Why is this a sin? Please provide me with a perfectly rational and logical explanation.
If two people are in deep love, why do they have to wait until they are married for sex? Marriage does not determine whether two people will be together forever or not, the "couple" determines that.
Sex is wonderful and is a higher degree of intimacy for a relationship. If two people are deeply in love, why can't they make love? Why is that so wrong? People determine whether they will stay together or not, Not Marriage.
2007-01-21 21:40:51 · 16 answers · asked by Mark_Magnetic 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God intended that a man and woman when they had sex were married. That is what He intended for them to be together for the rest of their lives. Man has decided that they want to do with their bodies what they will. If you have Jesus in your heart. Your body is not yours anymore and is the temple of God. You are to present to your husband or wife a virgin. God never intended us to sleep with anyone we choose. That is why there are so many sexual diseases out there. If we stay to our mate then there would not be any std's. God has a person for us. He has chosen one that is right. Man has chosen to do his own ways.
2007-01-21 21:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by salvation 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Adultery means to have sex with a person who is not your legally married partner; there are two types of adultery:
1. A married person who has sex with an unmarried person
2. A married person who has sex with another married person
Would you like adultery for your mother, wife, sister, or daughter? If not, then why perpetuate it or condone it? There are several verses in the Qur’an and many authentic hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which give clear guidance on the choices that we can make.
[Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret;….] (Al-A`raf 7:33)
[Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils).] (Al-Israa’ 17:32)
1. Marriage is a sacred relationship between a husband and wife. When either spouse has a sexual relationship outside this relationship, this is usually done secretly; thus there is breakdown of trust in the relationship.
2. The guilty party may contract a sexually transmitted disease, which can then be transmitted to the innocent victim.
3. The victim is usually the female. She has two options, either stay and ignore what the father of her children is doing, or ask for a divorce. If the woman does not have a source of income, she either has to return to her parents and thus be a burden on them, or eke out a living and thus raise her children in poverty.
4. Children are the innocent victims in divorce. They bear the brunt of the constant fights between their parents and grow up with emotional and psychological scars.
2007-01-22 08:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by BeHappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a great stigma associated with sex before marriage, a stigma put forth by religion. However, it's a personal choice. People say, "No, don't do it. The bible says to wait until you are married." Well the bible also says not to covet your neighbor, but just about everyone does that.
When deciding whether or not to have sex before marriage, you should weigh your personal viewpoints, pros vs. cons. It is an intimate action between two people, but realistically, that's not all. People like sex, physically, and they like it even more with people they really care about/love.
In essence, and just in my opinion, religion attaches stigmas and "rules" that are basically outdated. Organized religion is no up-to-date with society in 2007. Mores change, if people choose to change their attitudes and viewpoints as well (i.e. deciding that sex before marriage is okay), then they shouldn't feel guilty.
2007-01-22 06:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a sin because the Good Lord says it is. If you love the person and want to spend the rest of your life with them, then get married and then have sex.
2007-01-22 06:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a sin. It is a moral code set into to show self control by some. Sex changes everything in the relationship which is why it was recommened by the church to wait until marrage. It has jsut been given the stigma since then than it is a sin. It isn't a sin, jsut a moral code about self discipline.
2007-01-22 05:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by RMS4EVER 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because sex is by its nature a total act of self-giving. Until you've made a promise in front of God and your community that you'll always be faithful to one another, you aren't completely giving yourself. If you have sex before marriage, you're keeping something back and making sex something less than it should be. Marriage is a promise, not just a feeling of love. And it's a public promise at that.
2007-01-22 06:01:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christianity controls believers through guilt, starting before they're born (babies inherit sin, jesus died for your sins). So some things just need to be declared sinful to generate sin.
There's nothing wrong with sex. Any religion that claims otherwise is wrong.
2007-01-22 05:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Religious tradition frowns on premarital sex and it's understandable that this is so. Consider that reliable contraception is relatively new. Same for STD treatment.
2007-01-22 06:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
don't do it it is an amazing gift from god to be shared within marriage. I feel that marriage is for life with no get out no divorce but people now days feel that they can get out of marriage when they can't be bothered anymore so it is not sacred any more making sex not sacred anymore.people give themselves away to easily yes it is the most intimate thing you can share that's why it is only for the person you share your life with xx
2007-01-22 05:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by noot 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What a lot of people don't realize, from a Biblical perspective, the sexual act consumates the marriage.
2007-01-22 05:50:53 · answer #10 · answered by mikerow992003 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋