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foolishmortal
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You see look at a naked body because you think it beautiful and you’re still fascinated though you’ve looked at a lot of such pictures (some impure ones but not in these cases), yet you had had impure experiences with those images years ago and not only wanted the feelings but masturbated [now you’d still get stimulated, but not desire the feelings (though you might look at private areas if there, but you look at whatever else is there if shorts and t-shirt is worn) and sometimes you get an erotic dream].
Is getting weak and looking at the pictures or a documentary (say of nudists or primitive living people in Africa or something) venial or mortal? What if you’re stressed? Of course, it’s no excuse before looking, but is it a responsibility diminisher to venial status, if otherwise mortal, if you wouldn’t desire those images away from media with that stuff?
BTW
I admit. I am weak. I got looking before coming back to my Faith after falling away for a short while before 2000 and I haven’t shaken it all. I haven’t had a flock of good Catholic friends who know and live their Faith to be close to because I’ve always been shy so I have felt alone. I hear the sermons and I believe the solid stuff. I get irritated and sometimes bitter at family that want me to do stuff I’m not supposed to despite my protests. I heard some terrorists terrorize because they like American stuff and hate that stuff because of their religious mores–and so they try to destroy the temptation. I would never terrorize anyone. I’m passive-aggressive and scrupulous instead.
I don’t believe traditional Catholicism is scruple inducing, but so many of us are new to it we don’t know how to use it [it is balanced (and has fire&brimstone as well as fascinating stuff about saints you never hear at N.O. Masses) I know, intellectually]. I love the beautiful music and the intercessory prayers prayed by the priest for us and himself (so we get as much out of Communion and so he offers us Jesus the best way possible (that’s hardly the all of that, but save that for another thread)! Our priest has a silly sense of humor, but he is very serious about Church teaching and doing his “job” (not his word)–priests commit a mortal sin keeping the hard truths from us, teaching lies, and playing loose with the Mass liturgy if they know better–and I’m frankly afraid to ask him to spiritually direct me because of my past and tepidity when action is needed (I only know of one N.O. priest I can definitely trust not to give me any modernist thinking but he is very old and I don’t want to explain my life to another person again if possible). I have no solid ground to fear him or fear he’d think I’m the tepid, yet obnoxious weasel I am.
Is getting weak and looking at the pictures or a documentary (say of nudists or primitive living people in Africa or something) venial or mortal? What if you’re stressed? Of course, it’s no excuse before looking, but is it a responsibility diminisher to venial status, if otherwise mortal, if you wouldn’t desire those images away from media with that stuff?
BTW
I admit. I am weak. I got looking before coming back to my Faith after falling away for a short while before 2000 and I haven’t shaken it all. I haven’t had a flock of good Catholic friends who know and live their Faith to be close to because I’ve always been shy so I have felt alone. I hear the sermons and I believe the solid stuff. I get irritated and sometimes bitter at family that want me to do stuff I’m not supposed to despite my protests. I heard some terrorists terrorize because they like American stuff and hate that stuff because of their religious mores–and so they try to destroy the temptation. I would never terrorize anyone. I’m passive-aggressive and scrupulous instead.
I don’t believe traditional Catholicism is scruple inducing, but so many of us are new to it we don’t know how to use it [it is balanced (and has fire&brimstone as well as fascinating stuff about saints you never hear at N.O. Masses) I know, intellectually]. I love the beautiful music and the intercessory prayers prayed by the priest for us and himself (so we get as much out of Communion and so he offers us Jesus the best way possible (that’s hardly the all of that, but save that for another thread)! Our priest has a silly sense of humor, but he is very serious about Church teaching and doing his “job” (not his word)–priests commit a mortal sin keeping the hard truths from us, teaching lies, and playing loose with the Mass liturgy if they know better–and I’m frankly afraid to ask him to spiritually direct me because of my past and tepidity when action is needed (I only know of one N.O. priest I can definitely trust not to give me any modernist thinking but he is very old and I don’t want to explain my life to another person again if possible). I have no solid ground to fear him or fear he’d think I’m the tepid, yet obnoxious weasel I am.
