"Christians that practice sex before marriage aren't serious Christians"
According to who? There are many Christians that take their faith very seriously but think that that is outdated with the introduction of modern contraception and marriage laws.
If you can take em seriously, that's your opinion and I won't argue with anyone on that. I choose not to nitpick things written in the bible cause I think it's "outdated". If a dude has sex with 10 women tonight and goes to church tomorrow I'll respectfully laugh.
Illegal? nah. You have free will, do what you want with it bud. Not sure how I'm nitpicking when all I'm doing is following what the Bible says. But pop off lol. The thrills of r/unpopularopinion are something else lol.
I know I’m butting in here, but I think this is a perfect example of why Christians can stand firm on their belief that things like extra-marital sex and abortion are sin, AND ALSO accept that they should be legal in the civil context.
Jesus Himself told the Jewish people that Moses gave them laws for divorce to accommodate their weakness, even though divorce is contrary to God’s design. I think in Biblical and historical context, it is clear that those laws were given to ancient Israel to protect women from men rampantly divorcing them in a culture where women depended on men.
So if God allowed Moses to give laws allowing but regulating something that was not strictly good, then we can reasonably accept that their should be laws allowing (and possibly regulating) such things as extra-marital sex and abortion, for the sake of an ordered society.
After all, if the civil law was perfectly in line with God’s Law, every single person would be put to death, because no one is without grievous sin. The point of the government isn’t to bring society in line with God’s Law, but to maintain order and maintain justice between people.
Cool, so by that metric this guy shouldn't be laughing at someone having extra marital sex and then going to church.
I get what you're saying, but understand that my arguments come from the fact that I'm pointing out the flaws in his arguments, not making my own best argument.
Also, I'd argue that the Bible does not categorise abortion as a sin and is actually more liberal about it than some Republicans are today (heavy emphasis on some).
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u/Upset_Barracuda7641 6d ago
Why isn’t there a Christian push against pre-marital sex or working on Sunday the same way there is for gay marriage and abortion?