[MadPoet]

Originally Posted by DanielR

There are some very interesting opinions, and a lot of people FOR sex before marriage. I'm surprised by this, as MANY teenagers are sexually active. But what I don't agree with, and don't understand... is why these people put so much 'faith' into sex? Sex isn't the 'be all and end all'... its a form of expressing ones attaction and love, not 'OMG I can't have sex with you because you won't be 'the one'...

It takes a strong heart to believe in these things, and while I think everyone here has their reasons for saving themselves (Religion is the popular one), I don't understand it. I've been having sex since I was 15... and I Can't see anything about it that is 'special' and 'sacred'. Sex is just sex... Making love is a different story, but there is nothing special about sex.

Maybe this will spark another discussion.

To you, sex is nothing but sex. But that's the point, really - I want sex to mean something more than it does to most people. I want it to mean a devotion to the one person I love more than anyone else in the world. I want it to be a promise and a symbol that I will love this person eternally. I believe that in saving yourself for marriage, sex has a deeper meaning. To me, sex has been turned into a commercial, unimportant thing. I want it to mean more than that to me, and that's the reason I refuse to have sex before marriage.

Sex is not meant to be meaningless, and to me it is a shame that it has been turned into an unimportant act. I don't believe this simply because my faith tells me so, I believe it because sex will mean a lot more to me if I save it for that one person I know I'll be bound with forever. It is much more romantic and special that way, and that's how I want it.