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RE: LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE??? - 6/15/2008 8:16:45 AM
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Jet_A_Jockey
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I understand the concern, but isn't this kinda nosy? I mean, I personally don't care to sit in a friends bedroom to make sure they are chaste before they are wed, or whether they engage in fornication at all. How do we convict someone based on our assumptions?
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RE: LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE??? - 6/15/2008 3:49:38 PM
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Heavendweller
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OK I am having a hard time with this. My friend has just been divorced, well almost they are to sign papers next week. They have been separated for over a year, he walked out to have a new life with his new girlfriend.
So, how is that any of your business?? Big deal, divorce. They're a dime a dozen these days. With all the more serious crimes taking place these days, divorce is the least of our concerns. Divorce is nobody's business but the people who are involved.
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Now she has a boyfriend and he and his 2 children are moving from Florida to live with her and her 3 children here in Washington. They are planning to get married however not tell November 2009. They will be living as a big happy family tell then. I have issue with this.
Why? What's wrong with it? Afterall, they plan on getting married. And with the high cost of living these days, how can they expect to live separately? I think it shows a lack of compassion to expect them to live separately. And afterall, living separately wouldn't guarantee that they wouldn't "sleep" together from time to time anyway.
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I see it as adultery.
Ah, you see it. Well, unless you can prove it, I suggest you stop judging. What they do behind closed doors is their business alone.
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Is living together before marriage adultery???
Living together means what it says, living together. It is not a moral issue. And no one in the church should make it one. A couple can have sexual relations whether they are living under the same roof or not. Living in the same dwelling is not a issue one way or the other.
Now, did I represent the non-judgmental, open-minded, liberal point of view sufficiently? 
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RE: LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE??? - 6/17/2008 3:00:00 PM
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endless_night
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Well, living together, in and of itself, is not a sin, it is the perception of sin to others and the tremendous temptation that you place upon yourself living with your boyfriend/girlfriend that would not be the smartest thing to do.
I would STRONGLY advice anyone, if ever asked, not to live with their boyfriend/girlfriend but I cannot say it would be a sure fire sin (unless they actually did sin, like fornication or whatnots). I will say that they could potentially make a weaker Christian stumble, and we might as well tight a noose around our necks and drown (for those who understood that).
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RE: LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE??? - 6/20/2008 7:26:33 PM
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DreadPirateRandy
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Big deal, divorce. They're a dime a dozen these days.
That's incredibly sad.
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