Re: Is fornication a sin?
Originally posted by Xirius
Im seventeen, and Im Catholic.
Ive always pretty much taken it for granted that Id wait until I was married to have sex.......Now Im not so sure.
Is it really a sin to have sex outside of marriage?
Yup it is! But don't be hard on yourself for thinking about it! Even I had sex before i was married (not of any faith back then) and now I feel crappy about it (married now) and wish i would have waited, but the past is the past and I know i will be forgiven! You too!
It's a Biblical sin along with other books, though the real sin is sinning against yourself!!....To let others decide your happiness is controlling, and controlling is not real love.....At this point it should be made clear what you're intentions are, and also consider that people do change.......doesn't make it a sin to change......It's called growth....and growth can even be called evolution, or creating of something new, but still it is in your hands.........
No, you don't understand..........to me the worse thing is not being who you are meant to be because others are controlling you, whether it's parents, lovers, friends..........that, if there is a sin, is the worst kind, cause now you are slave to another.....and not being free to yourself.....you are doing it thinking you are helping/doing/loving them, but in the real, you are not loving yourself first, (and they are in control of you..ie controlling selfish...insecure, and that it NOT LOVE) and that is what you are here to do...yet of course to do no harm also,.............so you must make clear your intentions....and people are FREE....FREE to create their lives............you are what IS important in this life..... It's YOUR LIFE HERE.........make since??
I get what you're saying, but I'm saying freedom of that kind hasn't, won't and shouldn't exist for everyone.
Some people don't have the responsibility to create that sort of action.
Everyone is entitled to freedom to some extent, but to give everyone the fullest extent of individual freedom is dangerous indeed.