You're listening to Unbelievable with Justin Browley.

Hello and welcome to this week's classic replay.

Ruth Jackson is on her long awaited maternity leave, so it's me Justin here to introduce

this week's show and future ones from the archive.

Today is a show first broadcast in May 2010, Faith Forster of Ickthus Christian Fellowship

and Suméa, who describes herself as an atheist, free-thinking feminist, debated whether

the traditional Christian view of keeping sex within marriage is good or bad for men

and women.

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What a very engaging programme I think you'll find today, it's a subject which in many

ways has caused more controversy, certainly among Christians and within the church and

outside the church than any other.

Sexuality always gets a reaction of some kind, whether positive or negative, depending

on how we're talking about it.

I would just say if you have got young children around, just be aware that this is obviously

sensitive material that we're covering today and that's just a warning in case you don't

want young ears to be privy to the conversations we're having.

But we're talking about sex outside marriage, the traditional conservative evangelical

Christian view and has been for many centuries is that marriage is the place for sexual activity

and anything outside that is not condoned is considered sinful even.

So we're going to be looking at that whole concept, we're going to be asking why is, and

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