What happens if you

[CRATUS]

don’t see the big deal of your sins? What if you do not care about how you are hurting others? Some sins make you more vulnerable, some make you domineer/dominate others. What is the alternative if you fail to face the truth? What if you lived a materially good life? Do people who do not have Christ long for him? I wonder what if you are good person but you still sometimes gossip when you are upset, some days you are moody - but you do not think they are a big deal - after all everyone else does it. Maybe you correct people too harshly or you secretly believe you are better than others, after all what if you honestly are. I always wonder why God made some people so sensitive and other so callous. If you do not care, is there no sin - it does not bother you?

 

[Vico]

don’t see the big deal of your sins? What if you do not care about how you are hurting others? Some sins make you more vulnerable, some make you domineer/dominate others. What is the alternative if you fail to face the truth? What if you lived a materially good life? Do people who do not have Christ long for him? I wonder what if you are good person but you still sometimes gossip when you are upset, some days you are moody - but you do not think they are a big deal - after all everyone else does it. Maybe you correct people too harshly or you secretly believe you are better than others, after all what if you honestly are. I always wonder why God made some people so sensitive and other so callous. If you do not care, is there no sin - it does not bother you?

Q1. What happens if you don’t see the big deal of your sins?
A1. You may be committing the sin of presumption, from the Catholic Encylopedia: “It may be defined as the condition of a soul that, because of a badly regulated reliance on God’s mercy and power, hopes for salvation without doing anything to deserve it, or for pardon of his sins without repenting of them.”
We must assent to the truth, yet may not understand it (there are many mysteries). There is greater merit in assenting without intellectual understanding or so called proof.

Q2. What if you do not care about how you are hurting others?
A2. You may be committing the sin of hate. Fifth commandment.

Q3. Some sins make you more vulnerable, some make you domineer/dominate others. What is the alternative if you fail to face the truth?
A3. Truth will set you free, so not facing it means slavery to evil.

Q4. What if you lived a materially good life?
A4. One can and share with others. If one did not, then repententence is the solution.

Q5. Do people who do not have Christ long for him?
A5. Some do.

Q6. I wonder what if you are good person but you still sometimes gossip when you are upset, some days you are moody - but you do not think they are a big deal - after all everyone else does it.
A6. We all sin. Same answer as A1.

Q7. Maybe you correct people too harshly or you secretly believe you are better than others, after all what if you honestly are. I always wonder why God made some people so sensitive and other so callous. If you do not care, is there no sin - it does not bother you?
A7. If the motivation it so be unkind, then this is sinful. Sometimes bad habits mitigate our culpability in serious matters. There should be respect regardless of feeling.

 

[CRATUS]

Q1. What happens if you don’t see the big deal of your sins?
A1. You may be committing the sin of presumption, from the Catholic Encylopedia: “It may be defined as the condition of a soul that, because of a badly regulated reliance on God’s mercy and power, hopes for salvation without doing anything to deserve it, or for pardon of his sins without repenting of them.”
We must assent to the truth, yet may not understand it (there are many mysteries). There is greater merit in assenting without intellectual understanding or so called proof.

Q2. What if you do not care about how you are hurting others?
A2. You may be committing the sin of hate. Fifth commandment.

Q3. Some sins make you more vulnerable, some make you domineer/dominate others. What is the alternative if you fail to face the truth?
A3. Truth will set you free, so not facing it means slavery to evil.

Q4. What if you lived a materially good life?
A4. One can and share with others. If one did not, then repententence is the solution.

Q5. Do people who do not have Christ long for him?
A5. Some do.

Q6. I wonder what if you are good person but you still sometimes gossip when you are upset, some days you are moody - but you do not think they are a big deal - after all everyone else does it.
A6. We all sin. Same answer as A1.

Q7. Maybe you correct people too harshly or you secretly believe you are better than others, after all what if you honestly are. I always wonder why God made some people so sensitive and other so callous. If you do not care, is there no sin - it does not bother you?
A7. If the motivation it so be unkind, then this is sinful. Sometimes bad habits mitigate our culpability in serious matters. There should be respect regardless of feeling.

Thanks for your answers. Some sins seem to hurt others more than ourselves. For example, lying to protect yourself. Sometimes worldly wisdom seem to outweigh Spiritual wisdom.

 

[Vico]

Thanks for your answers. Some sins seem to hurt others more than ourselves. For example, lying to protect yourself. Sometimes worldly wisdom seem to outweigh Spiritual wisdom.

Every sin hurts ourselves. To love your neighbor as yourself requires that you love yourself too, and that means not to harm ours souls by sinning.

 

[eazyduzit]

People do not want Christ because He upsets them, like the money changers in the Temple. They don’t want His judgement. They prefer their own sexual mores, etc.

 

[InThePew]

People do not want Christ because He upsets them, like the money changers in the Temple. They don’t want His judgement. They prefer their own sexual mores, etc.

To be fair, that’s probably a bit too harsh a judgment. Granted, the allure of sin is that it seems enjoyable (on the surface at least). In part because of this, it’s often hard for people to see the error of their ways and, even when they do, it’s even hard to front up and admit that we’ve stuffed up. In some ways the hardest sins to admit are those which only seem to hurt ourselves. Still, as much as we have a duty to care for our brothers and sisters we also have a duty to care aboutthem and not abandon them to their own sinfulness.

 

[GLam8833]

I can answer only by the proverb:
“Rescue those condemned to death and
those who are staggering towards slaughter
O hold them back, but you say ‘we did not
know this’, does he not consider it who weighs
the heart? Does he not know it who keeps your
soul? Surely He will render to everyone according to
their deeds” Prov. 24:11-12