Adultery is far more common in the West than it is in the Arab countries and Indian subcontinent.
I beg to disagree. We simply would not know where most adultery occurs, west, east, south, north. The reason being we don't know about everyone else's marital status. I didn't say how common it was in one area of the world vs. another area of the world, I mentioned that it happens everywhere. I try desparately not to demonize another culture in my posts and remain respectful.
Adultery is even much less common amongst the Christians in those countries than it is amongst the Christians in the Americas and Europe.
The Christians certainly don't have the market cornered on adultery and neither does any other religion......like I said before, it happens everywhere.
Look at the ammount of separated couples in the USA and Britain who despite not getting their marriages anulled still have sexual relations with new boyfriends/girlfriends. According to both Islam and Christianity this is adultery.
And this bothers you because? I guess I am not fully comprehending why adultery, unless it has happened to you, would interest you so much on a world wide basis. People get married and it doesn't work out for whatever reason known only to the parties involved and those they choose to involve. Try being a member of the Catholic Church and attempting to get a divorce.....not easy at all, lots of red tape/paperwork etc....this is just one religion I can think of at the moment that works with engaged couples to ensure divorce doesn't happen. Then again, look at the Mormon Church were poligamy used to be an ok thing and now is illegal but I believe there still are some practicing poligamists in Utah and surrounding states. In fact, I read this morning on the CNN ticker that someone just got arrested for poligamy and there are some more arrests coming.
Clearly, fornication is much less socially accepted in north Africa and the Middle East than it is in England and the USA. In the UK, fornication is promoted on TV and at schools. Only they stress that it should be done with "protection". They barely suggest that it shouldn't be done. Clearly, this is neither a Christian or an Islamic attitude, but its origins in the modern day are very much rooted in Western society and principles.
I would assume we are talking about pre marital sex? I would have no clue what happens in the United Kingdom regarding sex education. However, I do know sex education is taught in the public school system where I live and abstinence is the primary school of thought. Sex education is a subject a parent must discuss with their children on a daily basis once child is old enough to understand...educat
ion on such matters often prevents unwed parents.
I am truly sorry you feel the way you do about western culture....I will never believe only my country is to blame for the problems you feel exist in today's society/world.
