Premarital sex
Premarital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who are not yet unmarried. It is generally used in reference to individuals who are presumed not yet of marriageable age, or between adults who will presumably marry eventually, but who are engaging in sexual activity prior to marriage.
In some interpretations it is considered a sin in Christianity. Others see only sexual immorality as forbidden, which is not well-defined in the New Testament, and some interpret is as not including premarital sexual relations. In the Old Testament portion of the Bible, which many Christians view as part of the Bible, premarital sex was treated more as a property crime--taking the property of the father of the virgin. The punishment was paying money to the father. For example, see Exodus 22:16 - 17 and Deuteronomy 22:28 - 29. See also how the Old Testament allowed men to take captive women (seemingly considered property of the captor at that point) and either turn them into a wife, or let her go, after having had sexual relations with her in Deuteronomy 21:10.
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