Christian-Catholic belief and the "secular world"

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What do people on Catholic Answers believe about the “state” of anything secular or non-spiritual being inherently sinful or forbidden? I have such a tough deal with this myself. I want to be able to desire or think about women and not be guilt-tripped and told that I’m sinning against God. It looks like the church imposes this idea on men more than women. My take in a spoiler below is one of my own illustrations.

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It even made me believe that I shouldn’t have been created if God wired us to have a desire for a partner or something to that nature. Yet we have to live within the restrictions and limitations imposed upon us by modern living today and the stress and burdens that adds.

That may mean some young people have to wait very long to have a partner and some may never and end up dying as singles or virgins on this mortal earth. The same idea of teaching I got from most churches (Catholic or non-Catholic) is that Jesus said we won’t marry in Matthew:23 and that means we won’t have romantic eros once we cross over the point where we leave this earth.

So until then, all the chronically single people who longed for a partner and their ability to attain one may be outside of their control because of the restrictions imposed on us by our current modern world will never meet that beautiful “one” if any kind of “no eros in the hereafter” is really true. Like because they were born too late or something. Even other people mocked me and others who feel like me by saying my desires and longing was “stupid”. Also why aren’t we just together with a partner in Heaven if we longed for one like Adam & Eve were in Genesis?
Catholics and Christians do sound strongly convinced about the doctrine that anything that is physical or “material” on this earth is inherently wicked or sinful, sometimes.

And I’m going to sleep soon, good night.
 
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You mean the God alone spirituality? I guess they have a relish for spiritual instead baser material ones. It is a noble thing to do. It isn’t sinful or forbidden to have anything physical or material on earth, except for things that are related to sin.
 
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A lot of this is either inferred or I was directly told by people themselves that it’s what they believed.
 
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What do people on Catholic Answers believe about the “state” of anything secular or non-spiritual being inherently sinful or forbidden?
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I mean could you define this.
 
Your summary doesn’t add up with Christians believing that material things are bad. Really the only thing you’re talking about is being single.
 
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You can infer a lot of wrong things. Rent a copy of the catechism if you want to find out what the Church actually teaches.
 
Maybe it doesn’t “add up”, but the example is used to illustrate my feeling.
 
I’ve prayed about this. Read scripture & reread. My conclusion is: we are Gods creation. He had us in the Garden of Eden. All things were good x the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil. It really wasn’t an Apple. He was saying obedience will keep you innocent & pure. But we are a curious creation. Yes, Satan did offer them, to have GOD’s KNOWLEDGE. Once, they got to know ALL THINGS, they weren’t pure anymore. Out they go. No more protection. We had no rules. Anything goes. Later, He did give guidelines for health. He wanted to protect us from things that would hurt our bodies & souls. Hence, Moses received these rules during 8 trips he took to Mt.Sinai :.don’t eat cloven footed animals. Throw mildewed items away. Don’t eat blood. Don’t get tattoos, & finally, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
So, after Eden, life was a free for all. We’d like it there for awhile. Anything,in excess, can be bad for you. Yes, sex w/o marriage. Multiple sex partners. Homosexuality. There was no TV… HAHA! If one considers a free life atyle, we can see where our souls would be compromised as we fed our flesh & starved our souls.
God said,”YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE YOU.”
You know, if we find our talents and work our careers, & worship God, our lives are full. While living, God will place our helpmates in front of us, eventually. Yes, there is a pull between a man & woman. God put that there to procreate the world. We are not cave men & women. Walking w God, He gives us SELF-CONTROL. He wants us to get to know each other before sampling the products. Women are treasures to be cherished. We are not sex toys. Unfortunately, in today’s society, the style of dress is too revealing. Godly men will have to remind women, they are special. The difference between LUST & LOVE is: if you say,”NO! Till married”, the shallow guys will leave. The ones in love will stay! Giving in to Lust, turns sex into a god. We can make anything a god. Sports, Sex, food, work, etc. God must be numero uno. Galatians 5 states what the gifts of the Spirit are. SELF CONTROL is one. He gives us tools to live the life He wishes us to live. We can go from bitth to death w/o sex & be happy. Now, don’t watch porn or any TV show or Movie that will bring your mind there.
There are 3 vocations 1- single=no sex. 2- religious = no Sex. 3- married w sex for procreation. I’m told, we can still have sex after menopause. HAHA. So that’s my answer!
If we live our lives fully w/o sexual reminders, we’ll be a ‘good’ tired & come home & go to bed. If you are called to matrimony, keep your eyes open. Remember you are looking for the mother of your children. Wait for that zing! Pray & ask God, is she the one. We, who are believers, need to find someone who believes as we do. Going to church is a date…
God bless
Tweedlealice
 
I’ll continue to be asking and talking to God about how I’m frustrated by all the sickness today. I wish I was born 30 or 40 years earlier. I’ll never forget that I have those words.
 
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