How do you view premarital sex?

[Elrohir]

¡Tengo un sentido del humor! وارى انه مضحك جدا!

Well, I indeed do have a sense of humor! And I'm not going to leave the love of my life over sin. Something which I do every single day.

So you admit that it's a sin, you just don't care? Why not? Every time you sin, it's like spitting in the face of Christ, or driving a nail through His hands. Don't you care that your sin hurts God? Don't you care that it's wrong?

Don't force religon on the guy, just let him do his own thing.

I'm not "forcing" anything on him, I'm trying to understand why he is continually doing something which he himself thinks is morally wrong.

Hmm, the divorce statistic isn't at 50% because people make wise hurried decisions based on faith, in fact it may well be a major contributer to the statistic. You have to admit that although it might of worked back in the day, it certainly doesn't now. Society evolves only when morality does. Accept that the world is changing and it's concepts need to, if not then we'll keep this high divorce statistic and that won't work out well for religion or secular beliefs. I know your not allowed to change your beliefs and I respect them, in your own system; but if nothing else you have to accept that the world has regardless moved on and your not likely to change morality based on a conviction that most people no longer share.

I don't think people should hurry into marriage; I never said that. Ideally, I think you should know someone for several years, or at least one before you marry them. I think divorce is a huge problem in our society - but premarital sex isn't the answer. That's like throwing pearls to the pigs because you're afraid that you'll lose them - worse than what you're afraid of. All in all, I think America's promiscuous attitude towards sex contributes a good deal towards that high divorce rate. People are so hung up on getting good sex that they don't take the time to worry about the other stuff that's just as important.

Or pulling cows out of ditches, too, iirc.
We mostly just tease her, because it's funny.

Yep. Like every command, the resting on the Sabbath command has to be interpeted using common sense. I mean you could take it completely literally, and not get out of bed or go to the bathroom all day, since lifting the toilet seat or getting yourself a drink of water might qualify as "work". Common sense and the likely intentions of the speaker matter a great deal.

 

[cegman]

Elohir who views pre-marital sex as bad in the bible? and why should be follow traditions that don't have secondary backing that they did in the past?

 

[CaptainF]

So you admit that it's a sin, you just don't care? Why not? Every time you sin, it's like spitting in the face of Christ, or driving a nail through His hands. Don't you care that your sin hurts God? Don't you care that it's wrong?

Why is it a sin?

 

[ThERat]

since Christians declared that I am a sinner (since I am an atheist), I did and will enjoy premarital sex.

I was always wondering why religious fanatics are so obsessed with other people's life. I like sex, before or after marriage. If you want to be a virgin, fine with me (though I think you miss out a lot ). But please keep your dogma from others. Thanks

Besides, I can clearly see a Europe/US devide. Europeans like krys or ComradeDavo are IMHO typical examples for 'our' thinking. I remember in school when we were 18/19. We had this discussion about premarital sex and one girl would insist on preserving her virginity. No need to say that she was more or less pitied by the rest of the class.