Better to remain ignorant?

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Isnt it better to remain ignorant of whats mortal sin and whats not to avoid falling into it?:confused:
 
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are we obligated to find out more after learning about it? If we dont is it in itself a mortal sin?
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Let me answer your questions with one of my own.
May you please rephrase your question? I do not get the grammar of your questions. :confused:
 
hmm, do I need to research more into mortal sins once I learn that there destructive to the soul? If I choose to remain ignorant in hopes that I dont fall into this kind of sin will that make it a Mortal Sin?
 
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hmm, do I need to research more into mortal sins once I learn that there destructive to the soul? If I choose to remain ignorant in hopes that I dont fall into this kind of sin will that make it a Mortal Sin?
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Thanks. :
Your previous questions were quite confusing.

Now, my answers:
  1. Yes, so as for you to learn not to do those sins. This site has ample resources to help you in your questions. 😃
  2. Refer to number 1 please. 😃
 
Sin is bad whether mortal or not. What you are saying is to hide your head in the sand, purposely remain ignorant, so in case you fall into it you are not liable for “mortal” sin due to lack of “full knowledge”.

The better attitude is to have the right knowledge about mortal sin so one may pay extra attention to avoid them.
 
Niji said:
Isnt it better to remain ignorant of whats mortal sin and whats not to avoid falling into it?:confused:
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St Paul puts the same problem.
I think that it is better to know what God wants. That is the way I put it not in the way of sin or not sin.
 
As a child of god you should want to do well for him and others. So ignorance is like not trying to do well. Research it and do good and you will be rewarded.
 
Niji said:
Isnt it better to remain ignorant of whats mortal sin and whats not to avoid falling into it?:confused:
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I ,after fallingback into sin, pondered the same thing. But as the previous poster stated it is better to know what God wants and to know His infinate mercy.

friend a knows X is mortal sin
friend b is committing X
friends a & b have discussed religion but friend b is “set” in his befiefs.
is it wrong for friend a not tell friend b they are sinning knowing friend b will not accept friend a’s words? leaving friend b ingnorant of his sin.
 
Niji said:
hmm, do I need to research more into mortal sins once I learn that there destructive to the soul? If I choose to remain ignorant in hopes that I dont fall into this kind of sin will that make it a Mortal Sin?
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The Church teaches that there is “invincible ignorance” of the type which mitigates guilt, and there is culpable ignorance, where the person at the worst deliberately avoided learning more.

Catholicism is about love. How do we love God, how do we love other for His sake? Mortal sin involves a non-loving act. Do you want to be loving towards God and others or unloving?
 
St_Francis said:
The Church teaches that there is “invincible ignorance” of the type which mitigates guilt, and there is culpable ignorance, where the person at the worst deliberately avoided learning more.
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I would go beyond this. The church teaches that there is “natural law”, which means that we instinctively know what is right and wrong. We can’t know naturally about Church Canon law, e.g., it’s a mortal sin to deliberately miss Mass on Sunday. But the Church says that the 10 commandments are basically natural law. We know it is a mortal sin to kill, commit adultery, and in certain scenarios, steal or lie. For instance, I recently heard of a woman who tried to rip off the Missionaries of Charity for $3 million when she found a Will made out to Mother Teresa’s sisters, giving everything to them, and instead of turning it over, made a fraudulent Will that gave all the money to herself. Do you really think she was ignorant of what she was doing? Stealing from the Missionaries of Charity? C’mon! That is known as natural law, and that woman couldn’t claim ignorance to the human authorities, and she won’t be able to claim ignorance to her Maker, either.

Sorry, but although you can claim ignorance of some things, you won’t be able to do it for everything in your life, and you will have to answer for what you know “naturally.” And I think you will have to answer if you deliberately try to be ignorant by turning away from the truth, or as St. Francis says here, “culpable ignorance.”

Good term! 👍
 
Niji said:
Isnt it better to remain ignorant of whats mortal sin and whats not to avoid falling into it?:confused:
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If one is seeking after God - in Love - for the Glory of Him and His Kingdom, then one will automatically learn more about “sin” whether they try to or not.
The reason is that “sin” is contrary to Love and the more we seek to Love (Agape) the more we will see how sin violates that Love.
Love then demands that we (to the extent we are able at a given time) avoid sin whether large or small. At the same time, Love demands that we embrace sanctity whether large or small.

The great advantage to this approach is that it keeps things simple.
Love your neighbor as yourself…examine your thoughts and actions throughout the day…recognize those thoughts and actions that are not Loving…commit to correcting these in future.

Discerning Love - Discerning that which builds up Love and growing in this will provide much greater peace and progress in the spiritual journey than trying to discern specifics about sin.

Peace
James
 
I think as children of God we have an obligation to determine exactly what pleases our Lord and what offends Him and then to make it the focus of our day to futher the former and avoid the latter. If you think that something is a mortal sin, then I’d say you have an obligation to find out for sure before committing the act…

That said, situations like this should occur fairly infrequently (since once you’re fully catechized, you should have a pretty good idea of when something is a mortal sin). If you find that you are hesitant to act, out of fear of committing sin, to the point where it’s affecting your daily life, then you may have a scrupulous conscience and should seek the guidance of a priest. Scrupulous people have particular difficulty determining if everyday actions are sinful and this can lead to extreme anxiety and mental health issues later in life if not addressed.
 
Pfaffenhoffen said:
St Paul puts the same problem.
I think that it is better to know what God wants. That is the way I put it not in the way of sin or not sin.
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Exactly!!!. God want’s us to Love. The greatest commandments are not “Thou Shall NOT…”. The Greatest Commandments are, “Thou SHALL**…Love…**”
It is upon these two great commands that everything else is based.

[BIBLEDRB]Mt 22:36-40[/BIBLEDRB]

Peace
James
 
Niji said:
Isnt it better to remain ignorant of whats mortal sin and whats not to avoid falling into it?:confused:
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The consequence of sin is harmful, regardless of our ignorance or knowledge.

The fact that we live in a world with evil, is the consequence of our fallen state, due to original sin,

It’s not a punishment from God, but the effect of sin.

So, knowledge can only help us to avoid sin, even where it would not be mortal due to lacking full knowledge. To avoid knowledge of what is evil, in a feeble attempt to escape the consequence of sin, could be sin in in itself.

Jim
 
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