they bring at least three printed articles to the discussion to ensure they studied and to help move the discussion along.

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-Don't forget each Pathfinder needs to '''study the topic''' before your discussion, so assign your Pathfinders this task to do before the meeting.  You might require that they bring at least 3 articles printed to the discussion to ensure they studied and to help move the discussion along.
+Don't forget each Pathfinder needs to '''study the topic''' before your discussion, so assign your Pathfinders this task to do before the meeting.  You might require that they bring at least three printed articles to the discussion to ensure they studied and to help move the discussion along.
-This topic list is repeated in both [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Voyager-Spiritual Discovery]] and [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Guide-Spiritual Discovery]] so consider combining your Guides and Voyagers for these discussions, and discussing different topics than last year. Note there are 5 topics and 2 different topics need to be covered in each of the 2 classes so by time they complete Guide the Pathfinder will have discussed at least 4 of the 5 topics.
+This topic list is repeated in both [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Voyager-Spiritual Discovery]] and [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Guide-Spiritual Discovery]] so consider combining your Guides and Voyagers for these discussions, and discussing different topics than last year. Note there are five topics and that two different topics need to be covered in each of the two classes, so by time they complete Guide the Pathfinder will have discussed at least four of the five topics.
 ===Teen Pregnancy===

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 This topic list is repeated in both [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Voyager-Spiritual Discovery]] and [[Investiture_Achievement/Guide/Spiritual_Discovery|Guide-Spiritual Discovery]] so consider combining your Guides and Voyagers for these discussions, and discussing different topics than last year. Note there are 5 topics and 2 different topics need to be covered in each of the 2 classes so by time they complete Guide the Pathfinder will have discussed at least 4 of the 5 topics.
-==Teen Pregnancy==
+===Teen Pregnancy===
 Nearly 3 in 10 teen girls in the US will get pregnant at least once before age 20? The statistics are just as bad in the UK, Canada and other countries, if not worse. There are more than 700,000 teen pregnancies each year just in the United States!
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 #Avoid getting heavily involved emotionally until you are at least out of high school. False feelings of love by those who are not mature enough to love like an adult leads to baby making.
 #Guard yourself. Don't get physically involved. If you abstain, there will be no pregnancy 100% guaranteed.
 #Avoid situations where you can get into trouble.  If you are not alone you can't mess up.
 #If you insist on sex, use birth control (but abstaining is better)
 #Avoid all drugs and alcohol.  Many a baby is conceived while judgement is impaired
 #Follow God always. If you think about the consequences of having a baby before you are ready, and ask for God's help in following his will, you do not need to be worried about teen pregnancy.
 #Communicate with your boyfriend or girlfriend. Clear conversations about expectations undertaken outside the heat of the moment help avoid problems when passions are high.
 #Talk to trusted adults.  Your parents, pastor, teachers or Pathfinder staff are there to help you work through the process of growing up. Talking through the issues around sex and pregnancy avoidance with an adult first will help immensely when you need to discuss it with your girlfriend or boyfriend later.
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 #Be a friend: watch your friends relationships and state of mind.  Is your friend thinking about sex? Are they feeling lonely and needy and that a baby could fill a void in their life? Are they undertaking risky activities like spending time one on one in private with their boyfriend or girlfriend? Be willing to step in and talk to them if they seem at risk. If that does not work, talk to a responsible adult about what you see and encourage them to get involved.
-==Abortion==
+===Abortion===
+This remains a contentious topic that Christians, including Seventh-day Adventists, often disagree about.  For the Pathfinder, the first thing to consider is avoidance of ever being forced to make a personal choice over abortion by abstaining from sex outside of marriage. Beyond that, we should consider the ethics of abortion.  There is a mountain of material on abortion to research, so encourage Pathfinders to get on the Internet and start reading. This is an ideal age to form personal moral standards on topics like abortion.
 We present the [http://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/guidelines/article/go/0/abortion/ official Adventist Church statement on Abortion] as an aid to discussion and because it is important for young people to understand the official position, even if they chose to hold different beliefs. We emphasize that this statement is not considered a doctrine or a test of membership but more of a guideline for actions of the church.
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 These guidelines were approved and voted by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Executive Committee at the Annual Council session in Silver Spring, Maryland, October 12, 1992.
-==AIDS==
+===AIDS===
 AIDS was first recognized by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981. Since its discovery, AIDS has caused an estimated 36 million deaths worldwide and approximately 35.3 million people are living with HIV globally (as of 2012).
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 *Avoidance of activities that spread HIV/AIDS (no sex outside of marriage, only accepting screened blood, and avoiding drugs and shared needles)
-==Homosexuality==
+===Homosexuality===
 Homosexuality is a very difficult subject in the Seventh-day Adventist Church today. Historically, like most Christians, Adventists considered homosexuality a sin, and generally homosexual individuals hid their feelings and activities from the public and their families. Most Pathfinders are not old enough to remember those days though.  Pathfinders live in a world where homosexuality is often not a big deal at all and it seems antiquated to even discuss it as a bad thing.
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+===Pornography===
 The Bible offers guidance on what we should be viewing:

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 More than half of all mothers on welfare today had their first child as a teenager and two-thirds of families begun by a young, unmarried mother are poor today.  Teen pregnancy breeds poverty and trouble.  Kids living without the father at home are 5 times more likely to be in poverty.
-If you have a daughters as a teenager she is 3 times more likely to become a teen mother herself compared to girls born to mature parents. If you have a son as a teen mother, he is twice as likely to end up in prison as a son born to a stable family.
+A daughter born to a teenage mother is 3 times more likely to become a teen mother herself compared to girls born to mature parents.  A son born to a teenage mother is twice as likely to end up in prison as a son born to a stable family.
 . It is not fun for the boys either.

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		+	The Bible offers guidance on what we should be viewing:
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		+	\|verse=8
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		+	“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable——if anything is excellent or praiseworthy——think about such things.”
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		+	The Internet is the most easily accessed source of pornography. The [[Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Internet\|Internet]] honor suggests that you develop a covenant governing your use of the Internet, which excludes pornography and other harmful activities, and sign it along with the rest of your family.
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		+	The Pathfinder Pledge says that you will be pure and kind. This prohibits the use of pornography.

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 For more information Pathfinders are encourage to read up on the issues, starting with these Wikipedia articles:
-*[[w:/HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS]]
+*[[w:/HIV/AIDS|HIV/AIDS]]
-*[[w:wiki/Discrimination_against_people_with_HIV/AIDS Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS]]
+*[[w:wiki/Discrimination_against_people_with_HIV/AIDS|Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS]]
-*[[w:Religion_and_HIV/AIDS Religion and HIV/AIDS]]
+*[[w:Religion_and_HIV/AIDS|Religion and HIV/AIDS]]
 An appropriate Christian response to AIDS includes: