How Does Lust Affect Us

So I'm watching a program on the Discovery Channel dealing with the 7 Deadly Sins. There was one part that I found kinda interesting. When researchers looked at the brain at the time of arousal they noticed decision-making in the brain shutdown while the pleasure / reward parts became more active. So, what does this mean to society and the whole deal about going to hell? Well, that's the subject of this post.

So here's the deal, doesn't that scream the need for overcoming the "Natural Man"? Think of all that AIDS that runs rampant in Africa, and before that oh so many other places. What about the legions of Women that find out they can't have babies because their reproductive health was compromised by an STD as common as Chlamydia.

Caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis, chlamydia is the most-reported bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) in America. Despite this statistic, chlamydia is referred to as a “silent” STD, since, due to a lack of symptoms, three-quarters of women and one-half of men who are infected are not aware they have it. Unfortunately, it is these mild or absent symptoms that allows chlamydia to silently damage a woman’s reproductive system. Since the damage is irreversible and can lead to infertility, every sexually active person should be aware of the subtle symptoms of this destructive STD.

So, why is abstinence such a bad idea? Why is sexual promiscuity such an accepted norm? When decision-making is impaired, shouldn't you be in a safe place? (read marriage) It's a thought.

Sure it feels good and all that, and it might not appear harmless, but it isn't.

I have a friend that once said he had a measure for some issues that he'd apply: "What if everyone did it?" That's seems kinda brilliant because it dramatizes the action to a greater impact. It makes a kinda sense as a measure.

Anyhow, comment away. I think the issue's kinda simple. We are to hold ourselves to a measure and be a better and higher self. The kind that others trust and are perhaps edified by.