LOL SYN...
Seriously, it actually *does* matter to me in regards to the woman that I have been seeing. To me it's all good really....I only have about 5 things that I won't consider sexually...heh
It is just odd to me that she would consider it 'fornication' when we are in a relationship, where I wouldn't consider it 'fornication' (sex without being married) since we were in a committed relationship. I can say that because my ex-wife and I were never legally 'married', but were together for 9 1/2 years, and as long as you are committed to the other person, IMO anyway, it cannot be considered fornication...just my opinion..
Yes, the dictionary (Dictionary.com gives the definition of fornication as (bear with me here)
fornication
in every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9[This relates to prostitution]; 19:29[This also relates to prostitution];
Deut. 22:20[This relates to a non-virgin wife], 21[As does this, where she has been promiscuous while in her father's house, which I can say that my girlfriend has not been in her fathers house since she was 16, so it also does not apply], 23-29[This relates to sleeping with one who is betrothed and raping her....not cool]; 23:18[This relates to paying a vow to the LORD with money from a prostitute]; Ex. 22:16[And this relates to seducing a virgin that is not betrothed and then being made to marry her]). (See ADULTERY.)
So, having went through all that I see not fornication in the biblical sense. In fact none of these apply to two people who are in a relationship with each other and have feelings for each other. Let's go on.....
But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in its ordinary sense. It frequently
means a forsaking of God or a following after idols (Isa. 1:2[This refers to rebelling against the LORD]; Jer. 2:20[Again we refer to being a prostitute]; Ezek.16[Again we talk about prostitution]; Hos. 1:2[here we talk about adultery against The LORD by departing from the LORD]; 2:1-5[And here we speak of a wife that has committed adultery against her husband]; Jer. 3:8[Here we speak of the land of Israel],9[And finally here we talk about the people forsaking the law of The LORD]).
Well, it just gets more interesting when you look at the passages quoted from dictionary.com and as to how they relate to fornicaton....In other words, it would appear that sex between two that are in a relationship is allowed, as it does not specifically speak against it. It does however speak against Prostitution, Rape and the forsaking of God. So some kind Christian (or preferrably a JW) show me where I am incorrect. One thing I will insist on however is if you are to quote scripture, that you quote it in context....as any one of the above can mean fornication in the sense that we are all used to the term meaning until it is quoted in context, at which time we learn that it does not mean in the quoted verses what we have been taught it means.
I AM
-Rais (The Darkness and The Light)
