Gym membership..is this a sin?

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My cousin has a gym membership and two I.D. Cards . She rarely goes to the gym, and I use her card to go sometimes. Is this a mortal sin?
 
Go get your own gym membership, cheapskate. You’re cheating an honest business. Yes, that’s a sin.
 
HNA444 said:
My cousin has a gym membership and two I.D. Cards . She rarely goes to the gym, and I use her card to go sometimes. Is this a mortal sin?
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No. As long as both of you aren’t in the gym at the same time, it’s not theft.
 
HNA444 said:
My cousin has a gym membership and two I.D. Cards . She rarely goes to the gym, and I use her card to go sometimes. Is this a mortal sin?
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It is for sure not a mortal sin. Having said that if her card is non transferable you should buy your own membership. You could go to the owner and ask for permission to use her card and if he says OK there is no problem. Otherwise it is unethical in my view.
 
Nec5 said:
No. As long as both of you aren’t in the gym at the same time, it’s not theft.
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Oh, like that’s what’s happening. Get real. This guy is using her membership for himself, otherwise he wouldn’t be asking whether or not is is moral to do so.
 
What is the gym’s policy?

I’ve worked as a lifeguard for various gyms, and it depends on the situation. Some are lenient about visitors (they see it as advertising) up to a certain point–say only on weekends, or only twice a month, or something like that.

However, the way you described it, it sounds like you are deceiving the gym and fraudulently contravening their policies, which would be a sin (though not a mortal one). It has to do with integrity.
 
Unless the card you are using is a guest pass then it is a sin. Probably not a mortal sin, but definitely a sin. You are lying about your identity to defraud a company out of payment for a service you are using. If you want to use their services you need to pay for those services.
 
angelerulastiel said:
Unless the card you are using is a guest pass then it is a sin. Probably not a mortal sin, but definitely a sin. You are lying about your identity to defraud a company out of payment for a service you are using. If you want to use their services you need to pay for those services.
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This. And you are forcing the gym to maybe increase their prices to compensate for people that are not legitimately paying for the gym’s services, so the honest person ends up paying for people in situations just like this.
 
I think it is a sin of some sort. What you can do is tell the gym staff that your cousin hardly uses the memebership (if that’s the case) and you would like to use it as a guest. They may offer some suggestions, give you a month trial, etc. Don’t sneak - walk in the light.
 
HNA444 said:
My cousin has a gym membership and two I.D. Cards . She rarely goes to the gym, and I use her card to go sometimes. Is this a mortal sin?
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how did she get 2 cards? did she pay twice? what are the rules? can she transfer or membership or allow guests on her card? she must abide by the agreement she signed, so get together with her and find out what the gym’s policy is. If she does not want to continue her membership can she transfer it to you, and you reimburse her for that portion of what she paid?
 
HNA444 said:
My cousin has a gym membership and two I.D. Cards . She rarely goes to the gym, and I use her card to go sometimes. Is this a mortal sin?
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Simple. Ask the gym if it is okay. If it is - no sin. If not - sin.
If you cannot be open with the gym about it and have to sneak behind its back, then it is wrong.
 
Thank you all for your responses. I think the advice about informing the gym my cousin not really using her membership, and if I could use hers is a good idea, so thanks.
 
HNA444 said:
Thank you all for your responses. I think the advice about informing the gym my cousin not really using her membership, and if I could use hers is a good idea, so thanks.
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Check the contract and see if it is transferable.
 
HNA444 said:
My cousin has a gym membership and two I.D. Cards . She rarely goes to the gym, and I use her card to go sometimes. Is this a mortal sin?
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Is it a sin? Yes, theft and misrepresenting yourself as her.
Is it grave matter … that’s the gray area. The gym is being paid, BUT not by you.
If your cousin bought you a gym membership that’s another story.

Confess this, and see if the gym has a way of adding you on to her membership, or if she can transfer the membership to you, or something like that.
 
The gyms where I have belonged wouldn’t allow transfer of membership, but most would allow additional family members at a discount. I’d check into that option.
 
In short, what you are doing is somewhat unethical, but not a sin.

How you feel about what you are doing should reveal the answer to your own question.

“I know only that, what is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral, is what you feel bad after.” - Ernest Hemingway.
 
I actually never even thought anything was wrong with it , until recently. Just because I see a lot of ppl’s posts on here , and made me think about it and I thought I might ask
 
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