Pre-marital sex

However, she said I " presented a series of unfounded assertions, straw man arguments, religious arguments, and what I think is a red herring. He has failed to even address my own arguments. " However, the fact of the matter is all of my points are quite valid and to say that religion is quote "a red herring"or"irrelevant" is being quite ignorent considerring the majority of Americans (76%) identify themselves as Christians, mostly with Protestant denominations. [1] Non-Christian religions (including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism), collectively make up about 4% to 5% of the adult population. [2]=85% of Americans are "religious. " [1]Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar (2009). "AMERICAN RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION SURVEY (ARIS) 2008" (PDF). Hartford, Connecticut, USA: Trinity College. . http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu.... Retrieved 2009-04-01. [2]Eck, Diana (2002). A New Religious America : the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation. HarperOne. pp. 432. ISBN 978-0060621599. So now that we have coverd that religion is deffinitly a HUGE aspect in "our" culture lets see what majority of "religion" has to say about pre-marital sex. 1)1 Corinthians 6:18-20 encourages us to "Run away from sexual sin. Every other sin people do is outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies. You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. So you do not belong to yourselves, because you were bought by God for a price. So honor God with your bodies. " . .. Obstain from fornication (pre-marital sex)----I think this says it all and it is pretty well know that "christians" don't believe in sex before marrige, so if you are a christian then you are holding a belife that pre-marital sex is wrong. (THATS 76% OF AMERICANS) 2)Judaism also believes in the same things via the ancesters of their religion wrote the books in the Bible. 3)Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism---Buddhist monks and nuns of most traditions are expected to refrain from all sexual activity,. .. The Hindu tradition of Brahmacharya places great emphasis on abstinence as a way of harnessing the energy of body and mind towards the goal of spiritual realization,. .. Islam also forbids intercourse outside of marriage. Point 2 - You seem to be arguing the very point of marrige. Once again we find ourselves talking about a religous /tradition hence the Title of the debate(pre-MARITAL sex) POINT 3) Since in our debate we are disscussing "pre-MARITAL sex" we are taking into count that the "person" having sex is going to get married so the issue of "MARRIGE" and what it is, is indeed very cruical. She talked about "Open Marriges" which are a propablitly but according to Philip Blumstein and Pepper Schwartz (1983). American Couples: Money, Work, Sex, New York, NY: William Morrow and Company researchers have estimated that ONLY 1.7 percent so to base the other 98.3 % on these few marriges would be quite obserd. POINT 4) The reason most people get married is to devote their love to only one person for the rest of their lives Hence the traditional VOW: Do you BRIDE'S/GOOMS NAME) take GROOM'S/BRIDES NAME to be your husband – to live together after God's ordinance – in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love him/her, comfort him/her, HONOR and KEEP him/her, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon him/her your heart's deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keep yourself ONLY unto him/her as long as you both shall live? Ok so now with the "traditional vows" - Lets deal with the words "HONOR AND KEEP. " How can you "honor" and "keep" someone by "Making love" to another? If your answer is no then how could EVER having sex before or after marrige help or be of ANY profit to a relationship once inside marrige? Answer= it couldn't. To really "honor" the one you are going to vow to "keep for better or worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon "their" your heart's DEEPEST devotion, FORSAKING ALL OTHERS. .. (let me say it again) FORSAKING ALL OTHERS" to help honor them you would save yourself for only them and keep yourself for only them. It also says "forsaking all others, keep yourself ONLY unto him/her as long as you both shall live? " IF your going to keep yourself all of sudden since your now married I think it would be better to have always kept yourself. OK moving on back to the point on diseases: Some venereal diseases have no symptoms and many couples discover many years later that they became infertile because of these diseases. Infertility experts estimate that 80% of today's infertility is due to venereal diseases contracted before they married. The best and only method that guarantees 100% against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases is to wait for marriage to have sex and maintain fidelity in your marriage. UNAIDS estimates that 32.9 million people were living with HIV/AIDS worldwide as of the end of 2007, up from 29.5 million in 2001. The latest global HIV/AIDS estimates from UNAIDS/WHO reflect improved and expanded HIV surveillance, country data collection and methodologies, as well as an increased understanding of the natural course of the epidemic. As a result, there have been substantial revisions from previous estimates. SOME FACTS ABOUT --ONLY--ONE SEXUALY TRANSMITTED DIEASE ===AIDS=== The Centers for Disease Control estimate that there have been over half a million AIDS deaths in the United States alone including over five thousand AIDS deaths of children under 15 years old. AIDS is the leading cause of death for African Americans ages 25 to 44. AIDS is the second leading cause of death for Latinos ages 25 to 44. In 1999 women constituted 23% of all AIDS cases in the United States. Women represent the fastest growing group of new HIV infections in the United States. An estimated one in 13 people living with AIDS is over age fifty and that over a quarter are unaware of their condition but can still spread the disease. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 15% of men infected with HIV were infected through heterosexual sex including oral and vaginal sex. In 2000 the Centers for Disease Control estimate that over 2.2 million people in the United States are HIV positive and that 25% of those who are HIV positive are totally unaware of their condition but can still spread the disease. ========== AS FOR PREVENTION========= The rate of condom failure has been rated at between 2% and 35%. A Boston Globe article (June 23, 2003) put the rate of condom failure to prevent HIV infection at 10 % Take into mind that you can only tell if you have aids after 6-8 years and even then you might not have ANY simptons! ! DON'T RUN THE RISK WAIT UNTILL YOUR MARRIED AND STAY LOYAL ONCE YOUR MARRIED. -you will be safer, happier, and set a good example for future generations VOTE CON! ! !