Temptation, in the common secular sense, seems to indicate an attraction to something.


  Temptation
  
  
  The act of tempting
  The condition of being tempted.
  Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
  Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
  
  
  Tempting
  
  
  attractive, appealing, enticing
  seductive, alluring, inviting
  
  
  Tempt
  
  
  (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. She tempted me to eat the apple.
  (transitive) To attract; to allure. Its glossy skin tempted me.
  (transitive) To provoke something; to court. It would be tempting fate.
  


But, as with many secular concepts that overlap religious concepts, there are often explicit theological definitions which allow the terminology to fit into religious, dogmatic, and theological discussions with less ambiguity. In this case, is there any predominating Christian/theological definition?

In particular, how is temptation defined or explained in such a manner that allows Christ to have been tempted?

To clarify the problem, if Christ is to be attracted to some thing, there must be some part or aspect of Christ to which some thing appeals. More significantly, Christ, in order to be tempted, must desire that thing if we are to say He is attracted to it. And if Christ is to contain a part or aspect to which some evil may be a temptation, thus arousing a desire, there could be said to be a sinful nature or component in Christ -- a contradiction of His Godliness.

To illustrate the problem, one might select magnetism (or any natural force) as a natural analogy. For the effect of magnetism (sin) to attract (tempt) a material (person), the material must contain, at least to some extent, a magnetic (sinful) component.

Thus, if we say that Christ is tempted in this understanding, we say that He has a sinful component.

How do we Christians, Catholics, or any denomination that has a well-established concept, define or explain temptation in a non-trivial manner without requiring Christ to have a sinful nature?


Question: Are DSLRs a dying breed, making now the time to switch to a mirrorless camera system?
Answer: The advantages of DSLR are going to be usage specific as well as product line specific.  It depends on what you are doing with your photographing.  It also depends on the state of the market in terms of what products will be available, in the new systems that will eventually replace the current DSLR systems (specifically the mount size, focal plane distance, and sensor size).  Premium cameras with a larger focal plane exist because there is an advantage to that which mean photographers want and can work with.  Others are not even DSLR and are considered high-end Pro.  Look at cameras by Hasselblad, Leica, and Mamiya.  You can see both formats larger than "full frame" and lens mounts that don't need to make room for a mirror.  They have their advantages, too.

I think a new format will eventually emerge that does not exist today.  It will be larger than the 4/3rds system because of the advantages of a larger sensor regarding noise.  But it might not dominate because digital sensors have fairly well leveled the playing field as phone cameras clearly prove.  I hope this new format is just the same 35mm based full frame related sizing, with a closer lens mount which can support an extender adapter to accept "older reflex style" lenses.