[wagglebee]

When we accept that human dignity is God-given, we have the logically persuasive reason to follow the moral law of the transcendent God, revealed by Him to us in Scripture, as it is the surest - and the only - safe path to happiness.

Amen.

[wagglebee]

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[David_G_Burnet]

health consequences and depression

Not that it would matter to today's ultra-promiscous, IV drug using, nihilistic youth, but this statistic from the CDC is pretty depressing all by itself:

How common is genital herpes? Nationwide, at least 45 million people ages 12 and older, or one out of five adolescents and adults, have had genital HSV infection. Between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, the number of Americans with genital herpes infection increased 30 percent.

On the other end of the, er, spectrum, an ex-pat Iranian coworker once told me that a female friend of his was maintaining her "virginity" for marriage by, uhm, practicing the "love that dares not speak it's name".

That absurdity left me dumbstruck.

Once the "last taboo" is broken, there's not much point to any taboo.

[Old Professer]

You can't push cooked spaghetti.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Sadly, rather than face the ridicule from those in the educated elites, many religious leaders have abandoned the teachings regarding moral purity before marriage and fidelity within marriage."

"Make sure that no one traps you and deprives you of your freedom by some secondhand, empty, rational philosophy based on the principles of this world instead of on Christ." Colossians 2:6-8

"This people honors me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me. The worship they offer me is worthless; the doctrines they teach are only human regulations." (Matt.15:8-9).

[Melinda in TN]

It was fairly easy for me to stay virtuous, even in the 70's. I had one of those dads that followed me on dates. There was no telling where he might pop up next, bless him. LOL I was pretty much a prude but he stayed busy with my two sisters. He was a very persistent man.

The only time I got in trouble with my Dad was when I told him I was getting a divorce. He told me I was too old to find another one and I'd better hold on the one I had. I was 25. I finally had to tell him that the reason I was getting a divorce was because I caught my husband, his favorite son-in-law, in bed with another man. I would take my chances on never finding another husband but I was NOT staying married to that pervert, period! He got over it. :-)