Lust is a nearly universal human experience; what is new is the complete loss of awareness of its status as a cardinal sin and of the disastrous consequences likely to follow when it becomes the principal guide of action.
"The wages of sin are death" is something we need to understand not only as a statement of spiritual, but material consequences as well.
Nor is the misunderstanding unique to the Western tradition. Altogether too many people believe that the Law of Karma is about some supernatural retribution. It isn't: it's a statement that good actions improve the world, and bad actions have bad consequences.
Sometime around 500 BC Heraclitus observed that "character is destiny." The constant habit of sin and the negative reinforcement of the bad side of her character is as much responsible for this poor woman's fate as the random stranger who repeatedly brutalized her. He could have been literally anyone from Britain's [or America's] criminal underclass, and was nothing more [in her side of the story] than the executioner's noose.
Lust is a nearly universal human experience; what is new is the complete loss of awareness of its status as a cardinal sin and of the disastrous consequences likely to follow when it becomes the principal guide of action.
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Teaching our children these basic counter-cultural natural facts of life is the most appropriate way to protect our future generations. Do not lose judgment.
Recently my son, who has been dating a wonderful young woman, who has been integrated into our family, and he in hers, was able to end the dating, by talking to her about how he could not be her reason for happiness. That she had to find her own inner strength to be a full partner in their relationship. She was not homeschooled and has taken on a lot of the negative messages of the culture about value and other. My son was able to parse that for her and hold her to a higher standard. I hope she is able to manage change this, not necessary for their relationship but for her future.