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neenee

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"The bible is on your side here, however one thing I would like to see is the rates that stay together comparing those who had sex before marriage and those that didn't."


Interestingly enough according to the recent U.S census divorce rates were highest in the bible belt.. (ie young christian couples getting married without having sex).

something to think about
 
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neenee said:

"The bible is on your side here, however one thing I would like to see is the rates that stay together comparing those who had sex before marriage and those that didn't."


Interestingly enough according to the recent U.S census divorce rates were highest in the bible belt.. (ie young christian couples getting married without having sex).

something to think about
Just because they live in the Bible Belt doesn't mean that they are not having sex.
 
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Jesus1stKing

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I don't know if this will help, but here is what I found, I hope it helps to clear up this matter.

[BIBLE]1 Corinthians 6 NKJV

Glorify God in Body and Spirit
12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13bNow the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh.” * 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

Principles of Marriage
7 Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; 9 but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

To the Unmarried and Widows
25 Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy. 28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.
34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world--how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his *virgin, does well. 38 So then he who gives *her in marriage does well, [/BIBLE]


I cut it up a bit, and you may want to go back and read the whole thing in context, but I only cut out thing that did not directly apply. I left most so that you could get it in context.

Good Fortune, and GODs Wisdom shine upon both of you.
 
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