Seven Sins of Credit Cards - Lust

Lust is a sin? Doggonit! How can something that is biological be a sin? And we’re really going to go to hell for lust? Well imagine this ladies, the guy of your dreams never calls you back after a night of passion, and men what about that beautiful woman who rejected your advances. It may not be hell, but it sure feels like it. Now imagine how you felt after a shopping spree, when you mentally calculated the cost of all your purchases, that feeling should be a frickin’ sin.

In today’s world lust is not considered a sin, it is celebrated. In fact, being modest and chaste is sinful. All we have to do is go online, turn on our televisions, or go to the grocery store. We are compounded with sex daily and the interest collected is slightly different then the interest collected by creditors, and I’m not sure which “interest” is more risky. So with sex sold to us every day, you can imagine how hard it is to resist. Ladies and gentlemen, we have come a long way-baby!

And more so, lust is big business. The porn industry grosses over a billion dollars a year. That’s a lot of lust and most of it is paid for on consumer credit cards-or in the form of cash in dark, dirty strip clubs. But most winds up on our credit card bill (I don’t know, that’s just what they tell me). It is a charge we don’t tell our spouses, lovers or even our creditors. Visa need not know. But then we can thank Visa for the opportunity to be lustful, and that’s Priceless.

Ironically, only a few hours after writing this post I caught a “news” headline on the AC360 show. Thanks Anderson Cooper for the enticing inspiration to add to my blog. Larry Flint and the porn industry are requesting a five billion dollar bail out from the government. Ooh baby, I can roll around naked in dirty laundry all day long. Apparently sex sales are on the downslide because people are depressed. Bummers dude! So I guess there is a possibility sex can be nationalized, but if tax payers are going to flip the bill for porn then I think the government should ensure every American has sex. Hey, it’s only fair. It’s our tax money at work; let’s make sure it works of us. It’s like paying for an expensive date and not getting lucky.

Even if we’re not purchasing porn, there are many companies out there to solicit lust accessories, Viagra for example. Curiously, if you have difficulty getting it up how lustful can you actually be? Thankfully, there are companies to help increase your lust if you are without. Pfizer, the company that makes Viagra takes in nearly one billion a year. That’s not including all the Viagra wannabes. I would like to keep this blog a readable length, so I won’t even go into how much we spend on birth control.

But it’s not just porn and other sex accessories that we spend massive amounts of money, sometimes it is intensely personal. Guys, how many times have you had a “thing” for a chick and you spent a great deal of money to obtain her. Ladies, to what financial extent have you gone through to be sexually attractive to a man? It all costs money and most of this biological game of mating is bought with credit cards.

Let’s face it, there is nothing wrong with lust itself, it is what you do with it. If you’re maxing out your credit on porn sites, charging up your cards to get a “charge”, or just spending money you don’t have to impress the person you find incredibly hot, well it may not be sinful, it’s just sad. Unfortunately, some can’t find lust in life, or lust with those who truly love them. If we have to go over the top to satisfy lust, maybe it’s fitting to pay with “fake” plastic money. But the really sad reality is, as many have difficulty overcoming the devastating affects of a venereal disease; imagine the devastating affects of being massively in financial debt. Imagine collecting all that interest on your credit report and going into debt for a few minutes of pleasure. Is it really worth it?

And lastly, I have to end on a scientific note. Researchers in studying the brain and the functions of arousal found when arousal was increased, the area of the brain that functions as reason and judgment decreased. To give it to you straight-when lust increases, judgment decreases. Reason suggests that if sex wasn’t thrust in our face (ha, ha) everyday, how much money could individuals, heck our nation save? The answer to our national deficit may be in our pants.