(October 14, 2016 at 6:10 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Not quite sure if this is on the same level but here goes. Jimmy Carter quote: "I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times."
Basically, if he thought about it he had committed a sin. Is this what the religious believe?
Speaking just for christianity here, yes. Objectifying other human beings, creating fantasies in your own mind for your own pleasure.
Matthew 5:28
"But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."