That’s what AOL News claims based on an article in the journal Pediatrics. Kevin DeYoung smelled something fishy about this surprising statistic, so did a little investigating and found out that the claim is based on a misreading of the journal article. DeYoung writes:
AOL speaks of 1 in 10 teens; the original article concludes 9.3% of sexually active adolescents reported a same-sex partner. There’s a big difference. The survey analyzed data from 17,220 teenagers. Of those, 7,261 (or 42%) reported having had sex. So according this study 58% of teens are not having sex with anyone and 9.3% of those have, had same-sex partners, or 3.9% of the total sample.
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On the way to work this morning I was thinking about the question, “Who made God?” Many people wonder about this question (answer here), but it is a favorite atheist objection to the cosmological argument which posits God as the best explanation for the origin of physical reality (the universe/multiverse). They use this objection in one of two ways. Either they argue, “If the universe needs a cause, then so does God,” or they argue, “If God doesn’t need a cause, then neither does the universe.” Both formulations are faulty, but my intent is not to evaluate the objection here. I bring it up only to highlight that there is a difference between an explanation and a cause. While everything that exists needs an explanation, not everything needs (or has) a cause.
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That’s what AOL News claims based on an article in the journal Pediatrics. Kevin DeYoung smelled something fishy about this surprising statistic, so did a little investigating and found out that the claim is based on a misreading of the journal article. DeYoung writes:
Thinking to Believe 