aliveinHim (post: 1462938) wrote:I see purity as a lifestyle, not an idol. It's hard not having crushes (especially anime crushes) but I need to tell myself no as much as my flesh is telling me yes. People don't need to make an overly huge deal with a purity ball or wedding. Apparently, some people simply have too much time and money.
Yuki-Anne wrote:I would say that 1 Cor. 6:18 indicates that there is something different about sexual sin, something that makes it unlike any other sin.
I'm not entirely sure why you're so intent on railing against purity. How is deciding not to commit sexual sin such a horrible thing?
Rusty wrote:Personally, Imho I don't see why people need to make such a fuss over something that's supposed to be the standard.
K. wrote: I know saving your virginity is one thing that can distinguish us from the world, but it shouldn't be the only thing.
Nate (post: 1462978) wrote:While you were being sarcastic the sad thing is that there are churches that say exactly that.
Yamamaya (post: 1462909) wrote:If I was a girl, let's just say I would never want to attend a purity ball. For one, it sounds way to incestuous. Secondly, you're not going to get too many offers for dates when people found out you went to a purity ball with your dad.
As a guy, I might be hesitant, just saying.
TopazRaven (post: 1462941) wrote:What's so wrong about having a crush on someone? You're not aloud to like someone...? Good luck finding a husband someday then.
Yuki-Anne (post: 1462986) wrote:
Dude, if you said that about a Christian woman who got pregnant in high school and then aborted the baby, but didn't do stuff like that anymore, we'd all be like, "Hey, don't be so judgmental, it's in the past. Love her for who she is, don't judge her for what she's done."
And yet it's okay to judge someone for... committing to sexual abstinence and going to a party with their father? Sounds like the most backwards double standard ever. Also, the automatic conclusion that this is somehow incestuous is really offensive to me. If some girl goes to a school dance with her best guy friend (with whom there is no attraction on either side), would you automatically assume something unseemly had happened? Granted, it's not the same thing, I'm not saying it is, but it's ridiculous to point at father/daughter dances and go, "Eew, incest!" as if dancing = sex.
Yuki-Anne (post: 1462986) wrote:Dude, if you said that about a Christian woman who got pregnant in high school and then aborted the baby, but didn't do stuff like that anymore, we'd all be like, "Hey, don't be so judgmental, it's in the past. Love her for who she is, don't judge her for what she's done."
And yet it's okay to judge someone for... committing to sexual abstinence and going to a party with their father? Sounds like the most backwards double standard ever. Also, the automatic conclusion that this is somehow incestuous is really offensive to me. If some girl goes to a school dance with her best guy friend (with whom there is no attraction on either side), would you automatically assume something unseemly had happened? Granted, it's not the same thing, I'm not saying it is, but it's ridiculous to point at father/daughter dances and go, "Eew, incest!" as if dancing = sex.
TopazRaven (post: 1463021) wrote:Even though I do have to say that I find purity balls kind of creepy and unneeded (sorry Yuki!) I have to agree with what she's saying here. How does going to a ball/dance with you dad equate to incest? That's a pretty rude and gross assumption. 0.o
Yamamaya (post: 1463023) wrote:I never said it acutally is incest, it just gives me those bad vibes. The whole pledge your virginity to dad thing just doesn't sit that well with me.
I do apologize to Yuki and everyone here for using that word. It was insensitive of me to put it like that.
Yuki-Anne wrote:me promising to follow that example and be the best young woman of God I could be.
Rusty Claymore (post: 1463061) wrote:huh, I thought I clicked a "purity" thread, but I musta missed... XP
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