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cjmoa
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The CCC says that feigned ignorance/hardened heart can increase the culpability of a mortal sin.
What if Im genuinely unsure about something I did in the past?
It sounds silly but heres the situation:
I was playing a football game called “Madden” with my friend.
In madden theres a play called “Hail Mary” which i wanted to run, but chose to run a different play.
Right before i was going to tell my friend “I shouldve chosen a Hail Mary…” i began questioning if this is a sin because it felt like i was misusing Mary’s name and i vaguely remembered something about taking Marys name in vain being a sin.
But I was thinking to myself “what else am I supposed to call it? Maybe its not a sin to say it because im not actually taking her name in vain.”
Mind you, all this happened in the span of a few seconds so i didn’t really have much time to think about this, but would that be considered a hardened heart or feigned ignorance? Because im tempted to think it was not a mortal sin since i thought i didn’t think it was one at the time, and plus i didn’t have much time to apply reason or research since the words were coming out already.
What if Im genuinely unsure about something I did in the past?
It sounds silly but heres the situation:
I was playing a football game called “Madden” with my friend.
In madden theres a play called “Hail Mary” which i wanted to run, but chose to run a different play.
Right before i was going to tell my friend “I shouldve chosen a Hail Mary…” i began questioning if this is a sin because it felt like i was misusing Mary’s name and i vaguely remembered something about taking Marys name in vain being a sin.
But I was thinking to myself “what else am I supposed to call it? Maybe its not a sin to say it because im not actually taking her name in vain.”
Mind you, all this happened in the span of a few seconds so i didn’t really have much time to think about this, but would that be considered a hardened heart or feigned ignorance? Because im tempted to think it was not a mortal sin since i thought i didn’t think it was one at the time, and plus i didn’t have much time to apply reason or research since the words were coming out already.