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Pre-Marital Sex
Term Paper in Hum 201

I.

Introduction

One phenomenon, more than any has seemed to concern a

great deal of people, especially on the part of those who
are affected by it. It has caused unwanted pregnancies, the
spreading of diseases, a lot of guilt, and not to mention,
the decrease of teenage virginity. This is what we called
pre-marital sex. From the word itself, it simply means sex
before marriage.
Pre-marital

sex

referred

to

all

sexual

relations

person had prior to marriage; this removes emphasis on who

the relations are with. It is sexual activity practiced by
persons who are unmarried. Historically considered taboo in
many cultures and considered a sin in numerous religions, it
has become more commonly accepted in developed countries in
the last few decades.
Quite a lot are into this and those who engage in this
often do so because they want to be accepted by their peers,
they hope for pleasure and they want the fulfillment of
their sexual desires. The wide acceptance of pre-marital sex
in todays society is a dramatic change from the traditional
moral values of the past. Our society has accepted a morally
permissible attitude towards pre-marital sex. But is premarital sex really morally accepted?

II.

Body

Pre-marital sex referred to sexual relations between two

people prior to marrying each other. During that period,
Western societies expected that men and women marry by the
age of 21 or 22; as such, there were no considerations that
one who had sex would not marry.
All

forms

of

immorality

are

glorified

through

the

internet, TV, videos, movies, magazines, and billboards.

Both teens and adults are indulging in sexual immorality
because of the modern philosophy as stated to it. While premarital

sex

is

considered

sinful

activities

by

the

community, sexual intercourse between a man and a woman is

to be reserved for their union upon marriage when they
become with God. This custom was put into effect to mitigate
the desire for pre-marital sex in biblical times, a man was
not prohibited from having sexual relations with a woman, as
long as it led to marriage therefore no sanction was imposed
for pre-marital sex but it was considered a violation of
custom.
Sex before marriage, pre-marital experience, assuming one
is talking of sexual intercourse or perversion of the same,
and

the

word

of

God

implies

it

all

by

calling

it

fornication. It knows no exception. It allows none. Renaming

fornication

does

not

change

the

act

or

remove

the

consequence. Those who commit fornication, a sin.

The fact that premarital sex, fornication, homosexuality,
are laughed at by the world should be of little consequence
to one who seeks for truth, or to one who believes the
truth. It is the truth that shall make you free (John 8:32).
Now let's consider briefly the question of fornication, or
pre-marital sex.
Pre-marital

sex

is

sin

against

God.

Sin

is

transgression of the law of God (I John 3:4). It is to go

against,

or

across,

what

God

has

revealed.

So

if

one

believes God and would follow His word, he must stand on the
simple conviction that Pre-marital sex is wrong. Consider
what the word says. "Marriage is honorable in all and the
bed

undefiled,

but

whoremongers

and

adulterers

God

will

judge" Hebrews 13:4. In the Bible, a prostitute, a harlot, a

whore, street walkers and call girls were all guilty of the
same thing- fornication. One may prostitute himself for any
kind

of

gain,

not

just

money.

It

may

be

the

pride

of

continued association, or perhaps a weekend all-expense trip

paid to a neighboring city.
Pre-marital

sex

is

sin

against

the

other

person

involved. It is always a mutual sin engaged in by two or

more. Involving others in your own sin, you sin against

them. If your convictions had been strong perhaps they would
have been encouraged to do right. The sin, the shame, the
wrong is shared by both. For this reason Paul writes in I
Corinthians 7:2, "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let
every man have his own wife and every woman have her own
husband". Temptation is not a sin, pre-marital sin is.
Fornication is generally committed in private. This leads
one to believe that, since no one knows, or since the act
was committed with a prostitute or call girl, that the sin
goes unnoticed and the consequences are allayed. This is
just

not

so.

Pre-marital

sex?

An

effort

to

reach

compatibility? An innocent game to play? Not according to

the word. God says it is fornication, sin, and those who
commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. It
is not sex which God condemns, but it's misuse outside the
marriage bond.

III. Conclusion

Premarital

sex

is

not

"morally"

acceptable

because

marriage, and morals are religious concepts and from the

religious perspective, premarital sex is morally wrong.

Marriage

is

religious

concept,

although

in

many

industrialized nations we have woven it into the fabric of

our

society

and

culture.

Whether

something

is

"morally"

wrong is also a religious and/or cultural concept.

Therefore, when we ask the question "is premarital sex
morally wrong?" we are asking, first, whether "our" religion
says it is right or wrong and, second, whether our society
condones that particular action.
Most religions say that premarital sex is morally wrong.
This does not mean that it doesn't happen--just that the
religion says people should not do this. And, of course, in
realizing this there are many ways that such transgressions
can be "forgiven" by the various churches.
Society is a bit trickier. Over 80% of Americans say that
premarital sex is "wrong" (the cultural equivalent of the
church saying it is "immoral"). Unfortunately, over 80% of
males and 60% of females have engaged in premarital sex.
Whether we should decide if premarital sex is wrong or
immoral based on what people SAY it is or on what people
DO--that is something one must ponder.
It seems the immorality/wrongness of pre-marital sex is
less destructive than the hypocrisy of saying one thing and
doing another.

Times change but God's Word does not, yes a lot of people
do it and many are comfortable with it but that doesn't make
it morally acceptable.
1

Corinthians

6:9-11:

Or

do

you

not

know

that

the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be

deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves,
nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers
will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you.
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of
our God.
IV.

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premarital

sex

morally

acceptable

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from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 19 August

2011.