If you’re dieting and exercising, I don’t see any kind of sin at all.
Exactly. If you were massively overeating and not exercising 100% of your own free will, knowing it was sinful (because it does your body harm, just like excessive drinking or even self-harm), then there would be an issue. But I can’t think of a time when someone has chosen to do so 100% of their own free will without some other psychological factors coming into play.Welcome home to the Church!
Just being overweight is not a sin of any kind. There are many reasons why a person can be overweight. Overeating is only one. Medications can make a person gain weight–I had that problem until my doctor put me on another one. The sin of gluttony is a mortal one, but like all mortal sins no one can accidentally commit it. First of all the sin must be mortal, you must know that is it mortal and you must commit it with full knowledge and full will. Most people who overeat do so as a habit, like chewing one’s fingernails. This takes behavioral correction, but it’s not a mortal sin. The fact that you are endeavoring to curb your eating and be healthy is evidence alone that you are not guilty of the sin of gluttony. Gluttony is overeating or overindulging when you know it’s wrong but you deliberately do it anyway regardless of the consequences. There are people who do that, I’m sure, but you don’t sound like one of them to me.
Be proud of yourself for recognizing it and moving forward to correct it. Only you really know what drove you to that point, whether it was health/ medicine or simply not caring about yourself.Generally, gluttony is a venial sin.
It is objectively a mortal sin, but a person’ individual circumstances may mitigate it down to venial in culpability or even no fault to them if they do not meet the criteria of culpability for committing a mortal sin.
No, it’s not objectively mortal sin.It is objectively a mortal sin, but a person’ individual circumstances may mitigate it down to venial in culpability or even no fault to them if they do not meet the criteria of culpability for committing a mortal sin.
Yes, it is a capital sin, but capital sin does not necessarily equate to mortal sin.
Do a simple online search of the seven deadly sins. It’s listed among them.
Capital sin does not necessarily equate to mortal sin.
It is best, I think, not to cherry pick sentences that seem to support a position but rather go farther to see the whole thought being expressed. When we read farther we come quickly on this:
The sentence you cited says just what I mentioned–that circumstances may mitigate one’s culpability for “in general” most people do not intend to commit a mortal sin when overindulging, but a deliberate intention to do so and a life dedicated to doing so does rise to that of mortal sin.
Gluttony is not a mortal sin. What the article describes in those instances in which gluttony rises to the level of mortal sin is essentially the sin of idolatry, or the sin of abuse of one’s body. I don’t think that you will find any Catholic source that says “murder is in general a venial sin,” or “adultery is in general a venial sin,” etc.
Sorry, just because it is not as heinous as murder or adultery doesn’t reduce it’s standing as a mortal sin. If committing it knowingly and willing rises to the level of mortal sin, then it is a mortal sin to do so. The same thing with sexual self-abuse. The habit of doing it may mitigate a person’s culpability, but it’s still a mortal sin. Even murder and adultery are less egregious if done out of passion rather than cold-blooded calculation. Still, they are mortal sins, as well.