Is it ok to pray together with someone of the opposite sex alone quite a bit even though we're not really in a relationship yet?
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I don't see why not. The Bible instructs Christians to pray with other Christians.
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Praying alone together leads to a level of intimacy, emotionally in a short space of time that might take months otherwise.
I wouldn't recommend it.
See if you can find another person to join you. Even one other person will totally change the dynamic.
*Because becoming emotionally intimate with someone tends to be a slipperly slope when you're all alone (let alone interested in each other.) Many couples have done this, and many ended up places they regreted later.
Unless you're actually married, the more the merrier in my opinion, unless you have an interest or calling to prayer. Then 3 to a small group can be a really great thing.
I wouldn't recommend it.
See if you can find another person to join you. Even one other person will totally change the dynamic.
*Because becoming emotionally intimate with someone tends to be a slipperly slope when you're all alone (let alone interested in each other.) Many couples have done this, and many ended up places they regreted later.
Unless you're actually married, the more the merrier in my opinion, unless you have an interest or calling to prayer. Then 3 to a small group can be a really great thing.
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I don't buy it.
I don't buy that praying together leads to emotional intimacy. . . So if me and dshroe get together and pray. . . would that make us gay with the amount of emotional intimacy we're sharing?
Prayer does not lead to a great amount of emotional intimacy.
I don't buy that emotional intimacy leads to sex. Physical intimacy leads that way, but emotional intimacy doesn't.
I'm sorry this is more stuff from the purity pharisee's. Can't kiss, can't touch and now you can't even pray with someone of the opposite sex. It will all make you impure I guess...
I'm wondering when the purity pharisee's will tell us no looking and finally no talking.
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