RE: Do I sound like the "devil" to you? My mother thinks I speak like the de...
July 4, 2016 at 12:38 pm
(July 4, 2016 at 8:33 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote: If you take every instance of the word "adultery" from the Bible to mean simply adultery and not fornication, then where in the Bible is fornication outlawed?
An honest reading gives us these rules:
A woman may fornicate, but if she does she may not marry. The only exception is if she's raped, then she may marry the man who raped her. If a woman is not a virgin and gets married, she is liable to face execution.
A man may fornicate (with or without consent). If he fornicates (again, with or without consent) with a virgin and is caught, then he must marry her (provided she wants that) and he must pay the father 50 shekels.
So the Bible actually does not forbid fornication. Let the tap dancing begin!
You're mistaking the old testament law with our moral requirement as followers of Christ.
https://www.openbible.info/topics/fornication