>>42266217 (OP)Alright lemme break it down for you
>don't fuck animalsindeed. But if animals could talk, that commandment would PROBABLY be different, and allow for it. Personally, I prefer being a stallion or some other ungulate if I'm self-inserting into MLP. though yes, different species are also not supposed to be mated together, but I think that one's more just specifically for Jews to set them apart? There's a lot of things like that
>Looking at a woman with lust means you've already committed adulteryso this one is complicated and a lot to unpack, but you have to understand the ancient Greek concept of ~antipraxis.~ you're saying something by saying the opposite. Forcing the listener to pay attention and focus on what matters.
It's obvious that simply -having desire- isn't wrong, or the lord wouldn't have given them to us. Indeed, he would have said something about thought-control before now.
But by hearing that, you check yourself. you go "hang on, am I guilty?" and you run through your thoughts, which is IMPORTANT.
Hopefully, ideally, you land on "oh no, it's okay. I have healthy desires but I wouldn't act on them outside of marriage"
Whereas if, at any point, you say in your heart "If only... if only I could talk her into it. If only I could get away with it. Maybe get her drunk. If only her husband died somehow and I was the only one to console her" bam, you've now committed adultery inside. Fix that shit.
Same thing about "if your hand or eye causes you to sin, cut it off" he's clearly making you go "hang on, my eye or hand DOESN'T cause me to sin. I'm CHOOSING to." which is... very important, lest you end up with sharia-law type shit where it's the woman's fault for tempting the man. any of that 'devil made me do it' nonsense takes away your agency. Mista J was very clever about not simply laying out platitudes, but forcing you to think.
P.S. if we're doing christian pony stuff, it should really be a ram Jesus, possibly under another name a la Aslan.
