CES 2022 (lifetime mental illness): very liberal 39%, very conservative 16%
Schaffner et al. 2025 PLOS One (CES 2022, excellent/very good mental health): ~19-point conservative advantage unadjusted; 11-point after controls
Schaffner et al. 2025 experiment (excellent/very good): conservatives 64% on “mental health” vs 49% on “mood”
Gallup 2004–2007 (excellent mental health): Republicans 58%, Democrats 38%
Ettman et al. 2025 (PHQ-9 positive depression screen): Democrats 25.2%, Independents 23%, Republicans 20.5% (not statistically significant)
Ryan Burge / CES (diagnosed mental illness, never-attenders): liberals 28%, conservatives 15%
Ryan Burge (diagnosed, by tradition): liberal Protestants ~9 points higher than conservative Protestants; liberal Catholics ~10 points higher than conservative Catholics; liberal atheists ~30%
Kirkegaard 2020 GSS (mental-illness items): extreme liberals +150% vs moderates; extreme liberal vs extreme conservative 0.39 d
CES / related (mental-illness identity): overall lifetime 26%; stronger among very liberal and Gen Z
Matthew 5:27–28 (the main text)
“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
This is the only place Jesus directly addresses the look. The Greek is pros to epithumēsai autēn—looking in order to set the heart on her / covet her. It is not a passing glance or noticing attractiveness; it is an intentional, lingering look that already wants what is not yours. Jesus is tying the Seventh Commandment (adultery) to the Tenth (coveting the neighbor’s wife).
Job 31:1
“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
Job is defending his integrity. He had already bound himself not to gaze at a young woman in a way that would let the thought take root. Later in the same chapter he adds: “If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door…” (Job 31:9). The issue is the second look and the heart that follows the eyes.
Proverbs 6:25
“Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.”
This is a warning about the adulteress. The Hebrew uses chamad—the same verb as “covet” in the Tenth Commandment. Do not let her beauty or her glances capture the heart.
These all have a theme in common: your intention is to find a woman to look at in order to lust after. Not you see a woman randomly and find her attractive.
No, they are pointing out how your side is making it about the guys race, wheras we've always agreed with the jurors position even before we knew his race or sex.
