And just what does the catechism mean here?

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What the catechism is pointing out is the excess, going overboard.

Our young girls today suffer from looking at holywood’s glamour stars.
They become ill trying to be something they were never intended to be.
Our society is sick, sick, sick. Wrong values. Way overdone. But physical
attractiveness brings in the doe,ray,mee.

The add on TV that wins the prize is the one where the young perfect
woman is standing in her new size 3 dress in front of the mirror
admiring herself. As she turns from side to side so she can see herself
better, her smile gets bigger and bigger, and inside of her little head
she is saying to herself, “my snowwhite, how terrible beautiful you look in
this size 3 dress.” And of course it is all due to that box of fiber
cereal on the TV screen. A bit much, but damage non the less.

And we wonder where all the kids get that stuff from. Try the adults who
didn’t read their catechism.

Just a thought on how did we get here?
Ps
Most of these thoughts are for the women since we men are almost perfect.
(it’s always about them isn’t it guys?)
 
someperson555 said:
why do you think that? so basically youre saying that a virtuous body is mildly obese and balding? how is it prideful to want to make the most of yourself in every way? i dont know about you, but my life’s philosophy is to be excellent in everything. now ofcourse thats an impossible goal for anyone, but each and every one of us should definitely strive to attain perfection no matter what our limits are. i believe it was the ancient Greeks who thought that. be the best you could be regardless of your limitations. what is wrong with this world view?
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No. Are we talking about body building, conditioning, or what?
 
What we are to avoid is vanity. IF body building (or any other ability, corporal or spiritual) leads to vanity, it becomes a negative. We are not avoiding being in condition, or muscular. What we must avoid is gaining pride from that condition.
 
someperson555 said:
so the bible supports the proliferation of weaklings? this is really testing my faith. im sorry, but i can never agree with the above statements. how can the bible encourage people to be weak, it doesnt make sense. lol, it would be so funny to get to heaven and find out that its populated by middle aged gray haired people of moderate intelligence. so i guess thats something to look forward to lol. im sorry but thats not what people should be like.
I believe that:
strength is better than weakness
beauty is better than ugliness
health is better than sickness
intelligence is better than ignorance.

if thats wrong, then i dont want to be right.
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This article is right on the money for this topic: thecatholicthing.org/. Human weakness is what makes us stronger in the long run. We are not mere animals, but people. As we mature we learn the value of ordinariness, plainness, weakness and pain. I know I have as I’ve grown older. 🙂
 
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