Why is God paying attention to what I do with my body?

Question

A.K.A. Why is premarital sex considered a sin?

No, I'm not Christian. I'm agnostic. I'm trying to understand the attitudes and reasoning behind Christianity's perspective on sexuality.

No harm or rudeness intended. Please let me know if you think the wording of my question or my details are rude.

Sarabeth J: While I appreciate your disclosure, I have to ask you a personal question: Is your regret of your past sexual experiences because it is a sin, or because of a self esteem problem?

I ask because I've been with three men. I don't regret a single moment. I believe my sexual experiences were necessary to prepare me to be an outstanding lover for my future husband (who is one of the three). I value my sexuality, not sin.

Does that make sense? I don't mean to attack you personally, but regret is usually rooted in some sort of negative image of one's self. While I certainly have self esteem issues, I don't believe in regret. Every experience is a learning experience.

Sorry. Tangent.

Answer 1

Your question isn't rude at all.

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 6:18-20:

18Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

19Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own,

20You were bought with a price [purchased with a [b]preciousness and paid for, [c]made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.

That's the main reason why it's a sin. But I believe that more than not wanting us to sin, God understand how sex affects our hearts (especially women). I have had sex with my fair share of men (nothing obscene, but more than a couple), and I wish I could take them all back. It's almost like a piece of me was lost with every one. I'm not sure if that makes sense. I wish I had been able to give myself completely to my husband when we got married.

I understand that society makes it seem like waiting until marriage is an impossibility. But it's only been recently that sex outside of marriage has become so widely accepted. For the longest time, it was a bad thing in any religion pretty much.

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Answer 2

The problem with trying to base how you live your life in regards to sex is that it's all a matter of interpretation. Everyone has a different idea of what "fornication" means. If you say it means "No sex before marriage," then what is marriage? The institution of marriage today is NOTHING like it was when the Old Testament law was given or the Pauline epistles written.

Sex in the context of a healthy, mature relationship harms no one.

Frankly, I don't think God cares if I have sex with my boyfriend. He has much better things to worry about.

Answer 3

Leaving out the moral issue, we can see the consequences of the physical part. The price of free sex was extremely high. Not only monetarily but physically. The moral part also had many consequences considering that we are now dealing with young children acting like they are adults, sexually. That has not been beneficial to their development. Even secular society agree with that.

Answer 4

honestly, your body is a temple of Christ. If you are a Christian you show Christ to everyone through your actions. If you were to see a Christian out sleeping with everyone they see, what does that do to your idea of Christians or the Creator we serve? It totally trashes it!
And basically, to have a healthy relationship you need commitment, and sex is very personal and intimate. You need to be sure that your partner is as committed to you as you are to them. It gives you peace of mind. And once you bring kids into the mix, you REALLY need a stable environment to raise them!
This is a broad subject so I hope I touched on my points well enough for you!

Answer 5

The body is the temple of the soul. As such God has a
few directions in how to keep it clean and well cared for.
His guidance makes it run better cause it's super-tuned
to operate at it's best and keep the soul purring.

Answer 6

There is much to say in answer but this must suffice for now:

1. Sex outside of marriage is considered to be fornication and unlawful. The relationship can often be "redeemed" by the couple subsequently getting married - but the act of sex apart from marriage is still wrong.

2. God ordained a lawful and proper way to enjoy and engage in sex and that is within the loving confines of marriage.

3. The marriage relationship is meant to be symbolic or representative of the relationship of Christ with the Church i.e. we are called His Bride. To engage in sex outside of marriage is to destroy that important symbol.

4. when you become a Christian, you surrender all to God - your ideas, your abilities, your talents- and even your body. Your body no longer belongs to you - it belongs to God. (Of course, before you are a Christian, you are under the authority and domination of Satan and so actually you are never "master" - you are either Satan's servant or God's servant. There is no other choice.)

5. When you become a Christian, your body becomes the "temple of the living God' - God actually dwells within your body. God wants a clean temple - not a temple corrupted by sexual lust, fornication, uncleanness, etc.

6. God created you - He made your body (whether you are a believer or not). Therefore, He has the authority to tell what to do and He has the knowledge to know what is best for us!!

7. God isn't trying to deny us anything - He knows what is best for us and He knows that sexual passions expressed apart from marriage result in heartache and trouble!!


god bless

Answer 7

He made it for you and set some ground rules for it's use. Kind of like when you get your first car, but still live with your parents. They're going to notice if you put a dent in the car - or put bumper stickers all over it - and you'll go to them when it's not running right and you don't have the money to fix it.

Answer 8

You're talking about the 'Abrahamic or western' concept of God. In the eastern religions it no big thing. Hinduism celebrated human sexuality.

Answer 9

God designed the human body, emotional and well as physical.

He knows what works best, what is safe, healthy, etc.

He knows how to make relationships work and what destroys.

Have you ever considered that God has your best interest in mind? What a concept!

Answer 10

God thinks your hot! :P


I don't think God cares about this nonsense...people do because they are nosy b@stards who need to be in everyone business because they are crazy control freaks who have no lives and need to feel in control of somebody else body and life.

I don't think God wants us to be giving out our body's to everyone. I think he wants us to keep it for people we love, I just think that interpretation got all screwy...no pun intended.

You are not being rude, you are just trying to understand the reasoning behind law/sins in Christianity...I know I am!