Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sex before marriage question Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 90 09:02:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA Lines: 36 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article you write: >A girlfriend of mine is teaching young people (approx. 11-14,15) in a >Sunday school class. She is a college graduate, and is 23 yrs old, living >on her own. She got into teaching that sex before marriage is wrong, they >were on that particular theme and she got asked if she was a virgin. How >do you think she should have answered the question? She didnt know what to >say and we had different ideas on how she should answer. Please reply to >me directly, as I dont subscribe to this list. > >Thanks, >Teresa > Just because a person asks you a question, it does not oblige you to answer it. Many times, when the Pharasees were trying to trap Jesus, he would not answer them directly. How you respond to a question depends on the sincerity of the questioner, and how God's will might be most perfectly manifested in your answer. I think it would be perfectly OK to say: "What I have or have not done in my life is not important. What is important is that we each strive to do God's will in every moment." Of course, if you feel the audience would benefit from it, and you have in fact sinned, the confession of the sin could also be used friutfully in bringing souls closer to God. With Faith, the Holy Spirit will fill your mouth with the appropriate words. chris -- First comes the logo: C H E C K P O I N T T E C H N O L O G I E S / / \\ / / Then, the disclaimer: All expressed opinions are, indeed, opinions. \ / o Now for the witty part: I'm pink, therefore, I'm spam! \/