what is your opinion of the flesh of this world, and why dose the bible tell every one not to desire it?

Answer 1

it is bad. our flesh tries to make us do things against what God wants us too. that is why we should not desire the flesh for in doing so we are desiring for evil. our flesh wants to do what we want to do not what God wants us to do. like go out and drink, or watch porn,

Answer 2

Denial of natural human desires has been a part of christianity since around 200 CE. It came from a group known as "asectics," who originated in Egypt and Northern Africa, and adopted christianity while mingling it with ancient regional beliefs. The basic idea was that by denying natural human desires (sex, food, pleasure of any kind), one could achieve a more "divine" state and be closer to god.
For a long time this sect was looked upon by the rest of christianity as somewhat odd...but various bishops began to think these teachings may have merit, and they became the basis for early monasterial groups. This was the first time that celibacy became part of christian doctrine, and the idea spread to become the official norm in the church after the Nicean council. It fit in well with the idea of "original sin" that was also becoming popular, and which later became official church doctrine.
The idea is that humans are filthy, disgusting, evil creatures whose base desires take them away from the perfection of god (who supposedly has no such base desires, despite supposedly impregnating mary, and desite the raw passions and emotion shown by the god of the old testament). So all desire is evil, those who can overcome desire are better than those who can't, and the only time such base passions are acceptable is for procreation -- to make babies. But you're not supposed to enjoy that too much.

I think it's all a bunch of nonsense, like the rest of christian mythology. Christian sexual repression is the direct cause of much mental anguish, frustration, feelings of guilt, etc. -- and serves no useful purpose. We have strong sexual drives, and find sex pleasurable, because of our naturally evolved biological imperative to reproduce our genes. It's simple nature, and shouldn't be condemned. Sex is wonderful, natural, enjoyable...and there's nothing dirty or bad about it in any of its forms.
Repressed christians should probably remember that their religion is one of the few that holds such a "dirty" view of sex -- and that they're by far the minority in the world (less than 3 of every 10 people in the world is christian). Most other religions celebrate human sexuality, and consider it a natural part of life. They at least have that part right :)

Answer 3

All thanks are created to be used for the good. Flesh can be misused and used. The result will show how it was used.

It is not just the bible that talks about desire, Buddha for example also talked about it. Fasting is an ancient methode for getting to know your desires and learning to master them and not the other way around. There are many other ways to do this, meditation, contemplation etc. This however is only one part of God whole plan.

Answer 4

What is this flesh anyway? If you cut a body, what you see? Blood, bones, pus, nasty organs, stool, urine. What it makes this flesh attractive is because the soul is in there, as soon a beautiful woman die, is not attractive anymore, nobody want her.
Do you want to read this nice story?
THE LIQUID BEAUTY
Once a man who was very powerful and strongly built but whose character was very doubtful fell in love with a beautiful girl. The girl was not only beautiful in appearance but also saintly in character, and as such she did not like the man's advances. The man, however, was insistent because of his lustful desires, and therefore the girl requested him to wait only seven days, and she set a time after that when he could meet her. The man agreed, and with high expectations he began waiting for the appointed time.
The saintly girl, however, in order to manifest the real beauty of absolute truth, adopted a method very instructive. She took very strong doses of laxatives and purgatives, and for seven days she continually passed loose stool and vomited all that she ate. Moreover, she stored all the loose stool and vomit in suitable pots. As a result of the purgatives, the so-called beautiful girl became lean and thin like a skeleton, her complexion turned blackish, and her beautiful eyes sank into the sockets of her skull. Thus at the appointed hour she waited anxiously to receive the eager man.
The man appeared on the scene well dressed and well behaved and asked the ugly girl he found waiting there about the beautiful girl he was to meet. The man could not recognize the girl he saw as the same beautiful girl for whom he was asking; indeed, although she repeatedly asserted her identity, because of her pitiable condition he was unable to recognize her.
At last the girl told the powerful man that she had separated the ingredients of her beauty and stored them in pots. She also told him that he could enjoy those juices of beauty. When the mundane poetic man asked to see these juices of beauty, he was directed to the store of loose stool and liquid vomit, which were emanating an unbearably bad smell. Thus the whole story of the beauty-liquid was disclosed to him. Finally, by the grace of the saintly girl, this man of low character was able to distinguish between the shadow and the substance, and thus he came to his senses.
This man's position was similar to the position of every one of us who is attracted by false, material beauty. The girl mentioned above had a beautifully developed material body in accordance with the desires of her mind, but in fact she was apart from that temporary material body and mind. She was in fact a spiritual spark, and so also was the lover who was attracted by her false skin.
Mundane intellectuals and aesthetics, however, are deluded by the outward beauty and attraction of the relative truth and are unaware of the spiritual spark, which is both truth and beauty at the same time. The spiritual spark is so beautiful that when it leaves the so-called beautiful body, which in fact is full of stool and vomit, no one wants to touch that body, even if it is decorated with a costly costume.

Answer 5

Do what the flesh desires. It works for me. *Smiles* Just don't become a canable. Thats just wrong.