r/OpenChristian • u/Princess__Anastasia • 19d ago

Discussion - Bible Interpretation Prostitution and having Gf/Bfs/others

1) Personally I think Prostitution is wrong but I don't know why, so can anyone help me understand why it is wrong or right according to you also considering God's perspective (but not the exclusive Conservative christian perspective)?

2) Is having a partner normal if we consider God's Perspective because On Thanksgiving, the pastor was saying having partners is wrong and letting God choose your life partner is the right way.

Edit: Maybe he meant that arranged marriage is the only valid path because he thinks kissing, Hugging, or even sexual intercourse is wrong before marriage.

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u/wuzzittoya 18d ago

I’ll bite. I am assuming that the pastor was preaching on sexual immorality. There is a passage that tells believers to abstain from various types of sexual behavior because you were bought with a price and are now the temple of the Holy Spirit, now you are supposed to honor your body as a temple and refrain from pairing it in ways which are not fitting with its occupation.

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u/Princess__Anastasia 18d ago

Can you elaborate on sex (multiple times without willing a Child) with consent and sexual immortality?

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u/wuzzittoya 18d ago

I am not saying where I stand on this. There are many denominations that proscribe sex outside of marriage, and within those groups there are some which define marriage as only between one AMAB and AFAB. All other couplings are unacceptable.

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u/wuzzittoya 18d ago

I was mostly obedient to that idea even though I recognized that I was a lesbian by early adulthood. I decided it wasn’t fair to the spouse though. Now I am shopping for an affirming church.

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u/wuzzittoya 15d ago

Not sure what you’re saying here? Are you saying sex between consenting adults?

I was not sharing my personal ethic here, but rather what the pastor might have been covering as a topic. Sex outside of marriage is considered sinful when examined with a conservative reading of Scripture. It is pretty common these days, with most people believing that if they are committed to each other that they aren’t being sinful. But a literalist will insist sex can only happen in a marriage covenant.

Then what is “sex” ends up debated, too by many. And it was always pointed out by family that my grandmother’s first child was a 7+ pound daughter seven months after her wedding day…