I’m not suggesting that committing adultery in the heart is not serious—the 9th commandment, by our numbering, did make the cut—but there is a difference between this and, in Paul’s words, actually joining one’s body to another.
You did not merely suggest a majority of Catholics commit adultery—you said that you would wager that every day a majority of Catholics commit adultery.
Defend, condemn, or amend.
Jesus equated it to adultery...hence breaking the commandment.
the 9th commandment, by our numbering, did make the cut—but there is a difference between this and, in Paul’s words, actually joining one’s body to another.
I'll post the words of Christ one more time.
27“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; 28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:27-28 NASB
You did not merely suggest a majority of Catholics commit adultery—you said that you would wager that every day a majority of Catholics commit adultery.
Wager, suggest....in either case the majority of Roman Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, etc....commit adultery based on the way Christ defines it.
He equated lusting after a woman to have already committed adultery. It's crystal clear. The thought of sex with a woman is equal to adultery. It's a violation of the commandment.