Premarital Sex
Issue 1: Premarital Sex
All religions of the world do not permit pre-marital, extra-marital or non-marital sex.
Prohibition of pre-marital sex is necessary to encourage people to get married and stay married as well as strengthening the marriage.
Sexual desire must be related to love that is deep and a person ought to have sex with only one person each time.
Meaning: Pre-marital sex:
Pre marital sex is a term which refers to voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other.
Values and moral standards
The values and moral standards, which were endorsed in the past years, are now ridiculed and ignored by many.
Teaching sexual purity before and after marriage is no longer held before young people as a law of God nor even as an ideal goal to strive for.
The so called sexual freedom is flaunted among teenagers and adults.
Those who expect and encourage young people to remain virgins until marriage are ridiculed.
Religions’ Views
Most major religions forbid premarital sex
In Christianity, … God’s law is plain:- “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.”
So Premarital Sex is a Sin
To many, sex before marriage is a sin against the body.
Sinning against the body means losing respect for your body, as well as the body of the one you’re involved with.
Many end up in counseling or therapy to deal with problems related to “teenage” sex.
In Islam, ..
Pre-marital sex is; absolutely forbidden in Islam, no matter whether it is with a girl-friend or a prostitute. Pre-marital sex is fornication (zina) a sin punishable by the Islamic court considered an immoral act against the rights of Allah and one's own sexual organs
What makes premarital sex morally wrong?
Many advocates of premarital sex argue its legitimacy on the grounds that it conforms to the law of nature,
i.e. it is the natural thing to do.
Yet natural acts,
All religions of the world do not permit pre-marital, extra-marital or non-marital sex.
Prohibition of pre-marital sex is necessary to encourage people to get married and stay married as well as strengthening the marriage.
Sexual desire must be related to love that is deep and a person ought to have sex with only one person each time.
Meaning: Pre-marital sex:
Pre marital sex is a term which refers to voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other.
Values and moral standards
The values and moral standards, which were endorsed in the past years, are now ridiculed and ignored by many.
Teaching sexual purity before and after marriage is no longer held before young people as a law of God nor even as an ideal goal to strive for.
The so called sexual freedom is flaunted among teenagers and adults.
Those who expect and encourage young people to remain virgins until marriage are ridiculed.
Religions’ Views
Most major religions forbid premarital sex
In Christianity, … God’s law is plain:- “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.”
So Premarital Sex is a Sin
To many, sex before marriage is a sin against the body.
Sinning against the body means losing respect for your body, as well as the body of the one you’re involved with.
Many end up in counseling or therapy to deal with problems related to “teenage” sex.
In Islam, ..
Pre-marital sex is; absolutely forbidden in Islam, no matter whether it is with a girl-friend or a prostitute. Pre-marital sex is fornication (zina) a sin punishable by the Islamic court considered an immoral act against the rights of Allah and one's own sexual organs
What makes premarital sex morally wrong?
Many advocates of premarital sex argue its legitimacy on the grounds that it conforms to the law of nature,
i.e. it is the natural thing to do.
Yet natural acts,