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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Originally Posted by JL
Originally Posted by wufwugy
in biblical jewish culture, female prostitution was legal. the old testament has at least one account of a 'righteous leader' visiting a prostitute, and it was a good thing.
it was information like this that encouraged me to discover that the religion that my family and elders taught me wasnt what it seemed.
I am quite sure that it was said that sex before marriage is a sin. Something being legal doesn't make it right in the eyes of God.
'sin' in judaism is much different than sin in christianity. the religions are amazingly different.
'premarital' sex in jewish culture was a pretty small sin. it was nothing like the sins of adultery or idolatry or murder, and even those sins were not the worst. they did not believe that a man sexing an unmarried woman was wrong, except with regards to the unmarried girl's father and his right over his unmarried daughter.
women in jewish culture were pretty much not ever unmarried. their marriages were arranged before they even hit puberty, while even if their husband died they were then nearly automatically married to the husband's brother.
in biblical judaism, 'premarital' sex was in effect the man marrying the girl. the reason i say 'premarital' is because in biblical judaism, the act of coitus was the act of marriage, 'premarital' was a rather obscure idea. the premarital sex being big sin idea is mainly, if not entirely, out of catholicism.
fwiw i acknowledge i may be somewhat wrong on a few details because this was information i learned almost a decade ago, and i care not to research it.
And what does this have to do with hookers?
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