Do you think abstinence (saving sex for marriage) is important?

Question

i do.

Answer 1

I found these DAILY figures for teenagers in the USA:
2,795 Teenage girls will become pregnant
373 Teenager girls will miscarry
1,295 Teen girls will give birth
1,106 Teenagers have abortions
48 Teens will contract the HIV (AIDS) virus
623 Teenagers will get syphilis or gonorrhea

This problem isn't limited to the USA...

Answer 2

Yes. Abstinence is VERY important!! Just because society says it's alright, anything goes these days, doesn't mean you should. I know many people will disagree with me here but so what, the question was asked so I am answering it.
Why not save it until marriage? That's where it's legal anyways. Why take a chance on catching some disease from someone that you can never get rid of just because you sleep around. You will be surprised how much self control you really can exercise to not have sex before marriage. No one has to be pressured to have sex just because they think their friends are doing it. It's a real possibility that their friends aren't doing anything at all!
Yes, I do believe in abstinence, there isn't a thing wrong with it!.

Answer 3

When I was a child I made the promise never to have sex until I was married. Despite the fact that I did not understand the type of promise that I was make (or what sex was) at the time, I have kept that promise for an estimated 16 years - if not longer. I am currently 24 years old. And, although friends and family continue to harass me about by a 24 year old virgin have no intention of breaking my vow of abstinence.

Answer 4

Yes. But, it isn't a world that supports that. So, if you make that decision good for you. God inteneded a plan for man & woman.
Humans have really mess up in many ways. The only reason for sexually transmitted diseases is because of people who don't honor marriage or they have multi partners. If you live in a world that encourages you to wait, then do so. I can't make judgment, because life has twists and turns & God's way isn't always possible to have. Some people can never marry because they won't get health insurance. Or their poverty doesn't allow them to do things by the book so to speak. I have seen and lived all sides of this.
I say do it if you can and don't judge those who don't.

Just don't consider sex after marriage guarentees you a good marriage or that sex before marriage is good or bad. HUmans put too much on this. There are circumstances that only God can understand.

Answer 5

Holy s h i t. I cannot believe that anyone would second guess it. It is the most important thing ever and not having abstinence could ruin the rest of your life! It is extremely important and I'm 19 years old and I have waited. People, you act like its soo hard. Its not hard until you actually have it. I have a promise to myself and God not to have sex. I am waiting for my husband. And trust me if I wanted to have sex there would be no problem being able to fullfil that but I'm waiting and that is something that makes me so much cooler.

Answer 6

What is important is that you are physically old enough, educated in the proper use of birth control and std prevention and that you are in a committed relationship. Pre-marital abstinence was fine when girls were married in their late teens, but now people are not marrying until their mid to late 20's and some never marry. It's just not feasible past a certain point.

Answer 7

If it is important to you, then yes, it is important. The answer will be different depending on who you ask, their religious/moral beliefs, thier sex drive, whether or not they had an unplanned pregnancy, etc ... If you are very young, say under 18, waiting is not a bad thing, but you have to decide, without pressure and after you have educated yourself on all of the consequences of a sexual relationship. And, your mind and body aren't even fully developed. Seriously, they aren't, many women can't even climax until they are in their mid-to-late twenties ... so it may not even be worth it to start at an early age! :-)

Answer 8

Yes, it is a great idea. To know that the person you are with loves you for yourself, and doesn't say so because you are having or want to have sex.

To not have to worry about being pregnant or contracting an STD will free your life up for so many more wonderful things.

To not get hung up when you are young becasue sex is all you think about and do means that you will be able to enjoy so many other things.

Do it...stick to your guns. You won't be sorry.

Answer 9

Yes in a way. I think you should save sex for someone you really care about. Why throw away something so special to just anyone. I think it is so wrong how people today are sleeping with anyone. Most people don't even care about the person.

Answer 10

It's probably best to wait until marriage. Of course, if you divorce, you might as well not have waited as far as your 2nd husband will be concerned. So it depends: how reliable are you in a relationship? Can you keep with one man for life?

Another answerer pointed out the rates for unwanted, premarital pregnancy and STD infections for teenagers. There's a few other statistics you should know about.

Black heterosexual males are 14 times more likely to be infected with HIV than White heterosexual males.

Black men are 31 times more likely to have gonorrhea than White men.

Black men are 44 times more likely to have syphilis than White men.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Document 1: "HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report," Vol 11, No. 2, Dec 1999.
Document 2: "HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report," Vol.12, No. 2, Dec 2000.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1202.htm
Document 3: "Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1997."
See my summary: http://www.jabpage.org/posts/aidsrace.html

So if you're a White woman and want to stay healthy, either abstain until marriage or "date White."

Answer 11

I think it is very important to wait until you get married it is something that is meant to give up with the person you really love so many men these days are telling girls they love them but most of the time it is just to get in bed with them you have to really make sure that they love you if you want to lose your virginity. A lot of people regret losing it so I think waiting is the best choice