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[[Image:Lust, Jacob Matham.png|right|thumb|120px|A personification of lust.]]

[[Image:Lust, Jacob Matham.png|right|thumb|120px|A personification of lust.]]

'''Lust''' is "craving sexually what God has forbidden".<ref>[[Joshua Harris]], Christian author of ''[[I Kissed Dating Goodbye]]''</ref>

'''Lust''' is "craving sexually what God has forbidden".<ref>Joshua Harris, Christian author of ''[[I Kissed Dating Goodbye]]''</ref>

Lust can also be defined as intemperate or irregular sexual desire, and is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Often confused with [[love]], it is purely physical attraction for an individual, that is sometimes uncontrollable and completely unreasonable.  

Lust can also be defined as intemperate or irregular sexual desire, and is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Often confused with [[love]], it is purely physical attraction for an individual, that is sometimes uncontrollable and completely unreasonable.  

Lust, in its most common expression, is the urge to initiate in sexual intercourse with another person. It may also manifest itself as the urge to view [[pornography]], think sexual thoughts, or have unnatural sexual arousals, such as a [[homosexual]] thought. God's laws against lust are strictly meant to be obeyed throughout the [[Bible]], for obedience justifies a believer by their [[faith]], thus creating eternal salvation by their acceptance of the Sacrifice of [[Christ]] to save sinners from their sins.

Lust, in its most common expression, is the urge to initiate in sexual intercourse with another person. It may also manifest itself as the urge to view [[pornography]], think sexual thoughts, or have unnatural sexual arousals, such as a [[homosexual]] thought. God's laws against lust are strictly meant to be obeyed throughout the [[Bible]], for obedience justifies a believer by their [[faith]], thus creating eternal salvation by their acceptance of the Sacrifice of [[Christ]] to save sinners from their sins.

According to [[evolution]]ist views, [[sexual desire]] evolved by [[natural selection]] as an instinct to increase the number of offspring - as those individuals more prone to lust would have more children than those less lustful, over time the prevalence of lustful traits would increase. See: [[Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality]]

According to [[evolution]]ist views, sexual desire evolved by [[natural selection]] as an instinct to increase the number of offspring - as those individuals more prone to lust would have more children than those less lustful, over time the prevalence of lustful traits would increase. See: [[Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality]]

According to [[Christian]] views, lust is a consequence of the separation of a person from [[God]] as a result of [[sin]], causing them to fall short of His standard. Some churches attribute lust to direct [[satan]]ic involvement, or advocate various means by which unwanted lust may be controlled.

According to [[Christian]] views, lust is a consequence of the separation of a person from [[God]] as a result of [[sin]], causing them to fall short of His standard. Some churches attribute lust to direct [[satan]]ic involvement, or advocate various means by which unwanted lust may be controlled.

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[Sexual immorality]]: [[Promiscuity]] and [[Homosexuality]] / [[Homosexual agenda]] verus [[Chastity]], [[Purity]], [[Celibacy]]

* [[Sexual immorality]]: [[Promiscuity]] and [[Homosexuality]] / [[Homosexual agenda]] verus [[Chastity]], [[Purity]], [[Celibacy]]

* [[Abortion]] - [[Abortion and promiscuity]]

* [[Abortion and promiscuity]]

* [[Morality]] versus [[Immorality]]

* [[Moral degeneration]]

* [[Moral degeneration]]

* [[Moral relativism]]

* [[Moral relativism]]

* [[Essay:Immorality in America]]

* [[Essay:Immorality in America]]

* [[Hollywood values]]

* [[San Francisco values]]

** [[Hollywood values]]

** [[San Francisco values]] and the [[Homosexual Agenda]]: [[Homosexuality and Promiscuity]]

** [[Professor values]]

'''Articles related to [[atheism]] and sexual immorality: '''

'''Articles related to [[atheism]] and sexual immorality: '''

==References==

==References==

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