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The Dark Shadow Over Illicit Sex


Those who advocated premarital sex in the '60s assured us that premarital sex was healthy and good for us. Liberated sex was not only pleasurable; it was even supposed to be beneficial. But now, 40 years later, what is the track record of free-sex relationships? Besides the fact that promiscuity causes relationship and emotional difficulties—rather than solving them—the physical results of casual sex have proven dangerous and destructive. Rates of sexually transmitted diseases have gone through the roof. What are we doing to ourselves? Consider:

Sometimes the consequences of sex before marriage do not surface until after marriage. For example, a man can be a silent carrier of herpes. When he marries he can pass the virus on to his new bride. She may be startled, sometimes within days of first having intercourse, to find her genital area invaded by unsightly, painful sores. The herpes virus can also spread to the brain and cause encephalitis. When a woman who has genital herpes gives birth, the baby can get herpes or suffer brain damage.

The only way to practice safe sex is for both partners to abstain from sex outside of marriage as God instructs. This provides the only sure shield against STDs. GN


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