So bizarre that even half of U.S. Christians say "casual sex...is sometimes or always acceptable."
What I am convinced of, however, is that moral realism is true--that fidelity and commitment are true for all humans.
But according to PEW not any longer.
FROM PEW: "Half of Christians say casual sex – defined in the survey as sex between consenting adults who are not in a committed romantic relationship – is sometimes or always acceptable. Six-in-ten Catholics (62%) take this view, as do 56% of Protestants in the historically Black tradition, 54% of mainline Protestants and 36% of evangelical Protestants."
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/31/half-of-u-s-christians-say-casual-sex-between-consenting-adults-is-sometimes-or-always-acceptable/
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It is a personal choice, Daniel, like any other. Do as you wish as long as you can handle the consequences, I say.
Hi Katya, Thanks for reading and commenting. Hope your life is going well. Are you still writing?
We clearly disagree. For one, I've seen the consequences of wrong moral choices in the lives of many humans--when I was working with emotionally disturbed teens at a mental hospital, in years of teaching at secular high schools, among friends and acquaintances, in history, etc.
The difficulty of "as long as you can handle the consequences" is that the individual who makes "a personal choice" doesn't only effect his own life but the lives of others.
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