(August 30, 2014 at 8:42 pm)Losty Wrote: But I mean, if god is in your heart (brain), then thinking about prayer really is the same thing as prayer because he can hear you. The thing is if has to be genuine or it probably wouldn't count.
You don't have to genuinely be considering adultery for it to count as real adultery to Jesus, though.

Quote:It seems to me that making this imaginary adultery as bad as actual adultery encourages adultery rather than discouraging it.
In for a penny, in for a pound, and all that.

Actually, that might explain why we see so many religious leaders cheating on their wives, sometimes with members of the same sex.

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