http://forums.catholic.com en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:31:48 GMT vBulletin 30 http://forums.catholic.com/images/misc_khaki/rss.jpg http://forums.catholic.com http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798167&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:41 GMT Sometimes I get aroused (maybe) by the way I'm moving or touching myself. Not that I'm masturbating or doing it on purpose, but when I don't immediately stop the feeling or the way I'm moving or touching, I feel like I've committed a mortal sin. And sometimes I'm just doing normal everyday things when they happen. Like eating. I can't just stop eating. And the more I worry the more they come. What do I do? ]]> Moral Theology Nickname Sam http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798167 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798165&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:40 GMT Is it a sin, and if so, a mortal sin, to let yourself be aroused if you're not actually thinking of sex or objectifying anyone? ]]> Moral Theology Nickname Sam http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798165 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798142&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:20:44 GMT I should probably be asking my confessor this, but he is on retreat and cannot respond for the week. I was watching Rick's Restoration on History Channel, and decided to close my eyes. During this period of closing my eyes, I was still conscious and listening to the show, just not watching it. At the end of the episode, I heard Rick's wife or girlfriend's (not sure which it is) voice. I decided to look at the show because I heard her voice, and I guess I was trying to see if she was attractive or not? I don't believe I had intent of lusting over her, just looking at her... Can someone help me discern if I committed a mortal sin, specifically the sin of lust? ]]> Moral Theology pgnat1 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798142 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798059&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:43:24 GMT Ok, so I am 16 and for the last couple of months I have been stressing out over a lot of things, my exams,health and such alike.
Some people on this site it sounded like I was scrupulous, and I have talked to my priest about this but heres the thing is some parts of me even though I guess it isn't even sinful I still find myself worrying about it despite what my priest told me.
For example I am part of a kind of role playing type of group on the internet who reenact Napoleonic style of warfare (Line Battles, Muskets etc) and I wanted to apply to become a higher rank so that I could further progress in the group and have the chance to command the other people in the group on such events we do, so I wrote my application to become it, but awhile writing the application some part of my mind was saying stop it, it's sinful and wrong, even though I doubt wanting to take a bit more responsibility in a group on the internet is sinful.

Now I after also being told it sounded like OCD, like worrying about things that don't really pose a threat.
So do you guys have any idea of how to relieve this, I started walking my dog recently and getting out in the open air has cleared my thoughts a bit and feels good, was thinking of going jogging as well as I heard exercise helps get rid of stress and such.
But any tips from any of you would be greatly appreciated. ]]> Moral Theology Blackspur7 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=798059 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797951&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:09 GMT I just wanted to know that is it alright to feel a bit sad and guilty after commiting a sin and confessing. I'm looking at it as that I am truly penitent and sorrowful that I did it yet I want to know if it is normal. It is a pain yet has eased and keeps easing yet I want to know if other people experience this. Please help. ]]> Moral Theology TheHolyTrinity9 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797951 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797933&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:15:25 GMT I know it's sin to hate people, but how about other things? It's ok to hate sin right? How about hating your car, the service at a certain restaurant, your job, the weather, communism, and the like? ]]> Moral Theology jedpatrickdatu http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797933 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797909&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:05 GMT When suddenly a thought comes in your mind saying: i want to punch him! and then you stop that thought. Or when you actually think or intend to punch him? When suddenly a thought comes in your mind saying: i want to punch him! and then you stop that thought. Or when you actually think or intend to punch him? ]]> Moral Theology Timi Celcer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797909 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797852&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:48:56 GMT Is it a sin for catholics to say words such as cra(p) or saying that something sucks? :shrug: Thanks in advance for your help on this issue. Is it a sin for catholics to say words such as cra(p) or saying that something sucks? :shrug:

Thanks in advance for your help on this issue. ]]> Moral Theology Amsagun10 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797852 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797663&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:38:58 GMT Mark 7:22, Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:19, 2 Peter 2:2,... says sensuality is a sin, but why would sensuality be a sin? Im sure most on this forum watch tv and watching tv is sensuality. But there are two definitions of sensuality on thefreedictionary.com : *1. The quality or state of being sensual or lascivious.* *2. Excessive devotion to sensual pleasure* I believe that the second definition is the one that is sinful not first. I believe that sensuality is when the sensual pleasures becomes a leading force in your life the one you concentrate most on, the one you love most. I believe that the first definiton describes what is common and that is enjoying life and your senses because i believe that they are His gift to us. So i believe that the first definiton is ok and the second definiton is sinful and the one that was thought in the bible as sinful. But what do you think? Am i right here? Mark 7:22, Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:19, 2 Peter 2:2,... says sensuality is a sin, but why would sensuality be a sin? Im sure most on this forum watch tv and watching tv is sensuality. But there are two definitions of sensuality on thefreedictionary.com :
1. The quality or state of being sensual or lascivious.
2. Excessive devotion to sensual pleasure
I believe that the second definition is the one that is sinful not first.
I believe that sensuality is when the sensual pleasures becomes a leading force in your life the one you concentrate most on, the one you love most. I believe that the first definiton describes what is common and that is enjoying life and your senses because i believe that they are His gift to us. So i believe that the first definiton is ok and the second definiton is sinful and the one that was thought in the bible as sinful. But what do you think? Am i right here? ]]> Moral Theology Timi Celcer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797663 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797656&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:16:38 GMT Sometimes when i watch TV or something simmiliar and some charater does or is doing something bad, sometimes a thought comes by, often that thought is judging. But im not actually judging only a thought comes by saying for example glutton or something else. I don't want to think like that only a thought comes by. ]]> Moral Theology Timi Celcer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797656 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797644&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:31 GMT Just quickly changing the subject even if the changed subject doesn't interest you and you just changed it for people or one man/woman to forget about the previous subject. ]]> Moral Theology Timi Celcer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797644 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797576&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:52:51 GMT I tought of sensuality as a sin because of for example: Mark 7:22, Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:19, 2 Peter 2:2,... I think that those "verses" say that sensuality is a sin. But recently i read here that sensuality isn't a sin. :confused:. Which one is it? And if you think sensuality isn't a sin that please post some biblical evidence. Thank you :) ]]> Moral Theology Timi Celcer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797576 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797572&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:47:49 GMT purgatory doesn't sound at all like a decent place to go to once one dies, and seems to be a midway point before one can be accepted into heaven.

yet we are being taught, believe in Christ, become baptized, etc , and more over as Catholics we are offered the sacrament of Reconciliation the forgiveness of our sins, and thusly we are saved and go to heaven.

it would seem off hand that if we receive the sacrament of Reconciliation are truly sorry and do not commit not only the same sins over again but any mortal or venial sin that we should have no worry about hell or purgatory.

yet why do I have the feeling that is not the case, it isn't enough that Christ died for our sins and bridged the gap between us and God, and now with all the sacraments we have through the Church for some reason that is not going to be enough either to spare one from suffering in the afterlife via purgatory. All we are taught is about unconditional love God and Christ has for us / BUT, there is always a " but " .

More over, what about people who live a good life and are already suffering in this world, suffering miserably, through no fault of their own. ? What about the Christians / Catholics across the globe from N. Korea , to the Middle East and points in between, who can't even freely worship in peace and are imprisoned , killed even sometimes for practicing the faith.

I am also curious at what point did this concept of purgatory come into existence ? Seems to me that all that I can recall growing up and being taught there were two choices , Heaven or Hell. Is purgatory even mentioned in the bible at all ?

I am also guessing we do not automatically go to purgatory that we are judged upon our death and at that point it is either heaven, hell or purgatory.

But based upon everything we have been taught, the sacraments, the unconditional love of God and Christ, how many times must we be saved and purified before we are forgiven ?

How much suffering does one have to go through on earth to from the poor, homeless, victims of crimes, injustice, etc and trying to live a good life a Christian life on top of those circumstances or even just battling the secular world we live in at the same time we are trying to live our faith.... if purgatory is a place of only suffering how much more suffering on earth does one have to go through to bypass purgatory.

can't win for losing, so why bother.?

or Christ loves' you but remember you are never good enough . should be taught it seems is key to explaining such things.

which as morbid or sarcastic as it may appear which is not the intent, it is actually true. ]]> Moral Theology john78 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797572 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797571&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:47:21 GMT Is same sex relationship is a SIN? without sex? Is same sex relationship is a SIN? without sex? ]]> Moral Theology speedwind100 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797571 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797546&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:59:04 GMT When does a person commit sensuality? I have done my research and come to conclusion that sensuality is over indulgence or over devotion to sensual pleasure. But when does that sensual pleasure like watching a movie become sensuality? Im asking this becasue im going to holiday in a couple of days and i REALLY need this answer. Holidays are mostly about pleasure and relax and i would like to swim,play video games,watch movies,listen to music,... all day(of curse i would include prayer) and these things are all sensual pleasures. So i need to know what to do and where to "draw the line" so i wouldn't commit sensuality. Please help. ]]> Moral Theology Timi Celcer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797546 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797429&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:33:38 GMT I know masturbating is a mortal sin. i am a 13 year old girl. i used to struggle with masturbation, but i confessed and havent done it for about 2 months. i was on the youtube and someone recommended me this video. so i clicked on the link and it was a recording of sex noises. i couldnt help myself. i knew that i shouldnt do it but i did. i masturbated. i stoppped after a minute and i exited the video. is this a mortal sin since i stopped? I know masturbating is a mortal sin. i am a 13 year old girl. i used to struggle with masturbation, but i confessed and havent done it for about 2 months. i was on the youtube and someone recommended me this video. so i clicked on the link and it was a recording of sex noises. i couldnt help myself. i knew that i shouldnt do it but i did. i masturbated. i stoppped after a minute and i exited the video. is this a mortal sin since i stopped? ]]> Moral Theology SamSam2342 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797429 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797425&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:25:52 GMT OK, so I am like the only practicing Catholic in my extended family of origin, and I am a little annoyed that the Church thinks it falls to me to suddenly take a strong stand against some scandalous act?!?!?!

So I have gone to the weddings... many of my parents' generation left in between the borth control issue and V2 and all that.

The next generation were all baptized but generally either not raised Catholic or much was left up to the Catholic schools, which did not do a good job.

So now the hierarchy, which tolerates so much bad activity on the part of so many, expects me to take a hard line? Risking my relationships with my family?

I am ver annoyed about this! ]]> Moral Theology St Francis http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797425 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797424&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:25:37 GMT Ok dont judge me, but when i was 9 or 10, i MIGHT have done something sexual with my brother. I dont remember much. i think he took advantage of me, but i honestly dont know. All i remember is me asking him if this is what god wants. I also remember me wishing, on my birthday that it would stop. I am now 13 and i know incest is a mortal sin, but is it in my case? Is it forgiven already because i forgot to mention it in confession? Ok dont judge me, but when i was 9 or 10, i MIGHT have done something sexual with my brother. I dont remember much. i think he took advantage of me, but i honestly dont know. All i remember is me asking him if this is what god wants. I also remember me wishing, on my birthday that it would stop. I am now 13 and i know incest is a mortal sin, but is it in my case? Is it forgiven already because i forgot to mention it in confession? ]]> Moral Theology SamSam2342 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797424 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797364&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:40:58 GMT I just went through my refrigerator and I noticed quite a few things with high fructose corn syrup. So I threw all of them away, but then I remembered what pope Francis said about wasting food. Would this be wasting food, even though they're not good for you? Do I need to go to confession now? ]]> Moral Theology brendenseth http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797364 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797362&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:32:39 GMT Im so confused, I have been in a extremely violent abusive relationship, to the point where he nearly killed me last week, and I finally spoke out after months and my daughter called the police, he has felony charges against him, and I have to go for final Protection from abuse hearing Tuesday, I'm in a battle with myself if its right to hurt someone else just because they have hurt you, He needs help, and lots of it, but does he need to go to jail? I still love him and always will, but I don't want to hurt him for actions that he needs professional help for, and don't know if that is what god wants me to do also, to not press the criminal charges. I will end up losing the respect of my children, my friends, and the police and lawyers guiding me to punish him, but I'm sick over these decisions!! Any advice I will appreciate, Thank you ]]> Moral Theology marlene1 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797362 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797361&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:10:34 GMT I'm going to try not to be too graphic, but I've never seen this particular instance anywhere on CAF or on the net, so I don't know what to think about this. Let's say a person has struggled in the past with same sex attraction and sins of impurity with self but has overcome these things by the grace of God and has been living a chaste life for the past two years. Let's say this person is at a church function and suddenly becomes aware of her own "scent" and is horrified and tries not to think about it and is easily distracted because of the activity around her. But then she gets home and starts to obsess/worry about the physical arousal she is experiencing from a scent she cannot avoid smelling. There are a few times when she thinks the sin is pleasant, but she does not desire to do anything impure and does not entertain any specific thoughts or even HAVE any specific thoughts. Just the thought that the smell is pleasant and the resulting physical arousal but at the same time she wishes it would all go away. ]]> Moral Theology Veronica97 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797361 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797344&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:32:01 GMT Hello everyone, I am going to mass in a few hours and would like to hear your comments and opinions on whether this was mortal sin or not and whether I should receive the Eucharist o rnot.

I just went to confession yesterday and a few hours later I had planned to go to the movies with my friend. While I was waiting in the car to pick up my friend, I saw a beautiful girl who I was extremely attracted to walking by. I tried not to keep looking at her. Then as I kept looking away and then looking at her and struggling with myself, I tried to focus on her face. Then thoughts of "you could be doing this with her" and "you could be doing that with her" came into my mind, even though there wasn't any way "this" or "that" couldve even happened at that moment anyway. Then I called out to Jesus that He would be with me in that moment to help me and give me His strength.

I don't know what to make of it. Did I mortally sin or not? I admittedly struggle often with the sin of lust, it's one of the mortal sins that I can't get away from. The temptation is with me quite often.

Thanks in advance. ]]> Moral Theology SeekingHeaven http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797344 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797329&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:22:35 GMT You can't get around it. From the time divorce became less stigmatized, then remarriage after divorce, then fornication, then cohabitation, and now the same-sex couples wanting to marry controversy.

For so long we have heard "The Church needs to stay out of the bedroom!" yet what happens to those for whom this is the rallying cry? The results of what happens in the bedroom - children without a stable home (or abortion before they can be born). People trapped in abusive relationships, poverty, addictions - because of poor judgments about when, why, with whom, and without God, people choose to have sexual relations and share a residence without a sanctified commitment. (That's not the only reason they can get trapped in these problems, but remove the clouded judgments about sex and relationships and try to imagine how the statistics would go way down.)

Somehow, we must evangelize and get across that it is a paradox. That in a legitimate marriage, a sacramental marriage, undertaken only after proper reflection and with a mindset of permanent commitment, the couple is allotted privacy and dignity - because they've earned it, because they're being responsible and acknowledging that if they cut corners, society will know. The evidence will be right out there for all to see.

I'm aware that these are complex ideas to convey and that my writing above is not as precise as I'd like - but I'll try to become more articulate if this thread takes off, and maybe what I've said is enough to get started with . . . I hope so. ]]> Moral Theology 3DOCTORS http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797329 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797299&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:27:47 GMT If so, is it a mortal or venial one? I am easily distracted during prayer and this means that I also tend to get irritated with the things that wouldn't distract me from the rest of my day, but nevertheless distract me from prayer. If I initially don't remove a distraction because it would be too troublesome or I am just tired of doing so before prayer and aggravated about it constantly being highlighted during prayer, is it sinful? If so, is it mortally sinful? ]]> Moral Theology Aeden http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797299 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797275&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:46:50 GMT Has anyone seen this video on the topic? http://www.gloria.tv/?media=79991 (ignore the spanish those that do not speak the language). A related news article http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/29/arrested_father_had_point_to_make?pg=full Pictures of the book Has anyone seen this video on the topic?

http://www.gloria.tv/?media=79991 (ignore the spanish those that do not speak the language).


A related news article

http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...o_make?pg=full

Pictures of the book

http://www.massresistance.org/docs/p...sity_book.html ]]> Moral Theology Patavium http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797275 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797101&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:41:02 GMT I'm just curious to see what the general Catholic opinion on J. K. Rowling's popular saga. I understand that very fanatic people will call it satanic and evil, as they say it promotes witchcraft.
First off, I only liked Harry Potter from 1999-2003 and just gave up on it, because they were making the movies while the books were still being written and it took forever for book 5 to come out, and in that time I came to love J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. I love The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

But why do Christians endorse J. R. R. Tolkien's works, which he wrote as Christian (particularly Catholic) allegories, as well as C. S. Lewis' Narnia series, but believe Harry Potter comes from the depths of hell? I was always aware that true witchcraft was bad and that the only true faith was Christianity, particularly Catholicism. I never met anybody who was inspired to dabble in satanism and the occult because they read Harry Potter? This magic they speak of is fiction, and real magic is to be condemned. As long as they know the difference...? How can we endorse certain fantasy stories by people like Tolkien and Lewis, but we condemn J. K. Rowling as being inspired by the devil? ]]> Moral Theology JDGaney http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=797101 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796794&goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:08:37 GMT I am a 15 year old boy and i am going through puberty. I feel horny literally all the time and i keep finding that i am touching myself without realizing it. I try to stay pure by staying close to people but at night in bed i can't.
I masturbate every single night. I know that it is a mortal sin, but I am addicted. I feel like it is useless going to confession because i am addicted and i know that i will masturbate that night. What should I do about receiving Communion? Should I just not. I have been for a few weeks, but is that another mortal sin? What should I do? ]]> Moral Theology nintendorocks http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796794 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796757&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:44:59 GMT This is at www.crosswalk.com/11620932/?ps=0 This is at www.crosswalk.com/11620932/?ps=0 ]]> Moral Theology mdgspencer http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796757 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796753&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:30:26 GMT Yeah, so this phrase in general kinda irritates me as sometimes it is used as an excuse to do various acts or things (some in which are immoral).
But anyways I have always tried to avoid using the phrase out of shear frustration and such but then when I was playing a strategy game and I can't excatly remember what happened but I ended up saying something along the lines of saying "My General was like YOLO", in which then I thought about it and the term You Only Live Once, and I was thinking I know this is probably over thinking this but in someway may this be immoral or sinful, I doubt it as it is quite simular to a quote my priest told me which goes along the lines of "Jesus gave us life, so we should live it too the fullest" or something like that.
But yeah thats my question is it immoral to use that phrase as although we only live one on this earth after this world, there is another in which God resides with us, isn't there? ]]> Moral Theology Blackspur7 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796753 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796578&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:22:05 GMT I am a joyfully married Catholic man with an ever-increasing number of children. From childhood, I have experienced a strong attraction to males, and this attraction has not ever really gone away. Unlike many men with SSA, I am also attracted to women, most particularly to my wife. :D

When I married my wife, I was in a place of great freedom, in terms of sexual sin. I was open with her about my attractions and my past, of course. Nevertheless, only three people (immediate family members) besides her knew my story, since SSA is most definitely a sinful disposition that loves to hide. Over time, little by little, I fell back into a pornography addiction after we were married. My wife knew something about this, but I only let her in partly. My attitudes toward myself became completely covered in shame.

Recently, God has been pulling me out of that mire. I've begun to pray for an hour daily, and spend time with my heavenly Father. (Men with SSA, in particular, need one-on-one time with their Dad!) I have come fully into the light with a number of brothers and sisters in Christ who are not my family members. It is SUCH a relief and a blessing that I don't have to hide!

But, in some sense, I still do. Among single people, there are an increasing number of people with SSA who are fully open about their struggles and their commitment to live chaste lives. (I'm thinking of people like Wesley Hill and Eve Tushnet, among others). These people have helped to show me that an attraction is not shameful, that there's nothing wrong with being openly broken. In the meantime, however, I find that our culture -- even, to some extent, Catholic culture -- has only one category for me: since I am married to a woman and attracted to men, I must be a closeted homosexual that is wreaking havoc on my wife and children.

This social judgment becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, I think. Society has a notion of you, and you live up to it.

But not when you have God's light in your life. In God's light, I have realized that my temptations are nothing to be ashamed of, and hiding them is just plain stupid. Ideally, I think, married men who struggle with same-sex attraction would be just as open with these struggles as married men who struggle with ogling women in advertisements. It's not something you shout from street corners, but you would share it readily in the right circumstances.

As it is, I think there are testimonies out there from married men who struggled with SSA, but it's always in the past tense: "I used to be attracted to men, but now my wife and I are the whole world to each other." Yeah, right. (OK, maybe I'm cynical, but that just seems to neat and tidy an ending.)

I expect that some people will tell me something like this: Imagine you "went public" about this in some form, and your kids found out someday? Imagine how ashamed your wife and kids would feel to be associated with you? Do they deserve that shame?

But these objections miss the point! It's not something to be ashamed of. It's a temptation, like any other. Would you be ashamed if your children found out that you once wanted to shoplift something? That you once felt a strong urge to strangle a driver who cut you off? What's the difference between these cases and SSA?

Thoughts? ]]> Moral Theology Prodigal_Son http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796578 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796498&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:13:41 GMT For some reason I find profanity funny. I try to avoid swearing myself as I know it's sinful, but when friends, family, or fictional characters do it, I can't help but laugh at the anger and carelessness of the words. Is it bad to do so? ]]> Moral Theology jedpatrickdatu http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796498 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796466&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:56:51 GMT Here in Seattle catholic school costs 9,000 a year that makes it seem like catholic schools are only obtained by the mega rich. That doesn't seem moral ]]> Moral Theology Adamski http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796466 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796115&goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:42:17 GMT Is original sin equivalent to normal sins like murder or adultery? Wasn't completely sure how it worked. ]]> Moral Theology FireFromHeaven http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796115 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796109&goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:07:22 GMT Under what circumstances would being forced to do something affect one's culpability in an evil act? ]]> Moral Theology Cojuanco http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796109 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796108&goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:05:37 GMT Above... Above... ]]> Moral Theology pgnat1 http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=796108