Would this have been a near occasion of sin?

[timeandeternity]

Earlier today my 11-year-old sister was searching Google images for pictures of fashionable clothing so that she could print them out and glue them to one of her notebooks. I know from experience that immodest, nasty, even pornographic, photos will often show up during Google images searches. I warned her to be careful about what she searched because these photos could show up, but I didn’t suggest that she stop her search. Also, at a later point, she’d been accidentally logged out of her computer account, so I logged her back in so she could continue her search, even though I did feel conflicted about this. At one point, there was a bad photo on one website. She very wisely scrolled back up the page so she wouldn’t see it (I was proud of her), but I had to admit that I had enabled her to see such a photo.

That being said, I do feel like this was a situation where I could have prevented something harmful, and I do feel like this was a mortal sin because I was putting my sister in a potential near occasion of sin. I just want to know if anyone else has a different take on this, or if you agree.

 

[PerfectTiming]

I can’t really speak for the near occasion of sin but if you put the strict setting on Google SafeSearch it’s usually okay and doesn’t come up with anything bad. I have that setting on my computer and I’ve never had any problems since I changed that.

 

[Leegal]

Earlier today my 11-year-old sister was searching Google images for pictures of fashionable clothing so that she could print them out and glue them to one of her notebooks. I know from experience that immodest, nasty, even pornographic, photos will often show up during Google images searches. I warned her to be careful about what she searched because these photos could show up, but I didn’t suggest that she stop her search. Also, at a later point, she’d been accidentally logged out of her computer account, so I logged her back in so she could continue her search, even though I did feel conflicted about this. At one point, there was a bad photo on one website. She very wisely scrolled back up the page so she wouldn’t see it (I was proud of her), but I had to admit that I had enabled her to see such a photo.

That being said, I do feel like this was a situation where I could have prevented something harmful, and I do feel like this was a mortal sin because I was putting my sister in a potential near occasion of sin. I just want to know if anyone else has a different take on this, or if you agree.

No. I don’t see the sin. I don’t see that you had intention to place your sister in the near ocassion of sin.

 

[puzzleannie]

That being said, I do feel like this was a situation where I could have prevented something harmful, and I do feel like this was a mortal sin because I was putting my sister in a potential near occasion of sin. I just want to know if anyone else has a different take on this, or if you agree.

the best way to prevent it is to have controls put on any computer used by children or youth in the home. No you did not actively put your sister in the way of sin, these things happen. Speak to your parents tonight about better control software.

 

[LemonAndLime]

Earlier today my 11-year-old sister was searching Google images for pictures of fashionable clothing so that she could print them out and glue them to one of her notebooks. I know from experience that immodest, nasty, even pornographic, photos will often show up during Google images searches. I warned her to be careful about what she searched because these photos could show up, but I didn’t suggest that she stop her search. Also, at a later point, she’d been accidentally logged out of her computer account, so I logged her back in so she could continue her search, even though I did feel conflicted about this. At one point, there was a bad photo on one website. She very wisely scrolled back up the page so she wouldn’t see it (I was proud of her), but I had to admit that I had enabled her to see such a photo.

That being said, I do feel like this was a situation where I could have prevented something harmful, and I do feel like this was a mortal sin because I was putting my sister in a potential near occasion of sin. I just want to know if anyone else has a different take on this, or if you agree.

If you’re having to ask whether or not you sinned, 90% of the time you didn’t. Sin requires a great deal of intent.

 

[triumphguy]

Use “safe mode” for google searches of images.