RKO Out of nowhere ! Well played the handsome chap . <| sep |> With this logic , any part of the Bible is suspect . You can just throw out any part you don ' t like or feel doesn ' t make sense with today ' s logic and say Well , this is just a metaphor . Of course , there is metaphor and other similar devices in the Bible but it ' s easily identifiable by looking at the language it was written in . Of course each part of the bible is suspect . That is what critical bible studies are for . We can determine what actually was said and done by Jesus by looking at how many gospels agree on something . We can look which phrases were used before Jesus in neighbouring cultures . If there are some , they were probably included afterwards . We can look at the errors in translation , and try to understand the original Aramaic . It is far from easy . And saying that God ' s word is flawed totally defeats the point of being a Christian . The point of being a Christian is to love the Lord and adhere to the teachings of Jesus . Why not just be any other religion you like with less of a burden ? Which religion doesn ' t have such burden ? However , even if they are , Jesus said not to even look at a woman with lust in your heart , for that is adultery . The entire purpose of porn is to look at the opposite or same sex with lust in your heart . You are not married to that actoractress , so looking at them lustfully is sin against your future spouse and against God . I think we are operating under different definitions of adultery . For my understanding adultery requires one party to actually be married . Adultery against a potential future spouse does not make much sense to me . Again , God could do this . Surely , he could . He makes the rules , not us .