pick a sin, any sin

[MichaelFilo]

Lust, unfortunatly, i'm suffering the consequences right now. It's rather unfortunate really. No sin is worth committing, and there is no such thing as getting away with it. Eternal damnation is not the only reward for committing mortal sins.

[Fixxxer]

lust

[CrossCuT]

[size=1][color="330000"]I think the poll is pretty accurate.
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[Proud2BCatholic139]

I have talked to some people I know who do not represent the Catholic Church, and do not understand the seven capital sins, mortal sins, and venial sins. Explaining the difference of venial and mortal, to even some Catholics my age who attend Mass every Sunday, confirmed, but do not know the difference between mortal and venial sins, is kind of difficult for them to understand. Do not rip too much of dairy. She may not fully understand how serious sin really is or fully know the difference.

[Theologian in Training]

[quote name='Proud2BCatholic139' post='998329' date='Jun 6 2006, 10:36 AM']
I have talked to some people I know who do not represent the Catholic Church, and do not understand the seven capital sins, mortal sins, and venial sins. Explaining the difference of venial and mortal, to even some Catholics my age who attend Mass every Sunday, confirmed, but do not know the difference between mortal and venial sins, is kind of difficult for them to understand. Do not rip too much of dairy. She may not fully understand how serious sin really is or fully know the difference.
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Further, I think we are quick to judge her question as shallow, pointless, etc. because it asks us to take a long hard look at ourselves, our weaknesses, and what we are prone to in this life. And, truth be told, no one likes that, and no one wants to admit our weaknesses before ourselves, others, or God (even though He clearly knows). Yes, no one wants to commit sin, because, at heart it is as offense against God, and, at heart, no one wants to intentionally "hurt God," however, if we are truly honest, each and every one of us could find one of those seven that become for us more friend, at times, than foe.

Now, understand, I am by no means justifying any of these seven nor am I advocating continuing to commit one of the seven, I am merely saying that those seven are the sins of our life, and if we have not confessed one of them more than the others than we have not struggled for holiness. Now, granted, I know many saints were able to avoid those seven, and lived very holy lives, and I don't doubt that it still occurs, but there are also a majority of others to which these seven are a daily struggle, and I think, though I cannot be sure, that was perhaps the mindset of dairygirl when she posted this.

God Bless

[Budge]

Once someone is born again they hate sin.

I would not want to "get away" with any sin.

I would feel horrifed that I have sinned against God.

This is called Grieving the Holy Spirit in some circles.

If someone has the attitude, gee Id love to get away with sin...there is something lacking there.

[iheartjp2]

[quote name='zwergel88' post='990614' date='May 25 2006, 04:47 PM']
sloth, I'll school you in procrastination
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Bring it on.

[frozencell]

Wow...we're all a bunch of lustful sinners.

Prayer commencing in 5...4...3...2.....

[quote name='Budge' post='1014545' date='Jun 29 2006, 11:07 AM']
Once someone is born again they hate sin.

I would not want to "get away" with any sin.

I would feel horrifed that I have sinned against God.

This is called Grieving the Holy Spirit in some circles.

If someone has the attitude, gee Id love to get away with sin...there is something lacking there.
[/quote]

For someone so abhorrently opposed to sin you seem very uncharitable.

[Budge]

[quote]or someone so abhorrently opposed to sin you seem very uncharitable.[/quote]


Actually unless I totally agree with you or water down my views, I suppose I will be seen as uncharitable.

[frozencell]

[quote name='Budge' post='1016839' date='Jul 3 2006, 06:33 PM']
Actually unless I totally agree with you or water down my views, I suppose I will be seen as uncharitable.


[/quote]

Not true at all. There are many people on here who I do not wholly agree with (or agree with at all), but they still are very charitable people. Charity has nothing to do with whether or not we think alike or hold the same values and beliefs. It has to do with you attitude and whether you can be adult enough to treat others with respect, even when you find it hard to do. In the face of confrontation or opposition you can measure your charitablility by your actions. A good place to start would be with not attacking PhatMass with ridiculuous propositions and arguing just to argue.

[Pontifite 7 of 10]

Homies pray for me! I'm struggleing with lust!

[frozencell]

[quote]Shucks now friend, at least use solid, stand up, Protestant resources for correcting our Catholic friends here. When I evangelize Buddhist's it doesn't do me any good if I call them Muslims. Try to thoroughly learn where they are coming from so you can reach them where they are at. These anti-catholic tracts aren't going to help you do that. Stay firmly rooted in your Bible (KJV I hope), but read their catechism as well.[/quote]

See - a perfectly charitable post by "jesuspaidtheprice" - a person that I have nothing in common with past the number of appendages protruding from my torso.

[pyranima]

[quote name='Budge' post='1014545' date='Jun 29 2006, 10:07 AM']
Once someone is born again they hate sin.

I would not want to "get away" with any sin.

I would feel horrifed that I have sinned against God.

This is called Grieving the Holy Spirit in some circles.

If someone has the attitude, gee Id love to get away with sin...there is something lacking there.
[/quote] well boy oh boy arnt we Holy... just because you are born again (Baptised 'born of WATER [b]and[/b] Spirit') it does not make them not want to sin anymore. we all have our sins that we enjoy even if we dont admit it (which is due to pride). my favorite sins are sins of Lust particularly that kind of lust which is sexual in nature(Lust is not only sexual). when we commit a sin we do it because we enjoy that sin or because at that moment in time we are hoping that God will just 'let us off the hook this once'.

there is at least 1 thing that we all wish was not a sin. what builds virtue however is knowing its a sin, wanting to do it, and resisting because you know its the wrong thing to do. the best virtues are built out of resisting something not because its a sin but because it offends God.

[melporcristo]

[quote name='Fulton Sheen Warrior' post='989808' date='May 24 2006, 01:16 PM']
+JMJ+

That's like asking what's my favourite way to hurt someone I love.
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Agreed.
No bueno

[quote name='Pontifite 7 of 10' post='1016848' date='Jul 3 2006, 03:45 PM']
Homies pray for me! I'm struggleing with lust!
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will do my friend. I am in that boat too at times.
Mad prayers bro.

Oh yes, I picked I REFUSE TO SPECULATE.
Striving towards Sainthood!

[1234]

This is a good poll. I don't know what all you other people are talking about...saying this poll is gay and carp like that.
For those people that answered "I refuse to speculate"-- If God asked you about a sin you committed, are you going to say "I refuse to speculate" or some dumb thing like that?

Oh Man, it's late...I mean early.

Edited August 20, 2006 by ThatGuy

[LouisvilleFan]

I've thought about this exact scenario a number of times over the years... I am human, after all. And ultimately I turn to Christ because I know a sinful lifestyle provides no fulfillment or true happiness, but it ain't easy to avoid sin.

And I voted for lust. It's the only sin that's really any fun, except for gluttony, which isn't nearly as much fun as sex (well, I don't really know since somehow I've managed to remain a virgin... all due to God's grace because I sure haven't always been in the right mind).

I'm curious what dairygirl voted for? We haven't heard from her since she started this controversial thread... which is part of the reason I like it

By the way, haven't we really gotten away with committing all the deadly sins? Isn't that the Gospel?

Edited August 22, 2006 by LouisvilleFan

[Franimus]

Budge - we do not have the attitude "gee I'd love to get away with sin"
Rather, those of us who have voted for a sin in this poll still have the flesh-oriented desire to sin, but, by being here and through follow-up self-examinations of conscience, we show our spirit's desire to not sin. Each person is a battleground of good and evil, spirit vs flesh. Here's a good example: try to stop masturbating. Hopefully, you agree that it's wrong. You will struggle to stop masturbating because your flesh wants to do it, even though your spirit does not. Thus, if this is your biggest struggle, in this poll you would vote lust, since it is what your flesh wants the most.

[LouisvilleFan]

I think this quote attributed to [url="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn"]Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn[/url] hits the nail on the head:

[quote]If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? [/quote]

[Jeff]

[quote name='LouisvilleFan' post='1047712' date='Aug 21 2006, 10:57 PM']


And I voted for lust. It's the only sin that's really any fun, except for gluttony, which isn't nearly as much fun as sex (well, I don't really know since somehow I've managed to remain a virgin... all due to God's grace because I sure haven't always been in the right mind).

[/quote]

So a Priest asks a Rabbi, "Why don't you eat pork?" The Rabbi replies, "It's against my religion, why don't you have sex?"

"It's against my religion.", the Priest answers.

The Rabbi says, "You should try it, it's better than pork."

[heavenseeker]

i still dont see why anyone would want to get away with a sin