Premarital Sex is a Bad Idea

Sex. It’s everywhere. I mean, you meet someone, asked her out, one

thing leads to another, you’re checking on a motel and your mind is thinking

“I am so lucky I’m getting laid tonight”. I’m here today to talk about

premarital sex. Most of you know me and some of you may not so let me

introduce myself, I am John Mico Palo and let me tell you one thing,

premarital sex is a huge problem in today’s society.

Talk about dating and the subject of sex is bound to come up. Sex

within dating: premarital sex.

It is amazing the wide range of opinions on the subject. Religious

people would wonder why even argue about it, of course it is sinful to

commit sex outside of marriage. On the other end of the string, non-

religious person would think that such perception is crazy, and they will

continue to say that sex outside of marriage is necessary to find the right

partner. Somewhere in the middle you would have secularists who agree

that premarital sex is a bad idea, and Christians who try to argue that it is

not actually a sin.

 Truth is truth, though, whether you choose to believe it or not.

Premarital sex is a sin: regardless of your beliefs, premarital sex is still a

really bad idea.

Let me share you a story about my friend who happens to do it most

of the time. He started doing it in high school until it had been a habit for

him. Eventually he regretted it. Lately he has been diagnosed positive in

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) due to numerous sexual partners. He

catches a sexually transmitted disease with no cure and right know he still

don’t know what to do.

This is just an example of a possible outcome if someone engages in

premarital sex. And just for the knowledge, according to Young Adult

Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS 4) at least one of three Filipinos aged

15 to 24 had sex before marriage and one in every 10 Filipina teen aged 15

– 19 years old is already a mother. In addition, according to United Nation,

Philippines have the highest HIV infection growth rate in Asia-Pacific.

Now let’s say that you do get married at some point. Numerous

studies show that people who have premarital sex are more prone to

divorce. The biology of it explains why: they are not bonded just to their
spouse. If anything, they are addicted to variety—taught not to bond. The

divorce rate is around 50% for all couples, but only 9% if both partners are

virgins before getting married. If you wait to have sex until you're married,

your chances of getting divorced decrease by 70%.

In conclusion premarital sex is not just a sin: it is a really bad idea.

Think of it why our parents are forbidding us in committing it: it is not to

spoil our fun but because of their best interest. They want to save us from

any trouble and unnecessary pain. In other words, even if you refuse to

believe it is a sin, premarital sex is still a (really) bad idea. As someone who

hasn’t committed premarital sex, I can advise you that you should practice

sexual abstinence, if ever we have urges, just do it yourself.