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At the risk of turning the political thread into a religion thread.. That's how I see it too, Heineken. Abstain from sex outside of a marriage. Within a marriage you can enjoy sex as a way of bonding. Sex in a very real and physical sense bonds two people together. Within a bonded family children have the benefit over children from broken homes or unhappy marriages it has been proven by countless studies. Even then, like Hein indicated, you have to time it right for conception to actually occur. Trust me, I've gone for it twice and it doesn't happen just like that; the window is quite small and it's like clockwork. Once you start on hormone altering drugs things go haywire though. If you choose to do otherwise that is your choice but IMO then you must accept that there is a lot of room for a number of things to get.. messy in quite a number of ways. And trust me it will too some degree.
It's not about religiously following rules. The 'rules' in the Bible aren't there for the sake of pleasing some arbitrary god. They are just sensible guidelines for a happy life. You don't need to follow them to 'get into heaven'- that s by the grace of God alone- but it shows sense, maturity, humility and obedience because of gratitude. Nowhere in the Bible does it say you won't be tested since that is how you grow up but why go and make trouble for yourself? The world around you is good enough at that as it is if you ask me. Sex is great but the entertainment industry puts it on a pedestal it really shouldn't be on.
It's not about religiously following rules. The 'rules' in the Bible aren't there for the sake of pleasing some arbitrary god. They are just sensible guidelines for a happy life. You don't need to follow them to 'get into heaven'- that s by the grace of God alone- but it shows sense, maturity, humility and obedience because of gratitude. Nowhere in the Bible does it say you won't be tested since that is how you grow up but why go and make trouble for yourself? The world around you is good enough at that as it is if you ask me. Sex is great but the entertainment industry puts it on a pedestal it really shouldn't be on.