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I don't feel too bad about the last three I mentioned. Sexual sin does make me feel incredibly guilty. If you read the Catechism though, there is an interesting paragraph about masturbation:

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2352 By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. "Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action."¹³⁸ "The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose." For here sexual pleasure is sought outside of "the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved."¹³⁹



To form an equitable judgment about the subjects' moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety or other psychological or social factors that lessen, if not even reduce to a minimum, moral culpability. "

So that makes me feel a teeny bit less bad. I still haven't managed to talk to my confessor about sexual sin though. Probably should at some point. I think he knows even without me saying

i think you are allowed to feel a lot less bad . its not that bad just go for it!

Hey everyone, i posted ages ago with confusing about my religion as a catholic. Once again im in the same spot, i came across a youtube video about atheism then my hours of late night research began. I feel i believe in God, Jesus and mother Mary, however i feel i dont believe in the Bible. Most parts of the bible just have me so confused, i feel like whatever im doing is just considered a sin. Example:

I masturbate : Its a sin

I play the lottery, i gamble once or twice rarely: I committed a sin

I look at porn, look at a girl lustfully : Its a sin

I cant get tattoos or piercings : Its a sin

Rounded haircuts and shaving your beard? i shave my head completely bald and my beard: So is that a sin?

Eating pork, i dont know if this is regarding the jews before the coming of Jesus: Its considered a sin anyway.

Working on Sundays, once again i dont know if its just for the Jews.: But its considered a sin

Women are not allowed to speak out in church: Its a sin

I sometimes find it really hard to believe and follow almost all of these, do you do/not do any of the above and can truly admit it?

Man am i confused.

hi guys, would be appreciated if you could pray for me as its that time of year again, i've got an exam tomorrow and one on tuesday and i don't feel well
thankyou.

Hey everyone, i posted ages ago with confusing about my religion as a catholic.
Once again im in the same spot, i came across a youtube video about atheism then my hours of late night research began. I feel i believe in God, Jesus and mother Mary

however i feel i dont believe in the Bible. Most parts of the bible just have me so confused, i feel like whatever im doing is just considered a sin.

Just to add to my post above.

This is a quote from Blessed Pope John Paul II (he's in Heaven :

"We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father's Love for us and our real capacity to become the Image of His Son."

Wonderful! To become Jews

You're right. Just need to work up the courage to ask to see him (we usually combine confession with spiritual direction)

Of course hun. Praying for you and anyone else sitting exams at this time

I love how much religious imagery was in Les Mis

I have a question that might seem a bit strange and the answers will all be subjective, but...hey.

My question is, how much importance do you place on being Catholic, rather than, say, Anglican/Church of England or one of the other major Protestant denominations? Does denomination impact on what you would see as a person's salvation? And to that end, do you think that other denominations (for sake of simplicity, I'm just going to say 'mainstream Protestants') are misguided or require conversion?

- If people ask me, I tend to say Catholic rather than Christian, because my Catholic identity is very important to me
- I don't believe different denominations are all going straight for the fiery pit. I think the Church is moving away from that these days (or at least that's the impression I get)
- I don't think people require conversion. I think some people lose sight of what is most important in our identity and roles as Christians though. I think all these schisms are a great shame as well (though understandable, to an extent)

If it's not too personal, do you mind me asking why/how?

Agree wholeheartedly with the rest of your post - I think a lot of Christians have lost sight of what is most important, although I might tentatively suggest (no offence intended) that sectarianism and the almost tribal loyalty some people have towards their own denomination is obstructing wider Christianity unity. To some extent it's unavoidable, but it's disheartening for sure.

I can't watch Les Mis coz it will probably trigger my depression

You could have answered instead of negging me. I genuinely didn't know what you meant.

How does that answer her question?