@churchtalkative Our goal as Christians is to be Christ-like. To love one another as brother and sister. To try our best to be like the God we serve. It’s just hard af.
@garlotic Consciousness doesn’t mean human only, does it? Plants or fungus, for example, spread out in intelligent ways that aide their survival. Even if roots and branches were only straight they would still look how they do after self adjustments over time.
Lust is addictive because it pleasures the flesh. Is pleasuring the flesh wrong? Why? Does it cause a person to be its slave? Wrong for the same reason addiction is dangerous?
What if the things that I desire but hold myself back from are what’s keeping me from becoming a more wholesome individual. However some aspects of myself are considered sins or looked down upon, maybe it’s a lack of understanding. I need to under that part of myself.