s in many cultures there is usually an express or implied expectation of exclusivity, especially in sexual matters. Infidelity (colloquially known as cheating) most commonly refers to a breach of the expectation of sexual exclusivity.
Infidelity can occur in relation to physical intimacy
and/or emotional intimacy
. The impact of infidelity is said to be not only about sex outside the relationship, but also about trust, betrayal, lying
and disloyalty.
Sexual infidelity by a marriage partner is commonly called philandery, adultery
, or an affair
.
What constitutes an act of infidelity varies between and within culture
s and depends on the type of relationship that exists between people.
There is but one thing without honour; smitten with eternal barrenness, inability to do or to be: Insincerity, Unbelief.
He ridiculed the absurdity of refusing to believe every thing that you could not understand; and mentioned a rebuke of Dr. Parr's to a man of the name of Frith, and that of another clergyman to a young man, who said he would believe nothing which he could not understand:--'Then, young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know.'
No one is so much alone in the universe as a denier of God.
No matter where the skeptical thought originates, or how it gets access to our minds, we see at once that it flattens the level of life and every aspiration. It makes our character less vigorous. The gospel is not simply a philosophy of religion or law of life, but it is an apocalypse, showing the heavens to our thought, and so bringing its spiritual benedictions to every heart and life.
The nurse of infidelity is sensuality. Youth are sensual. The Bible stands in their way. It prohibits the indulgence of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.
What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.