(June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Some things depend on the circumstances, others are inherently immoral regardless of circumstances. This one in particular depends on the circumstances. But let me make it clear that I believe it still does have a definitive answer as to weather or not it is moral.
^All this per my beliefs, of course.
"This one in particular" is a phrase that translates to every moral situation, Cathy. The thing is, when you start using phrases like that, your morality becomes granular: this pebble and that pebble touch but don't connect, you get similar ideas but no overarching principles -- and that is what objective morality really is, the proclamations of overarching ideas.
Your individuality rebels against it, because you know that things like the rape of war brides, or the slaughter of noncombatants, is wrong. But because they're in the Bible, you feel compelled to defend the indefensible.
(June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(June 23, 2015 at 11:54 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Catholicism is about guilt. It is in the interests of the priests to keep the hoops too high for the dogs to navigate.
By that I meant that no one is perfect, so no one is going to do everything the right way all the time. We just have to continue to try our best.
Having been an active Catholic my whole life, I can tell you that Catholicism is not about guilt.
So you don't do confession? I thought that was required to receive sacrament.