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Originally posted by MysticCat81
That's somewhat different from your earlier statement, which I at least read to say that kissing prior to marriage is per se forbidden in Bible because it is listful activity.
BTW, kissing is not fornication or adultery, even in King James English -- pregnancy can't result from kissing.
Nor arguing with you on the whole "avoding immorality" thing, but it just seemed to me to be quite an overstatement to say that pre-marital kissing is forbidden by the Bible, when it is not.
I think I'll go read Song of Solomon now. 
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Wait, did I say "kissing prior to marriage is per se forbidden in Bible because it is listful activity" or did I say "you really aren't supposed to engage in any lustful activities before marriage." There's a big difference. I said exactly what I meant. If you cannot separate the lust from the act, then don't do it. And, if kissing is lustful for you then it IS a sin. I repeat:
Matthew 5:27-28
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Let us not split hairs and live by the letter of the law. Lust, fornication and adultery are all tied up together and they are all serious issues we have in today's culture.
ETA: Song of Solomon is for MARRIED COUPLES. It equates marriage between humans to marriage between humans and God.