QUOTE(BeeR_KeG @ Feb 11 2006, 11:43 AM)
On the contrary to most of you, I say that sex before marriage is a must!
Think about this statement:
"You just got married and the both of you are going to have sex for the first time in both the relationship and your lifes. None of you know how the experience will be nor know what to do. After you do your thing you say to yourself: "Damn, that wasn't as good as they say". You have sex the next night and it still isn't good. Your spouse doesn't like the sex either."
You are now with a person that you do not like having sex with. Now you either get a divorce or just don't have good sex. This is a real problem.
And yes, this is possible. All bodies are different meaning that they have different variations of getting an orgasm and thus not everyone can please everyone.
The main reasons to have sex before marriage is:
1) Make sure that you like having sex with your couple before
2) You gain valuable experience (The first time is the worst)
3) It's healthy
4) It's fun(In another sense)
5) You feel good about yourself
Now the main resons a group of people don't have sex before marriage are:
1) Virginity equals that that person is honorable
- This realy makes no sense, what you did in bed doesn't make you honorable, keeping your word, honesty and values make you an honorable person
2) The Church prohibits it
- Who said that you have to do everything that the Church says. Christianity specifically states that any person may worship as he or she pleases. Take me as an example, I believe in God in my own way, I highly despise the Church and it's dogmas.
3) You may get her or yourself pregnant
- Just don't blow your load inside her or let him blow it inside you. Condoms are a fine choice
4) The other person may have a disease
- Your fault not making sure that he or she doesn't have any wierd disease
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I pretty much agrees with beer on this one. The reason most people propose to have sex after marriage was to prevent polygamy (From polygamy comes more arguments, such as STDs and Religious issues) and have control on reproduction. However, humans have the need to have sex, even if you tell them they will burn in hell, get jailed, die painfully or screw up their life somehow... they won't stop doing it. So instead of the abstinence talk, let people be healthy, stay healthy and if people know the right thing to do, STDs and pregnancy can easily be controlled.
The church sees virginity and marriage as a sacrament. Having sex before your marriage for them is a sin, and impure. However, in today's society marriage has really in fact lost it's religious meaning. It's more of a commitment thing, showing that you are devoted to that one person. Nonetheless, in the end it still becomes a legal status so the government says you are married, the government says you guys deserve this right or that because you are married- and yes, the government can say whether you are married or not by altering their laws, terms and consititution. No longer is marriage tied to religion, so the sacredness, purity, and everything tied to sex after marriage is losing it's purpose.
As for virginity, I really hate to see people treat their "virginity" as pure or as a 'prize' or 'gift'. Sure you may be inexperienced in the area of sex, but like beer said that would be a problem if you have sex after marriage since you probably won't enjoy it. Also, virginity has already becoming a social construct, the meaning varies greatly and it doesn't really exist in the biological sense. The definition of virginity is so arbitrary that it doesn't really serve a role outside the religious/sinning context. In addition, the fact that everyone are developing their own idea of what exactly constitutes sex, who cares exactly if you still have your virginity - whatever it may be. I don't.
As for the pregnant issues, you're stupid if you don't take protective measures.
About the STDs, that's a problem about sex before marriage (hence polygamy). If you are not 100% sure of the status of your sex partner, then get tested, take protective measures. If you're mindful of the possibilities, and you choose to be cautious, then contracting STDs would almost be a negligibility.
I don't see any reason to not have sex before marriage, delaying the time to have sex with someone is fine since you need to know whether they can stay committed and reduce the chance on catching an STD. However, having your first sexual experience after marriage is just causing danger to that bond, and if you're gona marry... that's enough to know that no argument holds any water against it.