Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: sl87m@cc.usu.edu (The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Ensemble) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Temptation and Impure Thoughts Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 09:33:41 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [This is a contribution to the ongoing discussion about whether homosexual thoughts alone are sinful (supposing that homosexuality itself is sinful). --clh] All actions originate from the mind. Anything that is entertained long enough becomes habit for the mind, and the actions in the mind seem natural to the person thinking them. Anything that is habitual in the mind can come out in action. Most importantly, consider the words of Christ in Matthew 5 (if I remember correctly - I ofttimes don't, and I don't have a Bible to look it up in right now) where He talked about in the law of Moses, it says Thou shalt not commit adultury, but (pulling from memory again) But I say unto you, that whosoever looks upon a woman to lust after her hath already commited adultury in his heart. If what goes on in the mind is of no importance, then why this? The mind is what controls the body. It can act according to the desires of the body, or it can discipline the body to acheive the joy and happiness within that the obedient enjoy.