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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. thanks for your reply, but many people point to stuff written by Paul in the new testament.

I believe that he was referring to exploitative sex between powerful men and powerless males/boys and he wasn't talking about the sex in a monogamous relationship that men can have in today's society[/quote]

What about the text makes you believe that?

And why would Paul need to issue that kind of reminder?  Ostensibly early Christians would have known that raping people was wrong, wouldn’t they?  [b]They would have known that rape and adultery are wrong because that is very well established[/b].

In context this type of waving the text away does not make sense.[/quote]

And so this never happens because it's so well-established??  Sexual immorality is a big focus because it's a HUGE problem.  Men are still taking advantage of their power (read about the Southern Baptist scandal that has been in the news lately) so I think the Bible is going to emphasize issues that are big and real and need continued focus.  What kind of sexual immortality is causing the most problems in our world? - pretty darn sure it's still adultery, rape, sexual assault and mainly men of power over others.[/quote]

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