Purity?

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

Way to make a simple question really complicated.

Haha!
I second that thought.

 

[ALASKACHICK10]

I honestly don't see how those two fit into the same subject. To me they are two diffenert things..

 

[Markus6]

I intensely dislike the word 'purity' in this context.

 

[HighwayMan]

Well Jesus specifically says if your eyes or hands cause you to sin - to lust - than you're better off without them. So yeah - sexual thoughts (when not with a spouse) are impure too.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

But honestly, who is going to be as pure and perfect as Jesus Christ?

 

[die2live]

But honestly, who is going to be as pure and perfect as Jesus Christ?

No one, but that doesn't mean we stop trying.

 

[roseglass6370]

I've been having problems recently with lusting over my boyfriend (daydreams, fantasies, etc...). We've both agreed that we want to save ourselves sexually for marriage (whether we end up marrying each other or someone else down the road) and we've gone no furthur than "making out" (which means kissing with all clothes on and no hands wandering to "down there"). IMO, anything that involves touching or seeing things that aren't usually clothed before marriage is a sin that we should try to avoid.

I think that sexual desire, esp at this age, is normal...and if anyone says they don't struggle with it at least now and then they're probably not being 100% truthful.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

And I agree to the fullest!

 

[PixieSunbelle]

And that's the best way to live!

unlike me- some people see that as a bad thing.

 

[ernest_theweedwhackerguy]

unlike me- some people see that as a bad thing.

To each his own.
I don't judge.

 

[RachieCat]

that's personal so I plead the 5th

 

[Alexandrah]

Not really. I don't have problems with my occasional desire to overeat (engage in gluttony) either, nor do I consider it a problem that I sometimes want things I can't afford or admire my neighbors house and wish my own was as nice.

Natural inclinations are not problems or issues for me, they are part of being human. I'm not a robot, I'm a person with naturally occurring thoughts and desires.

 

[Apollo Celestio]

Nope, I'm one of those freaks of nature.

 

[acropolis]

I am afflicted by a disgusting fetish for naked women, but I'm working on it.

 

[KET20]

Nope. Those things happen, but they're certainly not problematic for me!