YES!!! My husband had past experiences, but I wouldn't trade him for the most upright Christian virgin male in all of the world. His experiences is PART of what made him who he is. If he were shaped another way, but the same and a virgin? Fine. But while sex is a really intimate experience, even Paul lumped marriage and sensuality in with "the world" 1 Cor 7:32-35... what he felt could ultimately be a distraction from God, rather than a form of honoring Him, which is one of the biggest reasons given to stay a virgin, to honor Him. It's a relative matter, I believe, and Paul blatantly says so in terms of status. If Paul recommends staying with a spouse even though they are not a believer and you just became one, doesn't it make sense that he would probably also say that someone who has had sex but has been made clean by God is worthy of courting? I do agree with Tintin that we should be able to rebuke one another in love, and not insult one another. But it's a very delicate matter, because we all have different ideas as to what qualifies for "good fellowship" with one another. *sigh*