RE: Question I have for Christians.
May 9, 2018 at 12:51 am
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2018 at 12:52 am by Quick.)
(May 9, 2018 at 12:16 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 9, 2018 at 12:12 am)Quick Wrote: This goes against what someone else who is a devout catholic has said. I am not sure who is right here.
What did this person say exactly? He may have been referring to personal culpability.
She said something along the lines of that everyone sins and because of this that though catholicism thinks engaging in the gay lifestyle is wrong, it's no different than any other sin, or something to that effect.
(May 9, 2018 at 12:22 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 9, 2018 at 12:13 am)Hammy Wrote: Does this mean that atheists are incapable of sinning because they can't possibility deliberately turn away from that which they don't even believe exists?
Atheists are capable of sinning and committing serious sins, just like everyone else.
Is it possible for their serious sin to become a mortal sin? (mortal sin = a serious sin with full consent of the will and knowledge that you are turning away from God)
....I suppose if a person doesn't think God is real but they commit an act that they know is a very wrong and horrible thing to do, and they choose to do so willingly anyway, they are choosing to turn away from goodness. In doing so, I suppose they are turning away from God in that sense.
This sounds like an awful lot of people are going to heaven.
But your individuality and your present need will be swept away by change,
and what you now ardently desire will one day become the object of abhorrence.
~ Schiller - 'Psychological Types'
