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    Default For Christians...

    If you consider yourself a "Christian", do you or did you practice chastity?

    Be honest. I know many Christians don't.

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    I practiced Chastity as a youth - I failed a couple times. My wife, though, maintained her virginity until she married her 1st husband.
    “… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.

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    yes of course.

    However, it is important to note that Christianity acknowledges that not everyone is perfect or becomes Christian at an early age. In fact, that is the entire point of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. So that if we sin, we can repent, we can acknowledge our sins and turn away from them with the power of the Holy Spirit to justify and sanctify us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avatar4321 View Post
    yes of course.

    However, it is important to note that Christianity acknowledges that not everyone is perfect or becomes Christian at an early age. In fact, that is the entire point of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. So that if we sin, we can repent, we can acknowledge our sins and turn away from them with the power of the Holy Spirit to justify and sanctify us.
    That's exactly the kind of understanding some folk refuse to learn. People without the Holy Spirit's prompting may never understand Christianity is different than every OTHER Faith because the work of Salvation (if you will) has already been DONE. It's only a matter of accepting truth.
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    Raised Christian and no, I do not practice chastity, nor has it ever been a goal of mine to practice it.
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    Science wants to explain things and understand why they happen. Creationists want to use science to justify their own causes.

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    No, wife did, we had many interesting talks about it. I felt kinda cheap next her sometimes because she is so "pure" Odd though, because even though I consider myself christian, I can not stand the "pure" types, then I end up marrying one. Isn't there something about the believing spouse getting you into heaven.... just kidding, sort of.

    Life is stranger than fiction.

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    Since I did not find God until I was 19 years old, I was guilty of many sins as a younger person. Since then, I have tried to live life as a Christian.
    One of the Christian values I hold most dear is the sanctity of marriage. I don't believe in divorce or re-marriage. Going back as long as I can verify, there has not been a divorce in my immediate family. I take the "til death do you part" verse very seriously. You can love many people, but you can only marry one. There are no second chances.

    "It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery"
    (Matthew 5:31-32).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jesus
    ...anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress...
    I've wondered if that means "If you divorce your wife, you cause her to become and adulteress - unless she's already been unfaithful. In that case, her unfaithfulness has made her the adulteress, not the divorce."
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    Quote Originally Posted by dmp View Post
    I've wondered if that means "If you divorce your wife, you cause her to become and adulteress - unless she's already been unfaithful. In that case, her unfaithfulness has made her the adulteress, not the divorce."
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    Did I? No. Should I have? Yes. If I could do it all over again, would I? Yes. Will I teach my children to? Yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Obama08 View Post
    If you consider yourself a "Christian", do you or did you practice chastity?

    Be honest. I know many Christians don't.
    What's the point in asking. You genuinely interested for some unknown reason, or just trolling for a new reason to bash Christians?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pale Rider View Post
    What's the point in asking. You genuinely interested for some unknown reason, or just trolling for a new reason to bash Christians?
    I suspect the only point he has is on his head.
    “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5stringJeff View Post
    Did I? No. Should I have? Yes. If I could do it all over again, would I? Yes. Will I teach my children to? Yes.
    good to see you teaching your children good. The upcoming generation is going to need alot of spiritual help and keeping morally clean is definitely going to help them overcome the trials coming up in the future.

    You know, its pretty damn scary to raelize im no longe rpart of the upcoming generation. being an adult sucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pale Rider View Post
    What's the point in asking. You genuinely interested for some unknown reason, or just trolling for a new reason to bash Christians?
    Really Pale? You didn't practice it?
    But you're so holy and anti-gay...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5stringJeff View Post
    Did I? No. Should I have? Yes. If I could do it all over again, would I? Yes. Will I teach my children to? Yes.
    To quote the great lily:
    "Being born once is good enough for me"

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