A man who sees a woman who’s not his wife and thinks “I’d like to have sex with her” has committed in his heart the sin of lust. If he doesn’t do anything about it and leaves the woman alone, it only affects himself and it’s not that bad.

If the man consensually fornicates with the woman, then he has committed a sin of the flesh. This has adverse effects in the real world: damaging the woman’s potential for pair-bonding. possible illegitimate pregnancy, possible STDs, That’s why it’s worse than a sin of the heart.

If the man has nonconsensual sex with the woman, then he has violated her bodily rights and that’s much worse than the other two levels of sin.

This should be common sense.

A man who sees a woman who’s not his wife and thinks “I’d like to have sex with her” has committed in his heart the sin of lust. If he doesn’t do anything about it and leaves the woman alone, it only affects himself and it’s not that bad.

If the man consensually fornicates with the woman, then he has committed a sin of the flesh. This has adverse effects in the real world: possible illegitimate pregnancy, possible STDs, damaging the woman’s potential for pair-bonding. That’s why it’s worse than a sin of the heart.

If the man has nonconsensual sex with the woman, then he has violated her bodily rights and that’s much worse than the other two levels of sin.

This should be common sense.

A man who sees a woman who’s not his wife and thinks “I’d like to have sex with her” has committed in his heart the sin of lust. If he doesn’t do anything about it and leaves the woman alone, it only affects himself and it’s not that bad.

If the man consensually fornicates with the woman, then he has committed a sin of the flesh. This has adverse affects in the real world: possible illegitimate pregnancy, possible STDs, damaging the woman’s potential for pair-bonding. That’s why it’s worse than a sin of the heart.

If the man has nonconsensual sex with the woman, then he has violated her bodily rights and that’s much worse than the other two levels of sin.

This should be common sense.