RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 7:25 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2015 at 7:26 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(July 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm)Starvald Demelain Wrote:(July 11, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What religion teaches that? Never heard of that.
So you're saying thought crime isn't a staple of Christianity at large? News to me.
You need to understand what you call "thought crime" actually is. It isn't the feeling of temptation, or a thought that pops into your head. It is when you make the conscious decision to indulge in fantasies of sinful behavior. So to say "even the thought of masturbation is a sin", is wrong.
For example, say you were able to read a person's mind and you found out that this person hated all gay people, wished they'd all die, and spent a lot of time fantasizing about torturing them and burning them to death, and attaining satisfaction from those thoughts. Even if he never actually got up the guts to act on those fantasies and feelings of deep hatred, would knowing all that about him play a role in your perception of his character?
What you call "thought crime" is merely the notion that what is in our hearts and in our thoughts can and do play a role in what type of person we are.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
