Is competition a sin?

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I was watching an EWTN program today directed to 4th graders and the nun said that competition is a sin. Really? If that is the case, why do Catholic colleges have football or basketball teams?
 
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I was watching an EWTN program today directed to 4th graders and the nun said that competition is a sin. Really? If that is the case, why do Catholic colleges have football or basketball teams?
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I think you misunderstood her. I can’t imagine her saying this, as competition is good. However, being overly competitive, making everything a competition, and getting addicted to winning, is a sin.
 
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I was watching an EWTN program today directed to 4th graders and the nun said that competition is a sin. Really? If that is the case, why do Catholic colleges have football or basketball teams?
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When you remove the element of humility from competition (such that you hope for the misfortune of others, or value winning more than the point of competition-- which is to work towards perfection in a playful environment), you aren’t exactly in a disposition to love God and others the way God would have you do. Just from personal experience, I was in an extremely competitive high school marching band in Texas. Texas and Indiana are hands down the most competitive when it comes to band programs. We went to a big competition in San Antonio and placed 14th. Everybody came out really disappointed (we stand in a parade block on the field during the announcement of scores) and were crying, etc. Some people were trying to degrade the other bands in an effort to feel better. That is was sister was talking about, I believe. Being competitive to the point of disappointment is innocent when in sincerity, but being competitive to the point of inordinate pride and destructiveness towards others is indeed sinful.
 
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When you remove the element of humility from competition (such that you hope for the misfortune of others, or value winning more than the point of competition-- which is to work towards perfection in a playful environment), you aren’t exactly in a disposition to love God and others the way God would have you do. Just from personal experience, I was in an extremely competitive high school marching band in Texas. Texas and Indiana are hands down the most competitive when it comes to band programs. We went to a big competition in San Antonio and placed 14th. Everybody came out really disappointed (we stand in a parade block on the field during the announcement of scores) and were crying, etc. Some people were trying to degrade the other bands in an effort to feel better. That is was sister was talking about, I believe. Being competitive to the point of disappointment is innocent when in sincerity, but being competitive to the point of inordinate pride and destructiveness towards others is indeed sinful.
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Great response!
 
who says this is the sin, this is the thing in which one goona to lose and the lose person indeed dos’t lose but he learn a new lesson from this, if anybody have mind then he will not take to this negtive
 
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