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[-] lyth@sh.itjust.works 74 points 8 months ago

The "before I cave in" remark is probably just about failing the "avert my eyes" thing and looking at the women in the Mat 5:28, committing adultery in your heart kind of way. From a Catholic perspective OOP's concerns are completely reasonable as even thinking about sex too hard is supposed to send you to the forever torture zone. I doubt this guy is a hair trigger away from committing SA but the situation is disturbing in a few other ways

Source: am ex-cradle-Catholic and read all the stuff about sexual morality

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago

even thinking about sex too hard is supposed to send you to the forever torture

Except for the part where literally any crime imaginable can be forgiven if you repent and believe in Jesus. Which kinda makes all the different rules Christianity imposes on its adherents completely moot.

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 points 8 months ago

Level 0 Christians learn it and it should make sense to you too, it's not about punishment, it's your own choice to break the rules

Nothing in the bible says to enforce shit on others, in fact to stop doing that is preached everywhere in it

[-] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah the "thought crime" aspects of some religions seems to be incredibly damaging. Like your brain is not fully under your control. Thought is a messy place. Treating it as an evil to always be expunged and rigidly controlled tends to translate into some pretty toxic behaviours or at the very least an erosion of self worth.

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago

I feel I had a very different Catholic upbringing because I don't find this reasonable from a Catholic perspective at all.

[-] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

That's the thing - there are Catholics, and then there are Catholics.

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