Spiderman
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At least Iran offers alcoholics AA meetings
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Sex outside of marriage
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FearGod
Freedom Of Mind
India bans alcohol, I don't think so.
stvdv
Veteran Member: I Share (not Debate) my POV
You are saying that 90% of the 4 billion (Christians+Muslims) have sex before marriage these days? Seems Christians/Muslims approve of fornication
Interesting number. I do remember a few RF threads that Christians were against fornication. Now I understand they meant "I can do, others can't".
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Your instincts are correct. In certain states of India it is banned. But India as a whole it is legal.
Alcohol laws of India - Wikipedia
It was widely consumed under the British which led to the invention of India Pale Ale, a very hoppy version of ale that was made to survive the long trip to India.
Even outside of marriage sex ought to be relational, committed, its promiscuity that threatens us with STDS and unwanted pregnancies. Add to that lack of education using condemns and birth control.
As far as i am aware only 9 countries legislate against fornication.
Update, just checked, make that 8, India repealed their fornication laws in September.
IPA is still very popular in south east UK.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
And in me:
Technically I guess you could call that a "Budweiser".
Buttwiper?
I love a nice IPA.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
not that particular variation. The monster breweries have bought out many of the micro breweries. Elysian is now owned by Anhuser Busch.
Not being a beer drinker I will bow your expertise.
You must be the fount of all knowledge beer.
Having said that, tonight i had a glass of Ficher. A light french beer flavoured with tequila.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
Depends on which parts.
Really? I think I must have missed a few!Forty years ago, if I remember correctly, everyone was sleeping with everyone.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Sharia law wouldn't prevent STIs because not all of them are necessarily spread through sexual contact. Such a statement reveals nothing but an ignorance for how STIs work.
If everyone obeyed Jehovah God by genuinely adhering to the Greek Scriptures, there would be none of this, either. No willful activities, anyways.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I am far from an expert. I merely pick up tidbits here and there. And that sounds like it might be tasty.
It may be that sexually transmitted diseases might drop off, but marriage doesn't necessarily eliminate unwanted pregnancy, but rather how those pregnancies are received or accepted. At least, that is my take.
It is a fact that STD's would not exist if sex was kept to just one marriage mate. Pregnancy is the obvious result of sexual intercourse, which, if it occurs in marriage can be a blessing or a problem depending upon the personal circumstances of the couple. But at least there is a mother and father to welcome a new member of a family. Being born and welcomed into a family is a child's right IMO.
Basing one's relationship on how good the sex is, is a huge mistake. The most important aspects of marriage are love and respect and mutual interests and compatibility....sex really doesn't matter if you have those more important aspects to a relationship. Sex never made a marriage last....but those other factors feed and nourish a lasting relationship.
Immorality is as old as sin itself. The first humans realized this as soon as they ate the fruit. Their nakedness conjured up all manner of immoral thoughts....something that felt wrong to them. They even covered their reproductive parts in response.....and our natural feeling of shame over our nakedness is still hard to overcome for many. It was used to humiliate people held captive and probably still is.
Sex is a powerful drive in all creatures because the survival of their species depends on it. Humans were the only ones who had laws governing their sexual activity. Only humans could break a law by having sex. The unwanted consequences are often seen as annoying, rather than the natural consequence of doing what God forbids. We reap what we sow after all.
The studies I've seen are all American couples. I don't know about worldwide figures.