Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!judy From: judy@ut-ngp.UUCP (Judy Ashworth) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re; Christian Singles (and sex) Message-ID: <1129@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 11:21:38 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1129 Posted: Fri Dec 14 11:21:38 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 03:17:07 EST References: <4325@cbscc.UUCP> <200@ahuta.UUCP> Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 17 Ah, but what constitutes a MARRIAGE from a Christian point of view? I seem to remember one of Paul's letters admonishing some people for doing business with working girls because the very act of "joining" with them was a marriage in the eyes of God. So while today most people consider a marriage to be a social contract involving a government, Christians I believe, should ask themselves what a marriage really is before they say that it is alright to have sex with anyone they please, and that as long as they are not "officially" married it is not a sin. Of course Paul also said that nothing is evil of itself, but if you believe it to be a sin - THEN IT IS! (That is of course a paraphrase.) Judy (Please note that the above has absolutely nothing to do with what I actually believe or don't believe, just an observation from my independent readings of a most worthy piece of literature.)