Berit Kjos #fundie

Berit Kjos #fundie crossroad.to

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Only one Scripture shows why God created man with the capacity to imagine that which cannot be seen:
“I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You. O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee." 1 Chronicles 29:17-18
The next two verses remind us that what we see and imagine can distract us from truth and entice us to delight in sin and deception:
Jesus said, "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Matt 5:28
"...each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death." James 1:14-15

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“The next two verses remind us that what we see and imagine can distract us from truth and entice us to delight in sin and deception:”
What deception?

Jesus said, "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her”
Look at a woman and feel lust for her, nothing deceptive there. Pretty straight-forward actually. See => want => biological urges within nominal parameters.

“ has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Matt 5:28″
What if i married her and lust for her? Every time i see her. No adultery there. No deception, either.

“"...each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”
Well, yeah, that’s what temptation IS. You’re tempted when your tempted? Clearly Shakespeare didn’t write this translation.

“Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death." James 1:14-15″
So, the desires we’re programmed with from birth are bad for us. That’s not deception, that’s entrapment. And victim-blaming. Biblegod’s something of a dick, what?

The potion that makes one "see things noone else can see", and feel real good, apparently (from Big Trouble In Little China).

But yes, this is unnecessary guilt conditioning in relation to nature, something that is not healthy. A teen developing these urges may not be able to properly understand and direct them or to even obtain qualified advice in a society where it is so taboo that it should only be bashed and hidden. Also an environment where abuse is more likely.