2006-06-14 13:05:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i don't think that God made us lustly. it's a choice. we have the choice to choose the right. it's free agency. or we don't and we endure the consequences
2006-06-14 13:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kili's Lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is trying to teach us faith in Him, and honor our bodies, but all in moderation.
We are lusty because we are human. And I think nature makes men lust women and women lust after gorgeous guys for the purposes of keeping our "breed" alive. But lust can become a wicked devil of a thing to try and harness.
That is why God tries to give us "free agency" to do what we want but to always keep everything in moderation. Lust can be hurtful to both parties as time goes on and they realize it was just about SEX, and held nothing more. That is very depressing.
We condemn lust, as lust in a "outside the marriage" or " a permanent relationship" way, because there should be better things we all could be doing than having casual sex. That is not what God put it there for! It was meant for breeding, not as a trial issue for us to fight with everyday. God didn't put it in us, he just wants us to use it properly!
2006-06-14 20:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by Fays Daze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe God makes us lusty! People get lusty on their own accord! The only one who makes you lusty is the devil when you let him!
If God condemns lust He means it!
There is a difference between love and lust!?
2006-06-14 23:08:10 · answer #3 · answered by fireball 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off we were born in a sinful world. We will never be perfect but what do you honestly think? Isn't lust the Sin that is behind and motivates a child rapist? Lust was not created by God. You really must get a Bible .. and a Strong's concordance.
2006-06-14 20:18:49 · answer #4 · answered by loveforoldcars 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created desires in us as well as pleasures to match these desires. So God is not condemning what he has given to us.
God condemn only the following:
- Your focus on the pleasure as your ultimate life goal.
- Your utilization of pleasures in a wrong way.
Alcohol is a created by God, you can use it to protect yourself against infection or you can use it to be having your brain absent from real pleasure.
You can do your wife and God will reward you for that, but if you do it illegally you will be condemned for that.
2006-06-14 20:26:42 · answer #5 · answered by egyptian_youth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that God condemns lust at all. God made us as beings who enjoy sexuality for a reason. It's up to us how we use it and how we feel about it.
2006-06-14 21:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I don't believe that lust is a total sin. I think many religions takes natural human instincts and make them sins. I think many of problems that we have with lust today comes from the fact that religion makes it taboo. It can't be a sin, after all none of us would be here without a little lust.
2006-06-14 20:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by hpotter4ever2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From where did you get the idea that God condemns lust?
Are you distinguishing it from desire?
I believe that God not only does not condemn desire, but that He works in us through desire, since He does not violate our free will.
You seem to be wanting to catch God in an evil act-putting us in a "catch-22" situation
2006-06-14 20:37:01 · answer #8 · answered by Seaside Roses 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's see now:
1) God makes us human.
2) God condemns us for being human.
Conclusion: God is either extremely forgetful, or a psychopath.
2006-06-14 20:26:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the best analogy is that He provides us with choice and an opportunity to make the right one. In the scenario of Adam and Eve, God forbade them from taking from the tree of knowledge, and they made a choice to disobey, which caused the exile from the Garden of Eden. In today's world, one could think that God as an all-powerful being could make us "perfect" or do whatever he chose, but that would eliminate the element of choice, and our choosing to believe in and follow him. Without free will, then perhaps we would have no soul or being to save?
2006-06-14 20:12:43 · answer #10 · answered by TL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a conundrum - like the sound of one hand clapping. Perhaps it's part of the mystery of human existence. Perhaps it's a test - like the SAT's - to see who gets into the exclusive spots in Heaven, and who is relegated to second tier (or worse). Generally, the "God" that most conservative Christians describe sounds a lot like parents who are charged with abuse. Be careful of the ones who presume they know exactly what God thinks. That's gotta be the surest way to get yourself thrown into Hell.
2006-06-14 21:01:40 · answer #11 · answered by Biff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋