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I know the bible is obviously against sex before marriage, fornication and adultery.
However, I sometimes can't help but feel that in this day and age, it can be hard to follow those guidelines - for example, the Bible was written at a time when people would have married much younger and were therefore less likely to have had a chance of engaging in intercourse before marriage. In addition, the courtship between couples would have a much shorter duration. Many couple nowadays are together for many years before they marry - how possible is it to be with someone for say, 6 years, and not have intercourse? I don't know how realistic this can be in general. Because therefore, a prositute would equate to a loving couple who have been together for a long time and each other were their first sexual partners.
I know sex and lust can deviate us from God, and that sex is something spiritual and God meant for it to be done only in the marriage bed.
Discuss?
However, I sometimes can't help but feel that in this day and age, it can be hard to follow those guidelines - for example, the Bible was written at a time when people would have married much younger and were therefore less likely to have had a chance of engaging in intercourse before marriage. In addition, the courtship between couples would have a much shorter duration. Many couple nowadays are together for many years before they marry - how possible is it to be with someone for say, 6 years, and not have intercourse? I don't know how realistic this can be in general. Because therefore, a prositute would equate to a loving couple who have been together for a long time and each other were their first sexual partners.
I know sex and lust can deviate us from God, and that sex is something spiritual and God meant for it to be done only in the marriage bed.
Discuss?