[Nepharski]

I wouldn't go so far as to say lust is immoral. Like I've said, we are animals. It's instinct to want to have sex with attractive members of the opposite sex. I definitely don't support giving in to lust, but I would say it's more of a weakness on the part of he or she who lusts than a disregard for morals.

I can understand your reasoning somewhat, but you lost me on animals. Humans are more than mere animals...we are above them. Look at us. Do you really think we have what it takes to be on the top of the food chain. I look at humanity around me, and I am inclined to think not. All the things we have accomplished that give us dominace, no mere animal could do. Do you really believe animals to have reasoning abilities?

And forgive the generalization, but if you've never experienced lust at all, you either have a practically inhuman degree of control, or a practically inhuman lack of sexual desire.

I never said I was innocent of this atrosity. My distaste for lust, if anything, is partialy fueled by this fact. I oppose it in the same way that a war vetran opposes war.

If someone tells me a seemingly believable scientific fact, and they are a respected source, I believe them. The same goes for gossip and announcements and basically any normal human-to-human message. But God has a different degree of importance. I will never believe anyone claiming to have been spoken to by God. This is another reason for my general dislike of most organized religions: God apparently speaks only to certain people who then pass on messages to regular folk and expect to be met with complete faith. If God ever has something really important to say to me, he/she/it can say it directly to me and cut out the middle-man. I'll be listening.

Noted...but just make sure that you are, in fact, listening. That is all I have to say to this.