| json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["question","life","people","religion"],"appCategory":"question","appTitle":"What is the difference between a test and a temptation?","appBody":"<p>I am guessing the terms here are being used <strong>in the religious context</strong>. </p>\n<p>Theoretically, t<strong>he forme</strong>r comes from external sources, a process to \"establish the quality, performance or reliability of something\" (OED). It ca also be defined as \"an event or situation that reveals the strength or quality of someone or something by putting them under strain\" (idem). T<strong>he latter</strong> is supposed to come from inside, \"a desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise\" (idem). However, the term also refers to things or actions that attract us into the wrong direction.</p>\n<p>Thus, they may even be considered synonyms, depending on your perception.</p>\n<p>For a religious married man a very atractive and outgoing woman who comes to ask for a favor may be seen as a test to their faithfulness, if he feels insecured either about his religious conviction, his commitment to their marriage, or both; or she can be seen as a temptation that must be defeated, anninner urge that must be subdued in the same way you control other appetites or biological urges. </p>\n<p>For a non-believer that same woman may just be a hot girl who fell for him, an interested manipulator he should habdle with care, or a femme fatale sent by his wife to see how he reacted. So, both believer and non-believer may end up using the terms one way or another. :) </p>\n<p>The most famous temptation in the history is Christianity is probably the one of Christ who, according to three of the Gospels, is tempted by the devil itself. Mark (briefly in 1:13), Matthew (4: 1-11), and Luke (4:1-13) during his 40 day fasting in the dessert. You may argue that Christ was being tested by God and tempted by the devil. That might be the distinction that one can establish, which of course has all kinds of theological and psychological implications.</p>\n<p>Tests are supposed to get us through a process from which we will come out stronger after putting in practice all our knowledge and qualities. Temptations are supposed to make us fall prey to our weaknesses</p>\n<p>In any case, tests or temptations are supposed to be passed or ressisted. One is expected to emerge victorious from such trials or tribulations to prove our worth or our faith.</p>\n<p><br></p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fk2arzraw","appParentAuthor":"hermannsol","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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