Think about it...

Imagine what the world would be like if no one EVER had sex outside of marriage.

What would be different? It would possibly eliminate the following:

• -Teen/crisis pregnancy [single mothers, juvenile delinquents*, families on welfare, abortion, loss of future plans or desires, emotional stress, broken hearts]
• -Extra-marital affairs [divorce, children losing a home with 2 parents, emotional trauma]
• -Rape [except the cases of rape between husband and wife]
• -Pornography [the actors wouldn't do the act in order to make the movie, it weakens marriages]
• -Incest
• -STD's [if everyone only ever has one partner, there's nothing to catch.]

Think of how different the world would be without all of these things. No one could possibly measure the effects of the things listed above, especially the secondary effects. The Lord's commands are meant to help us. The more we can follow them, the better it is for us. And even if this cannot be achieved on a global scale, at least you can try to make your life as free of these things as possible.

*70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes.