LETTER: To sex or not to sex

Editor,

The consequences of extramarital sex are great. STDs flow freely. Unwanted pregnancies usually either result in killing the baby (abortion), or having the single mother go on welfare. People can be emotionally destroyed. I have a friend who was fooled by a girl who said she loved him.

They fornicated and she left him in a ruined emotional state. Did she care? I don’t think so. All of these reasons pale in comparison with the biggest.

God said, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Jesus taught in Matthew 5:28, “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”

God gave you this power to use in a certain way. Saying it is all right or violating this sacred law is saying that God is wrong. I don’t ever want to hold that position.

You are worth much more than that. Don’t be fooled into cheapening yourself by throwing away your chastity. If you have already, there is a way back.

John Mulholland