Is it a sin for your thoughts?

[TheTrueCanadian]

Sometimes I get these lustful or inappropriate thoughts that just pop up in my mind. I do not try to think of them, but they just pop up. I do my best to reject the thoughts and stay away. My question is it a sin even though I do not have full control of my thoughts as at times they just pop up? Please help and God Bless.

 

[Gidras05]

Sometimes I get these lustful or inappropriate thoughts that just pop up in my mind. I do not try to think of them, but they just pop up. I do my best to reject the thoughts and stay away. My question is it a sin even though I do not have full control of my thoughts as at times they just pop up? Please help and God Bless.

I believe it becomes a sin when you consent to the thoughts. Either when you act on them or when you willfully begin dwelling on them. Thoughts are just that- thoughts. They come and go.

It is when you act on them or consent to them in your mind that they become sins.

 

[wcknight]

Random thoughts by themselves are not sinful… in todays society with all the sex and violence in the media… sinful thoughts are almost always there.

BUT they can become sinful, IF we let them stay and indulge ourselves with them. Best to say a short prayer and dismiss them as soon as possible.