Legally Banning Sin

[Proud2BCatholic139]

There will be no way to ban sin because we have free will. Of course we will be in times of temptation, and sometimes we will fall. But, if we were to ban sins, then what was Jesus' purpose to come here on earth? We need to take more time to pray and spending more time in churches then finding ways to ban sin, because only by the grace of God can we avoid sin.

[dairygirl4u2c]

Yes doesn't it seem weird that someone can be in jail for masturbating while to God they are forgiven? Of course, lots of people are in jail for doing things that hurt other people, but that's what have to do to ensure they get the punishment to prevent more and to deter more.

[Desert Walker]

There is a line that needs to be drawn between those sins that have a direct, negative impact on social health and those that have merely a corrosive effect if left unchecked.

Sins that have a corrosive effect on society, if left unchecked, are those sins which we all commit from time to time which have an impact on ourselves, personally, and on those around us. It is possible to PERSONALLY engage in a certainamount of damage control after having comitted one of these sins. A sin of this kind might be saying something despicable to a friend or family member in the heat of an emotional reaction. One can apologize for this kind of thing. One can DO something concrete to minimze the effect of this kind of sin.

On the other hand, it is utterly impossible to control the damage that is done by posting pornography on the internet, or by publishing it on magazine racks. This sin proliferates itself exponentially because of its very nature. This is the kind of sin that governments should make illegal. This is the kind of sin that can turn a society of basically good folks into a society of rapists, fornicators, molesters and murderers.

Yes, there are some sins which are not currently illegal, but should be made so.

[Cow of Shame]

Define 'natural law'

[Theoketos]

The state should not make it illegal to not believe in God. Coersived belief is not belief.

[Peccator]

[quote name='Theoketos' post='967216' date='May 1 2006, 08:16 PM']
The state should not make it illegal to not believe in God. Coersived belief is not belief.
[/quote]
Indeed...neither should one be forced to Catholic or Christian.

[Desert Walker]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='967163' date='May 1 2006, 11:51 AM']
Define 'natural law'
[/quote]

A code of moral conduct embedded in the metaphysical framework of reality...

[N/A Gone]

Martin luther King wrote some great natural law from the jail...google it.

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='Desert Walker' post='969598' date='May 3 2006, 11:36 AM']
A code of moral conduct embedded in the metaphysical framework of reality...
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So we're basing this discussion on the assumption that there is Truth, ....except we're incapable of knowing it in it's entirety. How can we ban something we can't understand?

[Desert Walker]

[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='970452' date='May 3 2006, 09:42 PM']
So we're basing this discussion on the assumption that there is Truth, ....except we're incapable of knowing it in it's entirety. How can we ban something we can't understand?
[/quote]

The Church defines natural law in linguistic terms. Thus, we gain an abstract understanding of it. Then you just convince legislators that the definition offered by the Church corresponds with a proper understanding of the human person in society. Or rather, the teaching of the church accurately addresses human reality.

It's not like it hasn't ever been done, you know.

[Franimus]

Banning sins that go against the natural law does NOT (seem to me to) include requiring one to believe in God, much less convert to Catholicism.