As children growing up we are taught to believe many different fictional tales that all teach us a lesson. All religions have these stories, they help us understand what is right and wrong in the world. My family was never very religious, but I was raised Catholic. The Catholic Religion has many different rules and guidelines which are well known by the general population in the United States. Some of the things written in the Bible can be interpreted in many different ways. Some people take the ideas and lessons and get far too extreme with them. A myth that is taught in the Catholic Religion that never really stuck with me was, “you go to hell if you have sex before marriage.”
This idea is really not considered the, “norm” any longer in modern society. Of course there was a time when people stuck by this. Many devout Catholics, as well as many Christians in general, still live by this philosophy. Not only is this not considered normal by today’s standards many would consider it impractical. In the twenty first century many people, both female and male, would say you should definitely experiment with people or at least date before you settle down with one person for the rest of your life. I’m not saying everyone should be sleeping around, but I don’t think you get sent to a sleazy hotel room with the thermostat up to a thousand degrees just for having sex with someone before you’re married.
This idea is a big part of the Catholicism because it teaches an important lesson. Sleeping around a lot has serious consequences. The men who wrote the Bible had no idea what would happen in modern society, but instilling this fear in children is probably not the worst idea. Besides things such as STDs and teen pregnancy, there is a lot of emotional pain involved in relationships and having multiple sexual partners. The ancients had this figured out centuries ago, and this is still a fact today.
The idea that, “you go to hell if you have sex before marriage,” sounds absurd by today’s standards, but this can be used a valuable piece of knowledge. Not taking this so seriously is probably a good idea for anyone who seeks a worthwhile future with someone they truly love.
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