I was raised religious and I don’t believe that God punishes us for loving in healthy and passionate ways. I think you should take a look into different kinds of teachings of the bible. If you believe what you believe because you were raised with it, you don’t know any different. If you were raised in another country you’d believe something different. And I don’t believe in a God that would send you to hell for simply being raised elsewhere and learning something different.
Just because you were taught one thing does not make it true. Research and independent thinking rather than believe this one specific interpretation of lessons that have existed for thousands of years is best.
I have never understood why in a world of so much pain and evil and suffering, people believe that a righteous God would be sending people to hell and condemning them over something like this. Marriage is and has pretty much always been a government contract and God definitely isn’t saying “you’re a sinner if you aren’t signing a government contract.
Religious historically shames sex so I would do some looking into if it’s truly Gods will or an easier way for the church to historically control people. The church and its teachings do not equate to Gods words. They come from a man who had their own beliefs and wrote those beliefs down.
It feels like a big deal because sex always ruins friendships unless you decide to be in a relationship with each other afterwards, which isn't really an option in this situation.
We have worked on that and he makes progress and then regresses BAD.
I was raised religious and I don’t believe that God punishes us for loving in healthy and passionate ways. I think you should take a look into different kinds of teachings of the bible. If you believe what you believe because you were raised with it, you don’t know any different. If you were raised in another country you’d believe something different. And I don’t believe in a God that would send you to hell for simply being raised elsewhere and learning something different.
Just because you were taught one thing does not make it true. Research and independent thinking rather than believe this one specific interpretation of lessons that have existed for thousands of years is best.
I have never understood why in a world of so much pain and evil and suffering, people believe that a righteous God would be sending people to hell and condemning them over something like this. Marriage is and has pretty much always been a government contract and God definitely isn’t saying “you’re a sinner if you aren’t signing a government contract.
Religious historically shames sex so I would do some looking into if it’s truly Gods will or an easier way for the church to historically control people. The church and its teachings do not equate to Gods words. They come from a man who had their own beliefs and wrote those beliefs down.
The solution is free thinking.
Well that’s pretty toxic I’ve learned from this subreddit that one should respect himself way more than let things like this slide
It feels like a big deal because sex always ruins friendships unless you decide to be in a relationship with each other afterwards, which isn't really an option in this situation.