• Plum@lemmy.world
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    And then Jesus showed up and said, and I quote, “…if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.” But in Aramaic, I guess.

    Problem with sexy ladies? Not their problem.

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      Gouging you eye is exactly quitting gym in this context. If going so specific place causes you to stumble, don’t go to that place.

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    Just remember that these are the kind of people that believe that without the word of God to dictate morality to humanity that literally everyone would be a murdering, raping, cannibalistic monster. They literally cannot understand that people can be good without the fear of eternal damnation looming over them at all times.

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    8 months ago

    “Oh, my God, that’s disgusting! Women dressing immodestly? Where? Where were they at? The gym? Which one, there’s so many!”

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    The “before I cave in” remark is probably just about failing the “avert my eyes” thing and looking at the women in the Mat 5:28, committing adultery in your heart kind of way. From a Catholic perspective OOP’s concerns are completely reasonable as even thinking about sex too hard is supposed to send you to the forever torture zone. I doubt this guy is a hair trigger away from committing SA but the situation is disturbing in a few other ways

    Source: am ex-cradle-Catholic and read all the stuff about sexual morality

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    The really insidious part of the Christian mythology is that it takes your most basic dive as a species to procreate and tells you it’s a sin. And of course, the only cure for that sin is the church that told you it is a sin.

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    “cave in”

    Like are we talking flirting or rape? Or masturbation?

    Do we have to call the authorities (Jesus) on his ass?

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    8 months ago

    If thy right eye offend thee, bitch at strangers, for it is their fault for making you want to sin and not your fault for sinning

    —Republican Matthew, 5:29-30