I'll tell you what I'm lusting for, a red Volkswagon, or black, 5 speed new model! Doesn't have to be brand new. Oh I am lusting for that little car so bad.
I lusted for one, too. But instead of simply thinking impure and lustful thoughts about Beetles ... I actually acted on the lust and bought one. So ... that makes a VW sinner, eh? "Thou shall not covet they neighbor's Volksawagen or his Escalade ... thou shall get off your lazy butt, get a job and buy your own."




About the "telephone game" theory. Jewish copyists of Hebrew scriptures had incredibly strict rules and regulations to follow when copying the Bible onto a new sheet/book.
That is laughable. Anyone who collects old books, or Bibles specifically, will tell you there are literally hundreds of mistakes and misprints over the ages.

One example I can think of offhand .... I can't remember the exact quote, but it says something like, "A rich man will sooner get into heaven than a camel can pass through the eye of a needle." So, all these thousands of years, the Bible has told us there is NO chance of a rich man getting into heaven, as there is no way a camel will EVER fit through the eye of a needle.

BUT ... older text was found, before umpteen translations and recopies, and the original word for "camel" is very similar to the original word for a thick, coarse type of thread. And THAT is what was originally written .... "A rich man will sooner get into heaven than a thick, coarse thread can pass through the eye of a needle." Someone mistranslated the word, camel instead of thread. So ... not impossible to get into heaven, just very difficult. BIG difference, especially if you happen to be rich, eh? There are literally hundreds of such instances, with who knows how many that will never be discovered.