I see the problem Catholics have with understanding the seriousness of sin a result of their categorizing it as *mortal* or *venial*.
They approach sin from the more severe, less severe mindset they’ve grown up with.
God’s word is clear that sin is sin and that the thought is the same as the action.
Now, you can not like it all you want and argue against it all you want, but sin is sin in GOD’s eyes.
And honestly, so what if no one gets pregnant? It’s not like it’s a worse sin because pregnancy resulted. True it has far greater consequences to those involved here on earth, but it does not change the seriousness of the sin nor the violation of the commandment in God’s eyes.
I agree. We’ve seen this approach in other discussions. It’s seems in Roman Catholicism you have to do the deed for it to be a sin. The NT teaches otherwise.