Is it a sin

[EzraJacob]

Is it a sin if during a meeting with a priest, and you are renouncing things with the help of the priest what is called a deliverance, and one of the things was smoking cigg.s and nicotine addiction…Now how bad of a sin if you have a hard time truly quieting and you break and smoke?

I mean, I do not want to commit a sin thatll damn me to hell, but quiting ciggs is very hard. 0.o

 

[puzzleannie]

don’t know what you mean by deliverance, no smoking by itself is not a sin anymore than drinking is, in moderation. To the point it threatens your health it can become a moral offense against one’s own body. You will have to ask your doctor what that point is. Is it a sin to smoke during confession? no but incredibly bad manners and probably not allowed in church by local ordinance.

 

[ronhmason]

I don’t really have an answer to your question about smoking being a sin but I believe there are many good products on the market these days that might help you to quit smoking. I quit smoking 15 years ago when I had by-pass surgery and I also lapsed into depression. My Doctor put me on an anti-depressant which also helped curb my desires for a cigarette and I had been a 3 pack a day smoker for well over 20 years. I believe the anti-depressant was Paxil or Welbutrin. Worked great as an anit-depressant and worked even better to help me quit smoking.
That was 15 years ago. I’ll bet there are even better products on the market today to help someone quit smoking.
Good luck in finding the answers you’re looking for and God Bless.
Ron

 

[EzraJacob]

The thing is I renounced it in the name of Jesus.

Pretty much i guess promising to stop, but I broke that quickly.

I would and will use the medicine but considering I am unemployed I am not able to right now. I will be trying some many methods.

I was just wondering If you renounce something in the name of Jesus, and then break that, will you be damned?

 

[puzzleannie]

I was just wondering If you renounce something in the name of Jesus, and then break that, will you be damned?

the bible warns against making promises lightly especially using the name of God in such a promise. You cannot make an oath binding under pain of sin without consent of your bishop or at least your confessor or spiritual director so no, you did not sin. Better to make a firm resolve, with the help of God’s grace, to overcome a bad habit than to make a promise in his Name outside the context of a sacrament.

 

[EzraJacob]

the bible warns against making promises lightly especially using the name of God in such a promise. You cannot make an oath binding under pain of sin without consent of your bishop or at** least your confessor or spiritual director s**o no, you did not sin. Better to make a firm resolve, with the help of God’s grace, to overcome a bad habit than to make a promise in his Name outside the context of a sacrament.

But it was a priest that I have been meeting with who got me to say it.

Otherwise, no, I am not under an oath binding under pain of sin? I mean I would like to quit, but It is hard. THat is why I am praying for the grace of God to help me quit. Though I got to say it is hard.

I Have come along way since I returned to the Catholic faith. I have broken a good bit of addictions that I have had and if I hadnt come back to Christ, I would still be freely doing these things with no care. Not making any excuse, but smoking is, almost enjoyable to me

 

[EzraJacob]

I had been a 3 pack a day smoker for well over 20 years…
That was 15 years ago.

I do have to say, thank you for sharing. Considering I have only been smoking for about 5-6 years and still only smoke a pack (if its my particular brand) in 2.5 days. So that gives me something to think about.

Though it drives me crazy at times thinking of quitting

Like turning my world on its head almost.

 

[Joannm]

Smoking is an additction and for most people, an addiction cannot be stopped simply by saying you promise to stop. Personally, I think the priest was wrong to ask you to make that promise without possible seeking medical help, such as a nicotine patch. I know people who have tried to just quit cold turkey and it is very difficult. The priest should know this. I also think it was wrong because now he “led” you to believe you are in sin because you broke a “promise.”

 

[EzraJacob]

Smoking is an additction and for most people, an addiction cannot be stopped simply by saying you promise to stop. Personally, I think the priest was wrong to ask you to make that promise without possible seeking medical help, such as a nicotine patch. I know people who have tried to just quit cold turkey and it is very difficult. The priest should know this. I also think it was wrong because now he “led” you to believe you are in sin because you broke a “promise.”

The Priest is a very good guy. I may have misunderstood the whole prayer time, becuase I was renouncing all that is not of God, such as anger. I think it was to bring to my attention, in which it did, all the things that I need to learn to tame, the things that do not come from God.

I may have simply just misinterpreted the time.

Either way I do not think the Priest ment harm, like I said he is a very good man. Much better then the Priest from my last parish.