Miles
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Carri20 said:Purity is a lifestyle. "Virgin" is a label. Purity means that you are saving yourself for your future spouse. Virgin just means that you have never had sex before. There is a difference. You can have sex, repent, be forgiven, and then live a sexually pure lifestyle from then on. Like Jesus said, "go and sin no more." It's unfortunate that some people would still rather divide potential mates into the categories of "virgin" and "nonvirgin" rather than "pure" and "unpure".
While don't particularly like the word 'pure' used to describe anyone (we're all sinners), I do hear where you're coming from.
Unfortunately, despite many genuine people (such as yourself), there are some who claim to be 'pure', and yet even their present actions don't live up to their words on the subject. It can be hard to spot the fakers. It follows that there are others who would still prefer to keep their dating within the 'virgin' sub-cagetory of 'pure', or at least look for that initially. Often those people fit into the same category themselves (no double-standards). One might argue that it would be good for some of them to leave this comfort zone, but there's still nothing inherently wrong with letting them continue on their merry way, as what they're looking for isn't sinful in and of itself.
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