What is the Jewish view of sex before marriage (dlish, I'm going to ask the same question to you if you're reading this)? My mother is what she calls a "non traditional" Christian - she fervently believes in God, Jesus, and the Bible but does not attend services of any kind, but she knows her Bible and is happy to give me passages when I ask her questions (I consider myself agnostic and am fairly ignorant as far as religion is concerned) I recently asked her about sex before marriage and she said that the Bible says if a man lays with a woman, she is his wife...meaning they technically don't have be married, but once they have sex they are. I don't know if this is a mainstream Christian belief...I know that some Christian churches believe sex before marriage is a sin. Anyway, I'm interested in hearing your answer
One more - how does the Jewish community in general view dating outside of your religion? If the couple decide to get married, is conversion mandatory?