Is it mortal sin to drink underage

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Would It be considered a mortal sin to drink underage? I understand that getting drunk is always a mortal sin but would it be a mortal sin to have one or two beers underage(I do not mean on a regular basis just once and a while)? Also when are you considered to be drunk?(like is that when you begin to have a bit of a hard time walking straight)
 
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If your parents don’t want you to drink, it is a sin to disobey them.

For it to be mortal would require full knowledge and consent of what you’re doing.

The fact that you had to ask, shows you didn’t have full knowledge of it
 
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It also worth mentioning that it can be a cultural thing also.
In Germany baby’s are given a little beer to sip. In Italy and many other parts of Europe people don’t drink water when they sit for their meals. They drink wine instead. And little kids are given watered down wine.
In the UK I have not seen anyone drinking water. They had tea and of course beer. Although wine is becoming quite popular over there also.
As others have said drunkenness is always a mortal sin.
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Would it be a mortal sin to disobey them if it’s only a beer?
 
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Luney123 said:
Would it be a mortal sin to disobey them if it’s only a beer?
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JimR-OCDS said:
If your parents don’t want you to drink, it is a sin to disobey them.
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You shouldn’t be avoiding things solely because they’re mortal sins. All sins are offensive in the eyes of God. Listen to your parents, follow the law.
 
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Okay thank you. My parents never really told me I’m not allowed to but I sort of just assume they wouldn’t want me to
 
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@(name removed by moderator) said exactly what I was thinking. Does it matter if it’s a mortal sin or a venial sin? We’re trying to avoid all sin, and to repent when we fail.
 
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Okay thank you I was just wandering tho because if it is a mortal sin then I need to be worried about driving on the road in case of my death and also almost all my freinds drink so I need to pray for them because they don’t usually go to confession.
 
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I did not mean about drinking and driving I meant if it is mortal then THE DAY AFTERI need to be worried driving home because if I were to crash…
 
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It could based on the 4th commandment, to honor your mother and father.

Obedience is honoring them
 
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Wilfully violating a just law is sin.
 
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Luney123 said:
Would It be considered a mortal sin to drink underage? I understand that getting drunk is always a mortal sin but would it be a mortal sin to have one or two beers underage(I do not mean on a regular basis just once and a while)? Also when are you considered to be drunk?(like is that when you begin to have a bit of a hard time walking straight)
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The drinking age is arbitrary. Before the National Minimum Drinking Age was passed you could be breaking the law on one side of the street but be perfectly legal on the other side. Seems odd that you can be considered mature enough to join the forces and make life or death decisions yet not be considered old enough to have a beer. Go figure.

But as has been recommended - obey the law and treat alcohol with some respect. It can be exceptionally dangerous.
 
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Yes. I can be grace matter enough to constitute mortal sin. Outside of a parent allowing a drink within the confines of the law, underage drinking is a sin against the 4th commandment because it is a just law.
 
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Okay so I just saw another post on Reddit and a priest answered someone’s else’s question which is the same that I had and he said

“ Getting drunk without intending it (young people who don’t how to control their intake, for example) is a venial sin.

Drinking at any age, if not in excess is not a sin at all.

However, if the law forbids buying alcohol below a certain age that is reasonable law of the government and should be obeyed. Therefore buying alcohol underage is a venial sin. (I make this distinction as drinking at a family function could be allowed well below 21 with no sin - I had Italian friends who were given wine occassionally by their parents when we were in middle school.)”

And then someone said if you disobey parents about alcohol And he said it is a venial sin.

However Yes I agree that we are called to avoid all sin for the love of God. Also other people might believe this is mortal so I’m not sure who is right
 
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Seems odd that you can be considered mature enough to join the forces and make life or death decisions yet not be considered old enough to have a beer. Go figure.
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My father in law had this problem. Served in the Pacific theater in WWII got shot at, etc. They had beer in the Pacific as part of their rations. Came back to the US and couldn’t get a drink for several months because he wasn’t 21 yet. Was miffed about it too.
 
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So if one drives to church, one must refrain from receiving under both species? (Assuming that returns some day.)
 
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Have the beer at home with your parents. Drinking with friends when young can lead to problems sometimes - it only takes one who’s morals or inhibitions are weakened.
 
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I’m not convinced that moderate underage drinking necessarily constitutes grave matter… it’s sinful, and thus to be avoided, but I don’t think it’s automatically grave matter as some on this thread are insisting.
A 20 year old war veteran. You own a house. You vote. You have 20 guns. You are married. You’re a dad. But then you had a beer… red sirens! The US drinking age is absolutely absurd to the rest of the world… but there it is. On the other hand, a 16 year old having a bunch of beers at an underage drinking party… that’s a much more serious matter.

In terms of the mortal sin of drunkenness… it’s grave matter when you drink to the point that you can no longer clearly discern right from wrong. It can certainly be a venial sin before that point.
 
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Okay… maybe one exception. 😛

Considering the Precious Blood under the accidents of wine is watered down and one usually gets just enough to wet one’s own lips, I think it’s fair to say that’s an exception to the imagery of drinking. 😁
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Watered down? I’ve rarely seen any priest put more than maybe a teaspoonfu or two of water into a chalice half full of wine.

However, given as you say that you would only drink a small amount of it anyway, it hardly matters either way.

To the OP, I would be less concerned about the drinking if it wasn’t behind your parents back. At least ask them honestly, they may surprise you.

A lot of other things affect how wise, as well as how sinful, it may be.

For example are you 15 or instead are you 20 in the US where the legal drinking age is 21 and so years higher than pretty much anywhere else?

Are you intending to drink at home with your family, or out with your equaly young friends?

Are you asking as a one-ofd for a special occasion, or intending to start drinking regularly if permitted?

Is there a history of alcoholism in your family (there is some evidence that there is a hereditary component to such things, and at the very least it may mean you have not been taught what moderate drinking looks like).
 
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And that’s why you shouldn’t get theology about your soul and form your conscience on reddit. Or here for that matter. You should talk to your parents.
 
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