When does strong attraction turn into lust?

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As the subject line says, when exactly does strong attraction get re-classified as lust?
 
When it becomes self-centered. Attraction is about us, while lust is about me; attraction involves giving, while lust involves taking.
 
Godfollower said:
When it becomes self-centered. Attraction is about us, while lust is about me; attraction involves giving, while lust involves taking.
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That definition works when the person in question is someone in your life who might eventually date, marry, etc. But what about a person on TV for example, or a nude figure in a museum? In those cases, where there will never be an “us”, when does attraction turn into lust?
 
I would say the line is drawn sexually. Getting excited about going on a date or even looking forward to a kiss I would consider to be attraction. But when your thoughts turn to sexual ones (aggressive kissing, sex, foreplay) then I would say that’s lust.
 
AdriannaJean said:
I would say the line is drawn sexually. Getting excited about going on a date or even looking forward to a kiss I would consider to be attraction. But when your thoughts turn to sexual ones (aggressive kissing, sex, foreplay) then I would say that’s lust.
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So as long as thoughts don’t turn into something explicitly sexual, there is no lust to speak of…

Ok, now what about lust for other things? For example, when does the desire to make a good living turn into lust for wealth?
 
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Ok, now what about lust for other things? For example, when does the desire to make a good living turn into lust for wealth?
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Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. But as far as I know, lust, technically, is always sexual. The word lust might be used loosely to describe an intense desire for something, but strictly speaking it refers to sexual desire. I would consider “lust for wealth” to fall more under the category of covetousness than lust.
 
AdriannaJean said:
Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. But as far as I know, lust, technically, is always sexual. The word lust might be used loosely to describe an intense desire for something, but strictly speaking it refers to sexual desire.
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According to the online dictionary:

3 a: an intense longing : craving b: enthusiasm, eagerness

Doesn’t always have to be sexual.
 
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