West is a complete pervert. I've only seen one small talk by him, and turned if off after 10 minutes. He was mocking and deriding the saints who kept custody of the eyes (physically mocking them by making a caricature of what it might look like) and decided that the immersion of the Pascal Candle into the Holy Water at the Easter Vigil was a phallic symbol. West sees phalluses everywhere ... and is therefore quite possibly a closeted sodomite.
Never heard of him until this thread, watched a bit of this video:
Besides implicitly denying the existence of Adam & Eve at 5:35, he lays out three options for dealing with temptations to lust;
1. Consent to the temptations. He says he does not "recommend that"
2. Keep custody of the eyes, "shove down" any lustful thoughts or desires into the "subconsciousness". Doesn't mention praying at all. He also does not "recommend that"
3. Consent to looking at a woman, to thank God for her beauty and the "spousal meaning" of her body(?!), but to reject the temptation to lust that will proceed from looking at the woman. This, he recommends
Numerous times I have seen Sirach 3:27 "
A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it." quoted in works when dealing with occasions of sin. We are obligated to avoid unnecessary proximate occasions of sin, yet Mr. West is recommending willfully placing yourself in one