collectables

[Luna_Lovecraft]

okay, What about non christian relgious objects that are valuable for their age,
for example Native american artifacts.
pc now

Are you worshiping these objects?
Are you worshiping in the manner of another religion with these objects?
Are you breaking any laws owning, buying, or selling these objects?

If you answer no, than I can’t see how having such objects would be sinful.

If you are in possession artifacts and having them is weighing on you, seek out a museum that collects such items and donate them.

Luna

 

[Leegal]

Are you worshiping these objects?
Are you worshiping in the manner of another religion with these objects?
Are you breaking any laws owning, buying, or selling these objects?

If you answer no, than I can’t see how having such objects would be sinful.

If you are in possession artifacts and having them is weighing on you, seek out a museum that collects such items and donate them.

Luna

I collect Inuit art and I would not donate them. Some are worth $350 singularly and I have about 30 of them. I do not worship mine. I do not use them in prayer or religious ceremony. They are simply beautiful.

There’s no reason that these pieces of art should weigh on the OP and he should check for scrupulosity if he’s not using them in any ritual.

 

[Luna_Lovecraft]

I collect Inuit art and I would not donate them. Some are worth $350 singularly and I have about 30 of them. I do not worship mine. I do not use them in prayer or religious ceremony.

So? I wasn’t addressing you; I was addressing the OP. Your personal possessions weren’t part of the OP’s concern.

I didn’t say they should weigh on him. I merely suggested one non-destructive way the OP could divest himself of non-Catholic religious objects in a respectful, non-destructive manner.

I agree that if the OP is truly concerned about being in possession of non-Catholic religious artifacts, he needs to speak with his priest or spiritual adviser and receive direction for a tendency towards scrupulosity.

Luna

 

[Leegal]

So? I wasn’t addressing you; I was addressing the OP. Your personal possessions weren’t part of the OP’s concern.

I didn’t say they should weigh on him. I merely suggested one non-destructive way the OP could divest himself of non-Catholic religious objects in a respectful, non-destructive manner.

I agree that if the OP is truly concerned about being in possession of non-Catholic religious artifacts, he needs to speak with his priest or spiritual adviser and receive direction for a tendency towards scrupulosity.

Luna

Disagree – in part. Since I also have similar object, I am answering as one who also collects native art. There’s no need to give them away. I suggest that something else gives rise to this question and that is finding sin where there is none. And I collect the same type of art, except it’s native and Canadian. Suggesting to donate denies him the opportunity to find out the etiology of his thinking that this is a sin and denies the OP a collection that is not intrinsically sinful. His conern is my concern – that he questions if it’s a sin to possess them.

If he is that concerned, he needs to talk this out with the priest who can sort out whether he’s being overly scrupulous or these are sinful articles.

 

[fbl9]

Disagree – in part. Since I also have similar object, I am answering as one who also collects native art. There’s no need to give them away. I suggest that something else gives rise to this question and that is finding sin where there is none. And I collect the same type of art, except it’s native and Canadian. Suggesting to donate denies him the opportunity to find out the etiology of his thinking that this is a sin and denies the OP a collection that is not intrinsically sinful. **
**If he is that concerned, he needs to talk this out with the priest who can sort out whether he’s being overly scrupulous or these are sinful articles.

Slam the brakes on Legal
I’m merely asking a question about these things not scruppling over it.