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Are you abstaining from sex until mar...
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1089.2 in response to 1089.1
Hi Heather,
You seem to pose this question often, perhaps, however, you should define what you mean by the word "sex"and open it for discussion rather than prompting for a yes, no, maybe answer. I can't quite understand why polling this in so many different ways to get the same black and white outcome is so important to you.
In my opinion "sex" is a rather large umbrella term for many intimate acts and even in instances where one proclaims to be chaste for religious reasons, thus they abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage, they still engage in other "sex" acts. This to me is hypocritical as in my opinion one is "pure/chaste" of sexual thoughts and encounters or not.
Are you pure/chaste or are you just refraining from intercourse before marriage?
Has your Church ever defined the word "sex". And if so, does your faith OK other "sex" acts before marriage?