Mitigating global warming and scrupulosity

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So I have been extremely paranoid and uneasy about having to migate global warming. I was told that causing global warming will lead to future deaths and I would be held culpable for mortal sin if this happened.

So now I worry with every little thing I do. I was told that breathing heavily adds to global warming, so now I’m afraid to excerise (causing alot of heavy breathing) in fear of committing a mortal sin…or I’m afraid to watch a movie because the electricity is causing global warming.

I’m worried also because I’m going to be an Electronic Media Production major in college and now I’m worried I will have to give up my career and major in order to escape mortal sin

every little decision I make has me first thinking “is this going to cause death and destruction to future generations”

help me!!
 
***Unintentional killing is not morally imputable. But one is not exonerated from grave offense if, without proportionate reasons, he has acted in a way that brings about someone’s death, even without the intention to do so. ***

this section of the Catechism adds more anxiety on the subject for me
 
The doomsday ‘prophets’ out to scare the pants off people are the ones, if any of us ought, to worry about mortal sin. Consider that some of these eco-tools showed up to a ‘save the environment’ clubhouse meeting in Japan a few yers back driving in limos, arriving in private bloody choppers. Live your life, treat the Earth with care, but don’t let the blind lead you into a ditch.

There’s always the Saint Francis pledge. I don’t know if it’s just my college or all colleges, but it might be worth looking into if you’re irreconcilably worried.
 
Ben_Sinner said:
I was told that causing global warming will lead to future deaths and I would be held culpable for mortal sin if this happened.
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Who told you this? We are called to be good stewards of the earth, however, you are being quite scrupulous about it. If you aren’t meeting with a priest or spiritual director, I’d suggest you start to address your scruples.
 
marty1818 said:
Who told you this? .
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Just saw things posted from previous threads on the topic

and someone put an article on one of them claiming some scientist said having alot of sex caused global warming due to the heavily exhales of CO2

and I’m not just worried about mortal sin…I’m worried about sinning in general by not sufficiently mitigating
 
Ben_Sinner said:
Hi,

So I have been extremely paranoid and uneasy about having to migate global warming. I was told that causing global warming will lead to future deaths and I would be held culpable for mortal sin if this happened.

So now I worry with every little thing I do. I was told that breathing heavily adds to global warming, so now I’m afraid to excerise (causing alot of heavy breathing) in fear of committing a mortal sin…or I’m afraid to watch a movie because the electricity is causing global warming.

I’m worried also because I’m going to be an Electronic Media Production major in college and now I’m worried I will have to give up my career and major in order to escape mortal sin

every little decision I make has me first thinking “is this going to cause death and destruction to future generations”

help me!!
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Looks like you have major scrupulosity issues, and as I and many others would say, you should probably get off these forums and confine your requests for help only to a good holy spiritual director. The problem with forums is that you will get a whole lot of potentially conflicting answers and you need only one reliable source you can trust.

NO, your breathing will not kill future generations.
NO, your electronic media major will not kill future generations.
NO, watching a movie will not kill future generations.
NO, sex will not kill future generations.
 
Ben_Sinner said:
Just saw things posted from previous threads on the topic

and someone put an article on one of them claiming some scientist said having alot of sex caused global warming due to the heavily exhales of CO2

and I’m not just worried about mortal sin…I’m worried about sinning in general by not sufficiently mitigating
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Dude, “some scientist” can report ANYTHING and so what? Doesn’t make it true! Especially here on an OPINION forum…Take it with a large block of salt! Listen, there are people making BANK off this “global warming” stuff (I would say “Bull stuff”), which is why it is persisting. The people who profit of course want you to feel impending DOOM unless you do whatever they tell you to (which will not change the climate one bit). Talk to your priest about this. Tell him it’s your scruples acting up. DO NOT read those threads any more!

And BTW, I am willing to bet, even though I have never seen that thread, that the post saying that sex increases global warming is a JOKE anyway.

😃
 
TheRealJuliane said:
Dude, “some scientist” can report ANYTHING and so what? Doesn’t make it true! Especially here on an OPINION forum…Take it with a large block of salt! Listen, there are people making BANK off this “global warming” stuff (I would say “Bull stuff”), which is why it is persisting. The people who profit of course want you to feel impending DOOM unless you do whatever they tell you to (which will not change the climate one bit). Talk to your priest about this. Tell him it’s your scruples acting up. DO NOT read those threads any more!

And BTW, I am willing to bet, even though I have never seen that thread, that the post saying that sex increases global warming is a JOKE anyway.

😃
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Too Much Sex Causes Global Warming! “Take Cold Showers,” Scientist Advises

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 07:02 PM PDT
A famous global warming scientist issued an alarming study today finding that too much sex is a major cause of global warming. “All that heavy breathing releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,” Dr, Raymond Sunburn, the head of the Aspen/Davos Collective’s think tank, Keep Earth Cool, said today. Sunburn, who earned the world’s first Ph.D. in biospheric computer modeling studies, added, “Our computer models show that if people don’t reduce their rate of intercourse and heavy petting to, at most, once a month, the polar bears will become extinct by 2050.”

When asked what people should do who get “pent up,” the ironically named Dr. Sunburn said, “Take a cold shower. In that way, you both avoid using more than your fair share of exhales and you save the earth by heating less water. There’s no question about it. Adopting a monastic lifestyle is good for the planet.”

That yarn could get me an anti-global warming government study grant. Besides, it is about as sensible as the real scientists who claim that fat people are endangering the planet. From the story:

Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production–a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet. Overweight people are also more likely to drive, adding to environmental damage. Dr Phil Edwards, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: “Moving about in a heavy body is like driving in a gas guzzler.” Each fat person is said to be responsible for emitting a tonne more of climate-warming carbon dioxide per year than a thin one.
 
That HAS to be from The Onion! It’s a spoof, man. Look at the name. Dr. Raymond SUNBURN???

:rotfl::rotfl:
 
Ben_Sinner said:
ah man I hope so 😊

btw heres the thread I found it on post #3

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=399817
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That’s a really old thread, too. Why are you digging for this stuff? I am trying to find that original article but am having no luck, which tells me it was a joke. *Edited - it seems to track back to The Sun in the UK, which is like The Onion except in print.

🙂

Peace, Ben, peace. Can you affect the sun? If not, then you are excused from any further blame for “global warming.”
 
so does that mean it wasn’t a serious article, it was just a farce?
 
Ben_Sinner said:
so does that mean it wasn’t a serious article, it was just a farce?
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Yes, I’m almost 100% certain. I have to change my blocking software to allow The Sun, so give me a while and I’ll report back. It has to be a spoof.
 
Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is not sinful and that you are heartily seeking to do everything for God. Try as far as you can to do everything well, but when it is done, do not think about it. Try, rather, to think of what is to be done next. Go on simply in the Lord’s way and do not torment yourself. We ought to hate our faults but with a quiet, calm hatred, not pettishly and anxiously.

St. Francis de Sales
Introduction to the Devout Life

Treatise on the Love of God

St. Francis de Sales is known as the patron saint for the scrupulous. I have the above quote on my desk, for when I get anxious about things.

Personally, I have become rather angry with those who are maintaining that people are mortally sinful in allowing ‘global warming’ or not doing the things they demand to ‘mitigate’ AGW. They are not the Church. They have no authority to declare anything a mortal sin. Listen to the Church on what is sinful and what is not.

The predicted deaths have not occured.
Over 4.5 Billion people could die from Global Warming-related causes by 2012

One of the major planks of the AGW movement is to control population. To them, people are the problem. That’s what the ‘A’ stands for. The fewer people, the less of a problem. To that end, all means possible should be used to prevent births. Abortion heads their list of ‘what to do to mitigate AGW’.
As a result of the family planning policy, China has seen 400 million fewer births, which has resulted in 18 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions a year, Zhao said.
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Where do they get off, telling me that it is a mortal sin to use a plastic bag from the supermarket, while they are promoting the murder innocent babies in the name of ‘mitigating global warming’? :mad:

Their hypocrisy in caring about those ‘billions who may die’ while they are engaged in killing the next generation makes them the last people to consult about moral issues.
 
You know what. I was thinking…

If their goal is to eliminate more child births…then whats the point of protecting the future generation since they won’t even exist anyway? (as a result of population control)
 
Ben_Sinner said:
Hi,

So I have been extremely paranoid and uneasy about having to migate global warming. I was told that causing global warming will lead to future deaths and I would be held culpable for mortal sin if this happened.

So now I worry with every little thing I do. I was told that breathing heavily adds to global warming, so now I’m afraid to excerise (causing alot of heavy breathing) in fear of committing a mortal sin…or I’m afraid to watch a movie because the electricity is causing global warming.

I’m worried also because I’m going to be an Electronic Media Production major in college and now I’m worried I will have to give up my career and major in order to escape mortal sin

every little decision I make has me first thinking “is this going to cause death and destruction to future generations”

help me!!
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I recommend that you watch this video. It’ll make you feel a whole lot better about this whole thing:

youtube.com/watch?v=uMFAhW_ZmV8

Unless you are intentionally mis-using natural resources (ie. you’re purposely choosing to waste) then there is no sin present much less mortal sin. Even in a case such as this, the sin comes from the wasting of the resource itself (thereby robbing your neighbour of the resources that they need to survive) not the quantity of CO2 that’s emitted from the act. If CO2 emissions were sinful then a Catholic family with 10 children would be considered an abomination in the eyes our Lord rather then a blessing (and we all know that God has great love and blessings for large families such as these!)
 
I also worry that since I’m giving off carbon and consuming resources that God wants me to kill myself in order to save somebody from dying from the damage of my carbon and consumptions.:eek: (assuming that human-caused climate change is real)

sacrifice my life to save someone else for the greater good of humanity. this seems far fetched but its a thought I keep having and I’m scared!:eek:
 
Ben_Sinner said:
I also worry that since I’m giving off carbon and consuming resources that God wants me to kill myself in order to save somebody from dying from the damage of my carbon and consumptions.:eek: (assuming that human-caused climate change is real)

sacrifice my life to save someone else for the greater good of humanity. this seems far fetched but its a thought I keep having and I’m scared!:eek:
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Suicide is a mortal sin. God does not want you to harm yourself in any way, you are his precious child. Please call your psychiatrist if you are being treated. If you are not being treated, please tell your parents ASAP so that you can get some help. You mustn’t allow thoughts like this to drive you into dark places. Your can get help to stop this kind of thinking.
 
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