RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 20, 2015 at 9:40 am
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2015 at 9:41 am by Randy Carson.)
(June 20, 2015 at 2:13 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(June 19, 2015 at 10:08 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I have already addressed this in full several pages back. I also briefly addressed this on the sentence that came right after the one you quoted. :-)
No, you didn't. You wrote: "They are expected and involuntary" in that sentence. That doesn't address the fact that Jesus says that in thinking about adultery with a woman, the thinker has already committed the deed. That doesn't address that at all. You only say that sexual thoughts are "expected and involuntary" -- and really, that only makes this sort of thoughtcrime worse, because you will be held to account for the sin of lustful thinking, even though you cannot help but do it, and God knows and expects that sin to occur. It's as if the State of Arizona outlawed the consumption of water.
I should think where your words and those of Jesus convey different messages, his words are regnant regarding the alleged propriety or impropriety of an act. Odd that you still have to deploy interpretation here. It's looking more and more like your conception of the Bible is that of a tract which must be read with special glasses.
Parkers-
I'm not sure what CL had in mind in her post to which you are objecting. However, I would like to say that while SOME instances of looking at a beautiful woman MAY cross the line to "committing adultery" as Jesus said, not all do.
- It’s one thing to be looking at a marble statue of a nude woman.
- It’s another to be looking at a color photograph of a nude woman.
- It’s another yet to be looking at a real live nude woman.
Here is an exceptionally good and clear article on this subject.
