Posted on 09/05/2020 5:13:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Half of Christians say sex between consenting adults who are in a committed dating relationship is sometimes or always acceptable, and over half — with the exception of evangelical Protestants — say casual sex is OK, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.
Some 62% of Catholics, 56% of Protestants in the historically black tradition, 54% of mainline Protestants, and 36% of evangelical Protestants say casual sex between consenting adults is sometimes or always acceptable, according to the survey.
Among those who are religiously unaffiliated, as many as 84% say casual sex is sometimes or always acceptable, Pew adds. And the percentage increases to 94% among atheists and 95% among agnostics.
Pew clarifies that the survey “did not ask respondents if they themselves would engage in any of these practices. Instead, the questions asked if they found the practices acceptable ‘regardless of whether you would do it yourself.’”
The study notes that the gap between Christians and the unaffiliated is not very big when it comes to sex between unmarried adults who are in a committed relationship.
Fifty-seven percent of Christians say it’s sometimes or always acceptable. “That includes 67% of mainline Protestants, 64% of Catholics, 57% of Protestants in the historically black tradition, and 46% of evangelical Protestants.”
In comparison, nearly 80% of religiously unaffiliated Americans say sex between unmarried adults in a committed relationship is sometimes or always acceptable.
However, Americans, in general, do not tend to accept a range of other sex and dating practices, for example, having sex on a first date, exchanging sexually explicit photographs with other consenting adults, and having an open relationship.
Evangelical Protestants are significantly less likely than most other Christian groups in this analysis to find these practices acceptable, Pew notes. Just over a third of Christians say it’s sometimes or always acceptable.
Church attendance has a bearing on people’s views on what they find acceptable, the survey adds. “For example, a little less than half (46%) of U.S. adults who attend services at least once a month say sex between unmarried adults in a committed relationship is sometimes or always acceptable, compared with three-quarters (74%) of those who go less often. And about one-third (35%) of those who go to religious services at least monthly say casual sex is sometimes or always acceptable, compared with three-quarters (75%) of those who attend less frequently,” the study points out.
In a column for The Christian Post this week, CP’s Executive Editor Dr. Richard D. Land addressed the embrace of sexual lifestyles condemned in Holy Scripture, focusing on biblical responses to its incidence.
“We should never let another Christian’s moral or theological failures shake our own personal Christian faith,” he said, adding that we should forgive regardless of whether they repent or not or they request it or not.
“When the person confesses their sins and repents, then they should be welcomed back into the fellowship,” Land, former president of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said, cautioning, that “restoration to fellowship with the Body of Christ does not mean automatic elevation to the previous or a new position of leadership.”
This is from the Babylon Bee, right?
Show me the scripture
One of my apartment renters are a man who women who teach Bible studies at their local church. Unmarried.
And the other half are liars...
I hate to say this but you have to test drive before you buy.
Here’s where all the pearl clutchers will be tonight I guess
My two young adult sons have girlfriends I ADORE and my oldest son is now engaged to her, however they don’t stay over in my house together even though (the engaged couple) now lives together. I’m trying to present the idea that sharing a guest room in my home is a privilege of marriage, But practically speaking it only means they visit the girls’ parents homes instead and sleep over there and so I see them less often. At least one of the girls insisted on getting that engagement ring on her finger—good for her!
Now, listen, I never had sex with a good Christian girl before marriage. I always picked the slutty easy girls who were liberals. Well, there were a few Catholic girls in there, but they paid penance!
The first thing Adam and Eve realized was their nakedness. And God made them animal-skin garments to wear. The FIRST animal sacrifice!
I’m guessing all sorts of other things could have come up in their minds first. Gag their mouths so they couldn’t say deceptive things to each other? Plug up their eyes so as not to listen to the serpent?
Any person who calls themselves a Christian can never say that sin is OK. If they do then they have denied the Gospel and the laws of Moses.
Not a problem for me.
“I hate to say this but you have to test drive before you buy.”
I dated around enough before marriage to find out some women love and craze sex and some have little interest. About 60/40 split.
I wonder if some of these respondents match up.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3879330/posts
I caught my daughter making out with her boyfriend in my house when hey were dating.
They knew that was a no no. They weren’t “doing it” but they were doing enough. I gave them a much harder time about it than it deserved.
8 years later, my son in law and I were recalling the good ol days. I let him know my wife and I laughed our butts off after they left the house. Then I asked the new Dad, (8 months old daughter) how he would react to walking in on that.
He told me that he would be a lot tougher than me.
Sex outside marriage injures the soul.
Once homosexuality became accepted, our sexual attitudes were going in that direction as well.
Shouldn’t this be in the BREAKING NEWS section??
This IS 2020!
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