Is this a mortal sin?

[louisak]

If it’s dangerous to discuss whether a sin is mortal with anybody but a confessor, then perhaps we should ban any topic involving personal experience with sin. npatrol:

Alan

Why do you insist on attributing things to me that I did not say?

I never said it was dangerous. My point was that it’s fruitless because we lack the necessary information to make a judgement. Sharing information online is not enough, there needs to be a face-to-face relationship before such judgements can be made for another person.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

AlanFromWichita;9967229:

If it’s dangerous to discuss whether a sin is mortal with anybody but a confessor, then perhaps we should ban any topic involving personal experience with sin. npatrol:

Alan

Why do you insist on attributing things to me that I did not say?

How did I attribute anything to you? My comment was a general comment, and did not quote you. Sure you may have inspired me, or even triggered me after you repeated yourself the first time, but my comment was not All About You. The overall sentiment I expressed, applies to many threads. This thread and your comments are but a small subset of what it covers. :sad_yes:

But that raises a question: why do you insist on claiming I attributed things to you when I neither quoted you nor made reference to you?

I never said it was dangerous. My point was that it’s fruitless because we lack the necessary information to make a judgement. Sharing information online is not enough, there needs to be a face-to-face relationship before such judgements can be made for another person.

OK then let me revise my comments to include your concerns…

If it’s pointless to discuss whether a sin is mortal with anybody but a confessor, then perhaps we should ban any topic involving personal experience with sin. npatrol:

Alan

 

[Sirach2]

Hi Veronica,
I remember reading from St. Catherine of Siena’s “Dialogue” that she was tempted severely with obscene images that the devil presented to her mind. When she questioned Jesus about the possiblility of offending him, he asked her, “Were you pleased with these images?” Of course not, they were grievous. He told her that it was he himself living within her that was helping her to be repulsed by them and resist them, adding much to her merit.

Consider well. I would think that in your resistence, you gave honor to God.

In our society with the media on every corner of our lives, we are unable to escape bombardment of obscenity. It’s what we do with it that really counts. Your motive is crystal clear to my eyes.

 

[louisak]

But that raises a question: why do you insist on claiming I attributed things to you when I neither quoted you nor made reference to you? Alan

OK you win. I give up. This isn’t helping the OP with her concerns anyway.

Pax?

 

[AlanFromWichita]

Pax?

Of course.