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Rhubarb
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Lust, the inordinate craving for, or indulgence of, the carnal pleasure which is experienced in the human organs of generation. (Craving sexual pleasure [for the wrong reasons])
The wrongfulness of lust is reducible to this: that venereal satisfaction is sought for either outside of wedlock or, at any rate, in a manner which is contrary to the laws that govern marital intercourse. (Itâs wrong when you gratify yourself sexually outside of wedlock, or, in a manner that isnât possible to make babies with)
Every such criminal indulgence is a mortal sin, provided, of course, it be voluntary in itself and fully deliberate. (If you do this deliberately and voluntarily, itâs a moral sin)
The wrongfulness of lust is reducible to this: that venereal satisfaction is sought for either outside of wedlock or, at any rate, in a manner which is contrary to the laws that govern marital intercourse. (Itâs wrong when you gratify yourself sexually outside of wedlock, or, in a manner that isnât possible to make babies with)
Every such criminal indulgence is a mortal sin, provided, of course, it be voluntary in itself and fully deliberate. (If you do this deliberately and voluntarily, itâs a moral sin)
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Fauken
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Lust, one of the seven cardinal or âdeadlyâ sins, is unchecked sexual desire. This desire can be for someone outside of marriage, or towards something which is unnatural (animals, the same gender, etc.). With deliberate consent and full knowledge, the sin of lust is a mortal sin, as it is grave matter, whether done in thought or deed. When deliberating whether one had committed a mortal sin, one should keep in mind the consent to said thoughts, and if one was in a near occasion to sin: there is a difference between going to a strip club and having lustful thoughts, and having a lustful thought pop into your head while having a perfectly normal conversation with a colleague at work. Both, however, should be avoided nor dwelt upon. Prudence can and must be exercised when it comes to sins of lust: one must take steps to avoid it (such as, for example, not being alone in a room with someone youâre attracted to who is not your spouse).
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Vico
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
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thistle
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Modern Catholic Dictionary:
LUST. An inordinate desire for or enjoyment of sexual pleasure. The desires or acts are inordinate when they do not conform to the divinely ordained purpose of sexual pleasure, which is to foster the mutual love of husband and wife and, according to the dispositions of providence, to procreate and educate their children. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon lut , pleasure.)
LUST. An inordinate desire for or enjoyment of sexual pleasure. The desires or acts are inordinate when they do not conform to the divinely ordained purpose of sexual pleasure, which is to foster the mutual love of husband and wife and, according to the dispositions of providence, to procreate and educate their children. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon lut , pleasure.)
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Searching1
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I suppose I am attempting to reduce and distinguish between the separate things I am most concerned with.
I know what lust is. I know intellectually and also in my gut. I also know when I am guilty of it.
I am concerned, therefore, with all the different ways in which the agentâs moral culpability is lessened.
If the thought(s) or craving(s) is/are involuntary, moral culpability is lessened if it even exists in the first place.
FineâŚ
But I personally think it is a more difficult task than some have made it out to be to discern when it is voluntary and not. It often starts as involuntary but then switches to voluntary in the subtlest of ways.
I know what lust is. I know intellectually and also in my gut. I also know when I am guilty of it.
I am concerned, therefore, with all the different ways in which the agentâs moral culpability is lessened.
If the thought(s) or craving(s) is/are involuntary, moral culpability is lessened if it even exists in the first place.
FineâŚ
But I personally think it is a more difficult task than some have made it out to be to discern when it is voluntary and not. It often starts as involuntary but then switches to voluntary in the subtlest of ways.
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Aquinas11
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Its using anothers body for oneâs own pleasure with total disregard for their spiritual and emotional well being. Its saying âI donât care about your dignity, I donât care about your emotional or spiritual well being, all I care about is one thing - that I have a need right now and am going to use you to fulfill itâ
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Fauken
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That âsubtle wayâ is consent. Pure and simple. The difference between voluntary and involuntary is consent. If itâs difficult, then one should talk about it in confession with a priest.
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Searching1
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Donât think about pink elephantsâŚ
Now tell me what youâre thinking about.
We are programmed to hold onto thoughts and to be suggestable.
I know that is an example of involuntary thoughts, but the way a person scrambles to banish thoughts often is unsuccessful.
Now tell me what youâre thinking about.
We are programmed to hold onto thoughts and to be suggestable.
I know that is an example of involuntary thoughts, but the way a person scrambles to banish thoughts often is unsuccessful.
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