The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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Studies indicate that the percentages among many<br />
Adventists are becoming alarmingly similar. Dr.<br />
Reo M. Christenson in Spectrum says:<br />
Fornication causes more suffering in America<br />
than theft and perjury and random violence<br />
combined ... high rates of illegitimacy, singleparent<br />
families, school dropouts following<br />
pregnancies, subsequent entries onto welfare rolls<br />
plus their children who get involved in crime,<br />
drugs, poor educational performance, and often<br />
lifelong poverty. Think of the parental distress all<br />
this brings, too. Add these up and the reader can<br />
see why I think fornication is an evil far greater<br />
than modern society likes to acknowledge. It is sad<br />
that even churches are unwilling to give this sin the<br />
attention it so richly deserves (Vol. 24, No. 2, p.<br />
64).<br />
Temptation to fornication and adultery is not<br />
sin, but yielding to it is, with all these horrendous<br />
consequences and much more. In fact, 100% of<br />
human beings are tempted, and sexual temptations<br />
are very alluring because human beings have "hot<br />
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