Reddit reviews And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity

Yep...sounds about right. When I used to go to religious events we did this study from this book that said you have to be in control of your body and your boyfriends. It's your fault if he finds you attractive enough to want to fuck you. Paraphrasing, of course. I stopped going to church promptly after and can't believe I spent money on this book. While I didn't wait until marriage (mostly out of rebellion to my old religion) I find that I felt, and sometimes still feel, very guilty for having sex. Here is the stupid fucking book. Read the reviews.

Religion really has affected my state of mind. I had anxiety and depression as a kid because I thought that I wasn't good enough for god, and I thought he was going to rapture everyone up and leave me. I could not understand why the fuck people are so giddy about him coming to take them and leaving the rest of the world to rot. And even as an adult I know I'm not religious but I still have anxiety about being wrong about it, even though I don't want to be with the god I came to know for eternity.

tl;dr you can really mess up impressionable minds with religion.

Fornication is a sin. This doesn't mean that anyone that commits any sexual act outside of marriage (husband and wife) is worthless or a "bigger sinner" because all sins are equal in the eyes of God and Jesus died on the cross to bear pay the debt for us.

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You might benefit from reading Dannah Gresh's "And the Bride Wore White". She even includes a free video series to go along with each chapter. Maybe the first video ("Why does your sex life matter to God?") could answer your question.