Lust is the only deadly sin that will make me lie down in the back of a Corolla…
Wanderlust makes a person leave their significant other. Plain old lust is what makes them come back.
Indian guru Osho once said, “In love the other person is important; in lust, you are important”… then, you have kids and suddenly, neither of you are important…
People associate the goat with the sin of lust making it the only one of the deadly sins with its own mascot.
In early Rome, lust was given free rein at the bacchanalia. It was essentially an orgy of drinking and sex. A lot like a modern day bachelor party, except no one left a groom out in the desert in his underwear.
The rewards of lust are degradation, bad decisions and a loss of spirituality. Oddly enough, this is a trade that most people seem okay with.
Wilt Chamberlain supposedly had sex with tens of thousands of women, which would make him the perfect spokesperson for lust; however, he made a laxative commercial with his mom, instead. Because, no matter how lusty you are, a man loves his mother… and his laxatives, apparently…
Many great thinkers have had themselves castrated so that their thinking would not be ruled by lust. Lust causes a person to make bad decisions, most notable: Castrating oneself so they one not be ruled by lust.
When Viagra, lust in pill form, could be prescribed, it revolutionized how older women felt about poisoning their husbands.
Lust is special. No one ever sighs and wishes they were young so they could envy again…
Lust is not so much a sin as it is a temporary loss of all judgment.
Humans are the smartest animals on Earth; consequently, the only way to keep our species procreating is to make everyone stupid for short periods of time, off and on, over a period of around forty years.
If the universe worked in a logically consistent manner there would be no nun-porn, nor would there be a need for it.
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
Is lust the reason so many rappers go bad …. or is that leprechauns????
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Sadly, it’s bling…
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Bling??? Sounds like an incurable disease. Sorry officer but he has a case of Bling. So there’s no hope? No he’ll eventually stop talking like that … or drop dead
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You’ve GOT to know what “bling” is…
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This is a great list idea, and might have gone on and on. e.g. True lust, like true love is a misnomer, there is always the element of diversion and perversion
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Better living through chemistry!
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No one thinks goat when you mention the word lust. Absolutely no one.
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My goat did, but he’s pretty conceited…
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That’s Tom Brady’s fault…
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Finally! We agree on something!
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Wilt Chamberlain and the castration one were my favorites – although an honorable mention goes to the temporary loss of all judgement 🙂
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It was weird looking up Chamberlain to see if he’d done any commercials, then finding a laxative commercial with his mom. But, I guess he could advertise for the petites department at Macy’s…
While working on an essay about St. Jerome, I found another religious figure to did castrate himself, so it was heavy on my mind when I wrote this list. I hope I can eventually forget it…
Thanks, Robyn.
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Lust can make you do things you never thought you would ever do…
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It’s the exact opposite of logic…
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Re #6, substitute “clinging to Trump” for “lust”, and it’s even more of a trade that most people seem okay with.
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Well, he didn’t win the majority before and I doubt he has the majority behind him, this time.
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I dunno… I wish I could envy the way I used to. 😉
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