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Blessed_is_He
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As the title says.
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PaulfromIowa
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Sunscreen is an anti-aging product and certainly not a sin.
If you are wasting serious money on products of doubtful efficacy, that could be a sin.
If you are wasting serious money on products of doubtful efficacy, that could be a sin.
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George_Stegmeir
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What makes you think they are sinful? If their use was sinful, then the use of all cosmetics would be sinful.
The only people who would consider this sinful would be some Sect members who believe that imbibing alcohol of any kind, dancing, the Theater, Movies, TV, and everything else that may be fun is sinful.
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TK421
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No, but it can be a near occasion of sin.
There is nothing wrong with making yourself beautiful for your spouse or spouse-to-be, or to simply look comely in public. If you just want to soak in as many looks as possible for reasons of pride, then you’re straying into vanity. This is something that is largely determined by your internal motivations.
God is not a grumpy cat. Women or men that spend time fancying themselves up are not necessarily doing anything wrong. I reflect on the psalmist speaking positively of such things:
Psalm 104: 12-15
**By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.
From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to use,
to bring forth food from the earth,
and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine,
and bread to strengthen the human heart.**
There is nothing wrong with making yourself beautiful for your spouse or spouse-to-be, or to simply look comely in public. If you just want to soak in as many looks as possible for reasons of pride, then you’re straying into vanity. This is something that is largely determined by your internal motivations.
God is not a grumpy cat. Women or men that spend time fancying themselves up are not necessarily doing anything wrong. I reflect on the psalmist speaking positively of such things:
Psalm 104: 12-15
**By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.
From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to use,
to bring forth food from the earth,
and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine,
and bread to strengthen the human heart.**
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DeniseNY
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No, it’s not
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sweetpetunia
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No. Anti-aging products are amoral (morally neutral). I am trying to hypothesize a situation where wearing them would have moral implications, but all that comes to mind is formal and material cooperation in some very unlikely scenarios (e.g., products manufactured with child/forced labor, or some strange, cosmeceutical process involving embryonic stem cells or something like that). As someone above pointed out, it is not even a sin to wear cosmetics, let alone anti-aging products.
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judynurse
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I’ve used a facial moisturizer for 50 years that is now advertised as ‘eliminating wrinkles’. I have the wrinkles, guess it’s not so “anti-aging” but I began using it in my teens due to very dry skin. Don’t care for my wrinkles much, but they don’t really bother me, and happy to be getting more and more white hair. I think it looks nice to look your age. I do wear a minimal amount of make-up, when I go out in public, mostly to cover up some of the aging liver spots a bit! I don’t do it toooo much for vanity, but just to look nice in public, since my face is getting pretty spotty, and my eyebrows are nearly non-existent! If I had to do without all make-up except one, I’d keep the eyebrow pencil, since my eyebrows don’t show up beyond a foot away, which looks rather weird!
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Memaw
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It all depends on one’s attitude. Vanity can ve sinful. But nothing will stop time so its probably a waste money anyway. God Bless. Memaw
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acadiANNA
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God loves us, wrinkles and all. Do we want to look nice? Yes, we do. We are supposed to take care of our mind, body, and soul. Anti-aging products protect our skin from the harsh elements, whether cold, sun, or wind, even the dry heat indoors in winter. God doesn’t want us to take money away from our basic needs, meaning do without bread to afford cosmetics, or to make looking good our main focus to the extent of vanity. When God looks at you, He doesn’t see your flaws, you are beautiful to Him. He loves you just the way you are. Incidentally, I do use skin care products, store brands.
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sweetpetunia
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I see what you are saying, but applying a product to one’s dermis is not a sin. Sure, it’s possible to be vain, and the lengths one goes to draw attention to themselves could be a manifestation of vanity, but in itself, wearing products is not vanity
Also, it’s fine to want to look beautiful, and even to try to look beautiful…We are naturally inclined to appreciate beauty, and I even believe, to a certain degree, that exterior beauty can also attract others to God’s greater glory. (Obviously superficial beauty will never hold a candle to a beautiful soul, but in tandem with it, wow! )That being said, like all material things, it becomes a problem if there is an inordinate desire, or focus on the superficial. (O.P., I think that’s the operative word, inordinate desire. If drawing attention to one’s own natural charms consumes to a great degree one’s thoughts, time, or attention, then it is likely an inordinate desire. A confessor could clarify if one has questions or scruples.)
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sweetpetunia
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I agree! Although there are some days that I wake up after a late night and think that I’ve had the Rip Van Winkle treatment, lol. Happy to look my age, but not older
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