Lusty Eyes

I recently discovered Jamie Jefford's blog, and it was both an enlightening and disconcerting experience. Jamie Jeffords is a Christian lawyer and Sci-Fi addict, and his blog - Eye of Polyphemus - covers Star Trek shows, politics, the "downfall of Western Civilization," and... celebrity babe photos (in bikinis, with come hither looks similar to Angelina Jolie here). For me, the blog is enlightening in that I've discovered that I'm not such a rare creature: a Christian (albeit Catholic) law student with an intense interest in culture, in particular science fiction shows. But it's also disconcerting in that I believe it's a sin to imbibe such photography. Am I simply a prude? Shouldn't I rejoice over the beauty of women's bodies as a gift from God? I am troubled by such questions, but I am equally troubled by Jesus' teaching: "But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Is it possible to admire a 'babe' in a bikini without lust? Somehow I doubt it.