[paudio]

I always wonder about what Freepers think on having sex outside the marriage. Does the Bible condone it? It used to be condemned in the society, but it doesn’t seem to be any longer. At least not as much as before.

[Jonty30]

I think that people who have sexual relations outside marriage short-circuit their relationship development skills.

[BwanaNdege]

All sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is sin.

Period.

[Cronos]

what Freepers think on having sex outside the marriage.

well, I can't speak for all, but us conservative Catholic freepers here believe that:

1. Extra-marital sex is wrong and a sin, full stop.
2. "Shacking up", "living together", "free for all szx" is wrong and a sin
3. "Bed jumping" is a sin
4. "Easy, no fault divorce" making it divorce first, talk later is wrong and leads to the devaluation of marriage
5. treating marriage as just a contract or a partnership or just companionship is incorrect -- Marriage is a sacrament a union of God with man and woman -- God is in the midst of this, hence cheating on your spouse is being disobedient to God, hence living together is cutting out God, etc.

[SumProVita]

“...sex outside the marriage. Does the Bible condone it?...”

IF you believe God and that HE is the author of the Bible, there is NO way that you can see sex outside of marriage, between one man and one woman, as anything but sin.

Today’s culture has negated the notion of sin....because many people today are afraid of REAL change and REAL Love.

Sad...

(Personally, I see far too much emphasis placed on disordered homosexual sex. Heterosexuals are just as guilty of misusing this wonderful gift that God gave us.)

[MEGoody]

Does the Bible condone it?

Nope. It's called fornication and is a sin.