Originally posted by JDawg
Though I will say that sex outside of marriage isn't healthy, and saving yourself for marriage is the best way to prevent a child from growing up in a single-parent household, and STDs.
Originally posted by drnihili
I'm not following the part about how saving yourself for marriage is going to preven a child from growing up in a sngle parent house. THere's always divorce.
Originally posted by drnihili
Also, why not just live by a rule that says you have to get married if the girl gets pregnant? That would be equally preventative.
Originally posted by one_raven
He said it is the best way, not fail-proof.
Outside of complete abstainence, can you think of a better way?
How would that help to ensure that a child will be raised in a healthy, happy environment with two loving parents?
If anything, it would make the situation worse.
Originally posted by JDawg
He has no idea. It's just his conditioned response.
Originally posted by Cris
New Life,
What does that mean?
Originally posted by New Life
Well before people have sex they're fairly innocent, and after wards they arent innocent anymore. (at least the poeple I know are like that) and by not having sex till marriage you're remaining "pure" and innocent.
Besides that (from my viewpoint as a female) your body is kinda like a gift that you can only really give once for the first time, and after that its just 're-gifting' so one might want to save it for the person they're planning on spending the rest of their life with!
THere's always divorce.
Originally posted by Mitch1984
Has Marriage just become a commercial gimmick rather than something that's supposed to be for life?
Originally posted by Fafnir665
Thats the difference between state marraige, an church marraige. Marriage in the face of God, or marriage for tax reasons.
Originally posted by drnihili
Churches grant divorce too.
Originally posted by Fafnir665
Churches give anullments. And even then you only get one.