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Q: How is a guitar like a naked woman?
A: This kid doesn’t know what to do with either one when it’s on his lap.
(Nick Jonas)
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For Pete’s sake people. Stop friggin teasing the Jonas Brothers. They’re a Christian band of brothers that have a passion for music. Big woop. Go hate on Miley Cyrus.
If they have such a passion for music, then why do they suck at it so bad?
Exactly
fiy they dont. And you have no life
like you would ever be half as good as them
I don’t see how ripping on a teenaged girl with a passion for music and a frail sense of self-esteem is much better? Explain the difference to me.
Haha, true.
poor lil jonas, it must be so hard to be rich and surrounded by teeny pop tarts all the time.
i could live with out musical talent like that too..hell i live with out musical talent with out it
BAWW! It must be soo hard to be rich for doing nothing.
No, if it makes the company money, Walt would be thrilled.
They are making a living doing something they love. What is wrong with that? Many people think they are very talented, and even if you don’t agree, that is no reason to be rude and disrespectful towards these people. You are entitled to your opinion as long as you are not hurting others with it. How would you feel if people were saying these kinds of things about you because you took an opportunity to live your dreams in a way that someone else believes is “crap?” Next time, please place yourself in their shoes before posting such rude, disrespectful, and hurtful comments. Also, if you dislike them, why are you wasting your time posting about them and reading things about them?
‘Many People think they are very talented’
Sorry, Not enough…
I bet you that 5 times more people think they are very talented than the people who think they suck.
ummm no?
Too log, did not read.
*Long, my bad.
Ummm. Dude? “no reason to be rude and disrespectful”? You are aware that you’re on the internet right? This is kind of what ROFLrazzi DOES. Make snide and uncalled-for remarks about famous people so as to laugh at them.
oh and pro-tip: I can haz Cheezburger captions CATS. if you like cats and find captions about them to be offensive, you might want to steer clear of that part of the site. just FYI since this seemed to come out of left field for you.
If we stop hating Jonas Sisters, then the whole balance of Hate would be ruined! Then we must love anything! Even Perez Hilton!
PS. Miley Cyrus is stupid. :]
PS+. Sorry if I double posted this. I hate my laptop.
It does not appear that you double posted. I hope I did not double post about your apparent not double posting, although I feel that would somehow even things out.
People who double post are stoopid.
People who double post are stoopid.
Yes they are.
So are those of us who try to double post, but fail…..
Haha, I had to put an extra space in my second post so it wouldn’t catch it as a double post.
LEL
That article was not fact, it was satire. He did not say those things, no sane person would. This is based on innacuracy.
I’m not seeing a reference to any article…care to explain?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/married-jonas-brother-say_b_401769.html
This kid is also 16. Do you really expect him to?
Exactly, Meep!!! He’s 16. Oh yeah, he’s 16, and he’s christian. Of course he’s not going to go do that! And he DOES know how to play guitar.
He’s 17, actually. Almost 18.
Uh, I knew plenty of sixteen-year-old Christian boys in high school with a reasonable amount of sexual experience.
Sixteen is over the age of consent in some places, and rightly so.
Yes, but those were Christian boys who obviously do not honor what God has told them. Sex is only supposed to be in marriage, and God does not say “You can have sex as long as you are over the consent age,” He says it is only for the person you marry. (I think it’s Leviticus 29:13) All having sex before marriage is good for is messing with your head and screwing up your life.
…Because?
How so? Hasn’t hurt me in the slightest. Of course, I’ve always been careful.
I’m a guitar teacher. I have an 11 year old student that could whoop his from here to Egypt and back.
Who cares?
im 14 and i cud kick his ass in a guitar battle no competition
I seriously doubt it.
who cares?!?!
I could maybe beat them all at guitar hero on easy mode! What do I win?
I think it is fantastic that the Jonas Brothers can handle the fame that comes with being a pop-star/teen-idol and retain their Christian ideals and morals. They set a good example..I wish more celebrities would learn from there example instead of practicing such self destructive behavior.
They still have no talent. That, to me makes them just as bad.
I do feel the need to point this out: do you think their lack of talent should preclude them from cashing in on the fact that just about every girl under the age of 14 wants to own their albums and pay to see them in concert? You can laugh at their awful music (as I do), but still you should admit that if you had the opportunity to be them, you would probably take it. Not the teen idol, 14-year-olds screaming at you part, but the undeservedly rich and famous part. They’re not as bad as the Lindsay Lohans and Paris Hiltons who are awful role models. The Jonas Bros just suck at making music. So do lots of other famous and rich musicians (Nickelback anyone?). As long as people keep buying it, you can’t blame them for making it.
I would rather listen to the jonas sisters than Nickelback. The Jonas Brothers are disposable teen pop you can kind of zone out of if you think really hard about the beatles, while Nickelback is like having acid poured into your ears while drowning in molten lead, over and over again
I agree. They are three of the five people that I hate but respect (the others are Stephany Meyers and Rush Limbaugh)
Some of those celebs would be just as self-destructive without the fame. I’m not sure it has so much to do with celebrity as it does a certain personality type.
These guys are just kids, anyway. Give them time. I’m sure one of them will crack sooner or later.
With some people it might be the mixture of fame and personality type. For instance, maybe some celebrities who would have been fine as non-famous people just can’t handle the lifestyle and end up detonating like a ticking time bomb. Maybe others who would have been self-destructive if they weren’t famous find that the spotlight keeps them straight. I imagine it plays a role in taking people down both roads.
One of them married his fugly girlfriend because he got her pregnant and didn’t want to be found out XD
Not quite dummy.
She’s not fugly. He didn’t knock her up. Do your damn research.
If she’s fugly, that’s setting really high standards for the rest of women in the world.
This is diabolically f*cking stupid. Please, for the love of God, stop.
ALL these teen stars have no talent. The teen music you listened to when you was a kid was lousy, you just didn’t know it at the time. In a few years we’ll have another crop of teen stars with nice hair and no talent to replace T.Swift, Justin Bieber and the Disney kids. It’s a cycle that will go on forever as long as Tiger Beat needs fresh celebs to fill their pages.
PS Love ‘em or hate ‘em the JoBro are a good bunch of kids. I think they’re the only Disney kids who won’t end up in rehab once their sitcom gets cancelled. Not so sure about Miley.
And it’s people like you that make the fans fight harder for their idols. You’re the people that turn them into die hard fans that are always around NO MATTER WHAT.
I don’t buy that. People are either the obsessive type, or they’re not.
But you also completely missed spacecase’s point, so congrats on that.
Thank you!
I’m just saying teen pop is very disposable. But everybody thinks the stuff they listened to as a kid was great and the modern teen music sucks. I’m glad there’s one sane person an the ‘net!
wat about teen metal that was influenced by 80′s an 90′s metal?
and also that isnt promoted by disney
is that gud enuf cos thats me
…I’m not sure there’s such a thing as “teen metal.”
if there is, its purpose is probably different than Disney’s, which is to make the most generic and therefore universally appealing music possible, so they can make more money.
Are you comparing Taylor Swift to the Jonas Brothers?
JoBros suck…really…
End of comment section.
Obviously not.
Really, this got up on the main page? This isn’t even that funny and it’s worded really weird. They don’t even suck that bad. They write all their own stuff, you may think it isn’t great but at least they write it themselves. They work hard and are proud of their work. This is just a poor lolceleb.
It’s a funny joke even if you don’t know who the kid is. I laughed a lot before I bothered looking at the name.
I saw this dude live. He can play the damn guitar! And I have a theory that Miley Cyrus got him to take off his ring at one point, so he probably DOES know what to do with a naked woman. No matter how skinny.
He sings as if he’s out of breath….it’s weird and not pleasing to the ears. All I know is the Jonas Brothers won’t be around in years.
Have you heard of John Mayer?
This is probably the truest lolceleb I have ever seen.
So we finally have a respectable person that kids can look up to and all people do is bash him? Really? First teen role models aren’t good enough and are being bad role models, and now they’re too… clean? Just because he wants to save himself for marriage people think that’s just another excuse for them to hate on him. Whatever. I’m over this website anyway.
OMG! This JoBro should be ASHAMEEDD!!
(not really)
I think that most modern music sounds very similar, and it annoys me so much. They all have (basically) the same chords, beat, lyrics, etc. That’s why I revert back to the 20′s-60′s to find good music.
Sure, except that there were plenty of adults who said that about the music in the 20′s-60′s when it came out, too.
Ah…culture snobs…gotta love ‘em.
Every generation before you has said exactly the same thing…music was way better back in the day. But what’s funny is that most (all?) music is built on music that came before, so the stuff you are listening to formed the foundation for the stuff that’s being made today. So your comment is kind of ironic actually.
HA!
reason we hate Jonas Brothers
1. they suck so bad
2. they fail
3. they got promoted by disney bcos they cudnt get fame themselves
4. METAL IS SO MUCH BETA!!!!
5. they suck agen
LONG LIVE HEAVY AND THRASH METAL!!!
Don’t forget that they teach children to wait until marriage before having sex – like wtf? That will just lead to problems, if they discover that they are sexually completely different – for instance Jonas bro here finds out that twice a month is completely enough of him, but his beautiful wife would want to “get some” twice a day. That’s where the helpful neighbours steps in and soon the divorce bells are ringing so softly and nicely.
Children should be taught about safe sex not some idiotic blabber about “keeping the purity”.
Pardon my mistakes, of course “enough FOR him” and probably there will be only one neighbour at a time (although you’ll never know)
That’s one of the stupidest arguments against chastity I’ve ever heard. You think you’re not supposed to communicate at all with your partner?
I very much hope that was thickly veiled sarcasm. I’m optimistic like that…
On a side note, I voted up this caption. I think it’s hilarious… Even if it’s only as a welcome break from the lame “Jonas bros. SUCK!” captions…
Well, you can talk about it, sure, but how are people supposed to know what their sexual needs are, if they have never had sex before?
And I haven´t heard any good reasons pro chastity.
So a relationship can’t survive unless you get exactly the type/amount of sex you want?
And maybe you don’t know what your partner wants, but if you’re going to marry them I presume that you’d be prepared to work it out. FFS, you have the whole of the rest of your life to find out what you both want…
The whole “try before you buy” argument seems people just aren’t prepared to commit and deal with things that might be new or difficult at first…
And pro chastity? Saving yourself for one person you’re fully prepared to give everything to seems the right way to go…
*makes it seem like
Well, sex is definately important part of the relationship. It will probably last, when people aren´t sexually perfect for each other, but I really doubt the chance of happyness if their needs are drastically different. I have been together with my husband for more than 6 years, but I would have definately dumped him if he had give me some bs about not having sex before marriage. Firstly because I´m not going to marry someone whom I have known only for a few months and I´m not going to live without sex for at least a year, probably much more. And secondly because it´s pretty sure that if someone talks about chastity, he is soon going to talk about letting Jesus into your heart or god creating earth and hiding dinosaurs in it to test our fate or smth else like that – because there is no normal reason to “save yourself” (neither women nor men are planks, which get ruined if you plane them too much), it´s all just the effects of THAT BOOK, that most of americans seem to take so seriously.
That Book happens to be the Bible, and people not reading it is the reason that our country has turned to crap! IT talks about God’s love for this world that does not deserve it, his wrath for the ones that do not believe him, his forgiveness for those who WANT to be forgiven, and so much more that a person could only comprehend the depth of if the read the Bible. Faith is the reason for saving yourself, for respecting yourself and the person you are married to, and for respecting God. Just because you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus does not mean you need to go bash him. Also, you do not need to be posting things like that. When I read that, I thought of a girl that had sex with her boyfriend after she read a similiar comment. She’s 14. Just because you did not save yourself does not mean that you need to tell the world that they don’t have to, just because it will make you feel like you are not the only person in the world who didn’t, so if a couple teenagers don’t it’s okay, but if they save themselves for a “normal” reason that’s fine, as long as faith isn’t the reason? Who says you have to have a “normal” reason for saving yourself? Who defines what a “normal” reason is? I believe it is perfectly normal for a person to save themselves because it shows respect for themselves, the person they marry, and, most importantly, God, which you obviously do not have. The only way to save America from itself is through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!. I am challenging everyone who reads this to read Leviticus 18, and then post what they think. “THAT BOOK” is the best thing in the world to read instead of sitting on the computer posting crap about a 17-year-old boy just because he saves himself for marriage. One of the qualities I am looking for in a husband IS that he has not had sex before marriage. And just so you know “Rents”, I am 100% devoted to Christ and I am saving myself for marriage, and I hope that maybe you will turn your life around, cause it sounds pretty crappy right now, but then again, I think every life without Christ is crappy! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DO I!!!
Look, I’m not going to shove religion down your throat. All I can tell you is that Jesus died for you because he loves you just like he loves everyone else in the world. What you choose to do with that information is your decision. God has changed my life and I hope that you and everyone else in the world will allow him to do the same.
P. S. The Bible says that God told us to love our neighbor as thyself so I will love everyone in the world regardless if they want or need it. God Bless! God loves you and so do I!!!
I think You are confusing me with someone, he definately didn’t die for me.
If he for some reason exist and thinks so, then I’m thankful of course, but that’s not going to change the way I see the world – and the existance of God, Goodness and Freedom. Real god would love Mother Teresa just the same if she would be nonreligious and hate the pope, altho he is religious, but doing things that are bad for Earth and people in general.
So…basically you suppress a basic human need because you read in a book, written by some desert inhabiting guys a few thousand years ago, that a guy, that you’re supposed to love uncontitionally, once said to a couple of folks that sex before marriage is bad, and because said guy supposedly claimed to be the son of some mythical creature everyone believed him and so should you. Come on…do you really think marriage is the only thing that lets you know when the time is right? What about the many forced marriages over the last, let’s say, 2000 years? I bet these girls were happy to have saved themselves for the guy their parents chose for them…Marriage on an emotional level, excluding the legal consequences, is actually pretty much the same thing as sex. It’s commitment to someone, it’s a showing of trust to the person you’re with. Not everyone who has sex before marriage just f**ks around the neighborhood.
About Leviticus 18: Read it, thanks for telling me i shouldn’t sleep with my family, I’d have gotten that without a book. By the way: Followed any Federal Laws lately? Yes? Because you shouldn’t. At least it says so in the book…
About the whole “Saving America” thing: I really hope you’re kidding about this. So America is turning to crap because people are not reading the Bible anymore? As far as I know, the USA is one of the most religious countries in the western world. Additionally, countries with low amounts of believers of monotheistic doctrines (Jews, Christians and Muslims) are usually the most developed, rich and intellectual countries in the world. See Japan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Korea etc. Look at the worlds most thriving economical markets. How can they succeed without reading the bible while the reason for Americas “downfall” roots in the lack of reading the Bible? How is reading the Bible even connected to the success of a country? If you point to a moral downfall it’s merely that America is less what you want it to be than it was in the past.
Back to Topic: I have a Girlfriend and yes we have sex, and no we’re not married. I don’t see the point why we shouldn’t. It’s fun, it gets us even closer than before and we get to know each other even better. So tell me why this is bad.
If your Life is crappy without your imaginary friend from the past I guess you should go see a psychiatrist or something.
I get the feeling that you aren’t married, AC, and that you’ve never participated in a particularly long-term relationship before.
In theory, everything you’re saying is great. In practice, it’s a naive and even foolish attitude. A “willingness to try” doesn’t fix everything, and sex is a pretty major component of a marriage (and a personal identity!) to leave up to chance.
ye but then u also dont wanna wait 2 late
would you buy a car before test driving it?
because I sure as hell wouldn’t.
They are not teaching or preaching their beliefs. They are even hesitant to comment on their rings in interviews. And honestly, I believe that if they do truly love each other things like sex can be compromised. I don’t believe that things like how often someone wants to “get some” should factor in on a marriage. Love should come from the heart, not the sexual organs. That is lust.
I agree, Taylor. They are not telling people “this is what you have to believe or you’re going to hell.” They simply say this it is PERSONAL choice that they made. And in multiple interviews they say that it’s not just about waiting for marriage but living a life of values and treating a woman like a lady. What’s wrong with that? Quite frankly, is this any of our business really? What they choose to do, or not do, in private really shouldn’t be of our concern. Can we not just focus on the music? Whether or not you like them is your decision, but leave other people to their opinion. One final thing, sex should be something done out of love, not lust. There are all kinds of emotions that go along with sex, or at least that should, so waiting to be sure you’re ready is not a bad thing, nor is not wanting to sleep around and give everyone an STD.
I’m so sick of these Jonas brother ones. Seriously, they’re lame.
The Jonas brothers are the only disney starts that work hard and they get the most crap. They make all their own music and lyrics instead of just singing what they’re told to sing.
Everyone has their own music preferences-just like everyone has their own food preferences. You wouldn’t make fun of someone for not liking a certain food, now would you?
@lyds1012 Go hate on someone else, idiot.
I don’t like them, but you have to admit they could be worse. At least they aren’t guy-whores. I hate their music (like the lyrics- I like that old time of rock and roll) but it could be worse.
personnally, I like *some* of their music, the stuff that isn’t all pop-fluff. I like and respect them as people, but am not as into their music as I was
meeeh he’s still probably better than most people that have commented at playing guitar
FAIL.
Why would anyone WANT a “kid” to know what to do with a naked lady?
THANK YOU! YOU HAVE JUST MADE MY ENTIRE WEEK! YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE PERSON (YOU PASSED THE GUY WHO GAVE ME RAVIOLI YESTERDAY)! GOD BLESS!!!
The Jonas Brothers are actually not a “Disney created” band. They were around before Disney, who picked them up. And also, you may not like the Jonas Brothers which doesn’t bother me – to each his own – but to say that this “kid” has no musical talent is wrong. If you actually took the time to listen to the guitar sound and vocals he produces I think you would be surprised (especially his new sound with Nick Jonas and the Administration). I have very musically talented friends who agree with me. And I believe it is very rude to attack him based on his beliefs or possible (since we actually have no idea) lack of sexual experience. Don’t hate on a person just because you may not like his music or his belief system.
This is a review of Nick Jonas in the New York Post….
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/nick_fix_jonas_bonus_bUYAixL7oyIqhep3bnWhBO
My gosh. So what?? It’s funny, no one is really “hating” on him. And if you dont like sarcasm or people poking fun at the jonas brothers, you REALLY should not be on this website.
you can get this on Youtube as well without looking for it…
I have a friend who hates JB’s music, but admits they’re good role models.
I think You are confusing me with someone, he definately didn’t die for me.
If he for some reason exist and thinks so, then I’m thankful of course, but that’s not going to change the way I see the world – and the existance of God, Goodness and Freedom. Real god would love Mother Teresa just the same if she would be nonreligious and hate the pope, altho he is religious, but doing things that are bad for Earth and people in general.
To be fair Nick Jonas is actually quite talented. I study music at the Royal Conservatory and he actually reaches a much deeper core of talent than most are willing to accredit to him. Haters stop hating, it’s futile. They will be successful and we will always be nobodie :/
ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO RAG ON THEM HAVE. NO. LIFE.! SERIOUSLY! THEY’RE WAYYYYYY MORE TALENTED THEN ANY OF YOU WILL EVER BE SO JUST BACK OFF! THEY HAVE LIFE GOALS, ARE CHRISTIAN AND CARE MORE ABOUT BEING NORMAL THAN GETTING MONEY! GEEZ I HATE YOU PEOPLE WHO THINK IT’S COOL TO RAG ON THEM, GO POST CRAP ABOUT MILEY CYRUS IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO DO!
I dare say that, at least on technical grounds, I’m a better singer than all three of them put together, so yes, I AM allowed to rag on them!
i love the jonas brothers but some fans of theirs have got to chill because i find some jokes about them funny the only time a joke about a celeb fails to amuse me is if its about an illness like nicks diabetes im sure if nick saw this hed shrug it off and laugh and us fans should do the same!
gosh people -.- it appears all of you have no life when all you can do is say hurtful and evil stuff about people you are obviously jealous at.. i mean to be honest would most of us want their lifes? so dont go on pretending like you hate them when you really wanna be them
yeah, this was gay and not funny at all. why make fun of someone? whats the point? its not like this is gonna hurt his feelings. your part of the millions of jealous, insecure, pathetic, lifeless, close minded, idiots who refuse to see good in people. that goes for the people who posted rude comments, and rude replies too.
kind of a sappy caption.
The problem is I don’t think their morals are real, their were created by Disney. Or maybe their hermaphrodites…
Their hermaphrodites were created by Disney? o.O
if their morals were created by Disney, wouldn’t they be more like Miley Cyrus?
I dunno, how was Miley when she first appeared? Remember how Lindsey Lohan used to seem so sweet and bland? Or the girl from High School Musical? Next thing you know, there are drugs and naked pictures circulating on the internet.
Actually, I have no clue how Miley or Lindsey or the girl form HSM used to be. How long did it take before those three were the opposite of how they started? JB has been a pop band for four years, three of those under Disney’s label and there has yet to be proof their morals are different than what they say.
Lindsay was, what, eleven when Parent Trap came out? So she made it ten years, and really started “going under” after she started doing non-Disney films. HSM girl made another HSM movie after the naked pictures leaked. I have no idea about Miley, because I don’t really pay attention to her unless I’m on these forums or in a Disney Store.
But, to be fair, the morals don’t have to be “created by Disney” so much as “exploited by Disney,” and most (say 75% if not more) of the hardcore Christian sixteen-year-olds I knew in high school did not make it more than a year in college before deciding that maybe the whole abstinence thing wasn’t for them, even if they continued identifying as Christian.
Not all Christians should be judged based on the example of a few. I’ve been in college since the summer of ’07 and am still abstinent. I know there are some hypocritical Christians out there–my own aunt would tell me not to cuss and yet she’ll swear like a sailor when she’s angry…which is a lot of the time. Thank you for keeping this argument more civil than I expected it to be. (if you can call this an argument XD debate maybe?)
You probably shouldn’t judge Miley Cyrus if you’re preaching about the dangers of judgment.
But it’s not a matter of hypocrisy. “Christianity” and “abstinence” are not always synonymous… although you might disagree, depending on your sense of what it means to be a Christian. I believe it’s possible to be a “good” Christian and not conform to a lot of the doctrines people assign to the religion… that’s why it’s a “personal relationship with God,” because it means different things to everyone.
It’s more a matter of adolescence being a time of major change and development. The vast, vast majority of people will tell you that they were completely different at 15 and 25, for example, and for a lot of them, that’s because they went to college (or out of their hometown, at least, and their parents’ house) where their ideas were challenged and they could explore new perspectives/ideologies/religions/etc.
I’m also not trying to say that they aren’t serious about their religion and purity vows, or whatever. But you also have to take into consideration the fact that their faith is probably put under a lot more pressure than most American teenage Christians. They’re facing an entirely different set of temptations or distractions. They’re seeing an entirely different world than most people do in their lifetimes, before they’ve even finished developing.
I’m going based on what I’ve seen, using her as more of an example of what I’ve seen people say Disney calls a “good role model”
Actually, it is in the Bible that sex is something that should be only between a married couple. Doesn’t mean God rejects you if you do have sex before you are married, but that is what He prefers. But you are correct that one person’s relationship with God will be different from the next person’s.
True, but that doesn’t mean everyone will change their values.
Which, in my mind, deserves all the more praise for keeping their morals despite the enormous amount of pressure.
That’s actually exactly what I’m talking about. I’m certainly not going to tell you which verses to follow more closely than others, but I really warn against believing something purely because “the Bible says so.” If you do, you’re buying into a lot of religious laws that are “handed down from God” when in reality they’re things like health and food safety issues of the ancient world.
To use a cliche example, do you eat shrimp? Because God says that’s morally wrong. In fact it’s more likely that without our modern knowledge of bacteria and refrigeration, etc., too many religious folk got sick or died from eating bad shellfish. Today we can enjoy our shrimp without worrying about it killing us. It’s only a small step to say the same of premarital sex. Is it actually God’s eternal law? Or did they know even then that certain diseases were spread more commonly through sexual intercourse? Now that we have the technology of medicine and birth control, it seems a little silly to follow an archaic rule like that, unless you’re following it like the Jews who keep kosher, and it’s a gesture of your faith rather than a damnable offense.
I feel I ought to mention that I’m not endorsing wild, drug-induced, unprotected orgies. I just think that you can be a Christian without absolutely obeying every single law written in the Bible… in fact, if you’re reading the Gospels, the point is sort of that you don’t.
I don’t follow things “just because the Bible says so”, but that was the first thing that came to mind. I guess another way I can put this is that there should be no problem with keeping your virginity until you’re married, if that’s what you want to do. It also certainly shouldn’t be something you get condemned for. (metaphorically or otherwise).
What’s morally wrong and what’s healthy are two different things, so eating shrimp used to be unhealthy, but that doesn’t mean it was morally wrong.
Actually, all the laws that governed the Israelite, just healthwise, are either saved for a time of crisis (like during the Black Death, when the church was turned to for hlep they instituted the same principles the Israelites used for dealing with diseases.) The rest of them, like not eating certain foods, are common sense now. You wouldn’t take roadkill home and serve it for dinner. While I agree that some of the laws from the Bible are just second-nature or are taken care of due to advancements in science.
(note: as I’m not Jewish, I’m not going to try and speak from their point-of-view)