[yendu bwam]

I don't think you understood what I said. Temptation in itself doesn't "horribly and disgustingly harm" anyone. It's giving into temptation and committing the sin that is harmful. And nowhere does the Bible make the kind of warning you cite above for merely being tempted to sin.

I agree, Jorge. I meant to say that such temptations frequently lead to sin. By putting a lot of men who are tempted (in a disordered way) toward homosexual sex together almost inevitably leads to sin. Same when they're put near teenage boys. And I would say that Christ does require us to clean up our thoughts - as in when he says that anyone who looks at a woman with lust in his heart has already committed adultery with her (and thus sinned). Temptations are not sin, I agree. But allowing bad thoughts to prevail in our minds is.

[Jorge]

By putting a lot of men who are tempted (in a disordered way) toward homosexual sex together almost inevitably leads to sin. Same when they're put near teenage boys.

True, it doesn't make any sense to create a situation that we know will lead to temptation.
Unless of course we want trouble.

And I would say that Christ does require us to clean up our thoughts - as in when he says that anyone who looks at a woman with lust in his heart has already committed adultery with her (and thus sinned). Temptations are not sin, I agree. But allowing bad thoughts to prevail in our minds is.

Yes, I agree. When we dwell on a temptation and play with it in our mind, we are in effect giving our approval to and embracing something we know is wrong.

This goes beyond simply being temptation and becomes sin, which is of course what Christ was saying in the verse you cite.
Good point.