We know he wants us to be saved but there’s that whole free will thing and we don’t know how much free will is too much free will. Also just because he wants us there doesn’t mean we have what it takes to get us there. I’m sure he wants us to dedicate every second of every day to prayer too but most of us don’t.
This is from a quick google search so forgive me but “Referring to Scripture and the Church Fathers,[22] Catholicism views human free will as deriving from God’s image because humans are created in God’s image.” This is the Catholic view on the topic but as we know since Jesus said the path is narrow that left alone to just free will humans don’t have what it takes to be saved. So it seems to me that free will cant be trusted as a reliable means to avoiding damnation, but we know that free will isn’t all we have but we also have guidance by the holy spirit but its through our warped free will that we interpret this guidance so are we just back to square one?
He never asks the impossible of anyone .
Where in scripture does it say anything like this. I’m afraid that over the course of 2000 years people have pushed some of the nearly insurmountable requirements for salvation onto the fact that god is merciful in an attempt to make people feel better because the elect will be few. For acceptance into heaven aren’t we required to be as perfect as possible? But hey I only converted 2 years ago so what do I know hopefully someone can tell me why I’m wrong preferably with some evidence from scripture
That’s the problem with scrupulosity. Most of the time people do not know whether they have sinned. As a consequence, they worry that everything is a sin. So it’s not a question of not taking things seriously. If anything, it’s a case of taking things too seriously.
Why do you think that? Do you believe that He doesn’t want us to eat, or sleep, or marry, or have and rear children?
Because if you have sinned mortally and you know it, then you take it seriously then you go to Confession, and don’t torment yourself with “did I sin? did I sin? hey CAF, did I sin? Is this a sin? Is that a sin? I saw a commercial with a woman in a bra. I went to the beach and I removed my blindfold coz my eyes were itchy and I saw a (gasp!) female human being in a (gasp!) swimsuit! Two-piece!!! (gasp! wheeze)! Am I going to hell? I won’t speak to a confessor because I have a real neat excuse for not doing so despite knowing that it what’s I should do.”
I think it was the Council of Champagne that decreed that you had to chant the Salve Regina continuously (solemn tone) while making love. And if you used the simple tone, it is a venial sin, and if recited or omitted, it is a mortal sin…Tagd:
Why do you think that? Do you believe that He doesn’t want us to eat, or sleep, or marry, or have and rear children?
I´ve been struggling with scrupulosity myself. It describes it very well.
Praise God for your healing.
Being a recovered scrupulous is like being a “dry drunk”. You have to work to keep it under control.Glennon_P:
I´ve been struggling with scrupulosity myself. It describes it very well.
The danger about scrupulosity is that it makes you have a negative view on God, and you are likely to feel like Faith is only serious and without any joy.
I´m thankful to God that my scruples are fading.
I do. Each time I worry about a sin I commit, I think of the reasons of why it´s just venial & and how it sometimes is simply my head making me worry.
Yep, and part of my own efforts to recovery is not confessing doubtful sins, and believing my confessor. If he told me that something was “just” venial, then I leave it at that, and if something wasn’t a sin, then it wasn’t a sin and I sometimes have to force myself to allow myself the thing. And I follow my own advice (which isn’t my own but from the spiritual writers on scrupulosity), that if something isn’t 2+2=4 certain to be a sin, then it is not a sin and I do it and not confess it. And for my stay here on CAF, I have not once asked “is this (blah) a sin?” I have had that question before, but that has always gone to my confessor, not the forums.porthos11:
I do. Each time I worry about a sin I commit, I think of the reasons of why it´s just venial & and how it sometimes is simply my head making me worry.
I sometimes end up in Confession either way, but for at least it´s sometimes for the reason that it was stupid to commit that sin & not because I fear hell because of it.
Yes, but also remember that something is only a sin when you choose something. It practically means that whenever I have a ugly or even blasphemous thought (which wasn´t deliberate) and try to make it go away - it´s not sinful.
If I was to ask how many people I have annoyed with doing that… Oh well…