Catholics, is pis-sing on a statue of the Virgin Mary considered a mortal sin to you people?
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A mortal sin is one that completely destroys your relationship with God. It is still able to be repaired if you desire forgiveness and want to have relationship with God again.\n\nI am Catholic. To all Catholics these statues are just statues. The myth is we worship them, but that is created out of anything ranging from misunderstanding to anti-catholic efforts.\n\nHowever, they do represent some holy and special and honorable in our lives. If you do something like this it is an affront to what it represents.\n\nJust as if I were to do the same to a picture of your spouse, mother, father, sibling, or whoever is important in your life. It is only a picture, but what my action represents is antagonist to what the picture represents.
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I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC WENT TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR EIGHT YEARS. THE ENTIRE TIME I WENT TO SCHOOL AND YEARS BEFORE THAT ,EVERY MAY, WE HAD WHAT WAS CALLED" THE MAY CROWNING"  EVERY CLASS FROM FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE HAD THEIR OWN SPECIAL SONG THAT THEY SANG TO MARY ABOUT HER, THEN WHEN ALL THE CLASSES WERE IN THEIR PLACE IN CHURCH, BOYS WOULD CARRY A STATUE OF MARY SURROUNDED BY FLOWERS, ON SOME KIND OF PLATFORM, TO THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH, THEN A GIRL FROM THE EIGTH GRADE WOULD GO UP TO HER AND PLACE A CROWN UPON HER HEAD. THEN THERE WOULD BE MORE SONGS OF WORSHIP. IF THIS IS NOT WORSHIP, THEN WHAT IS IT?\nIT IS WRONG! THERE IS NO PLACE IN SCRIPTURE THAT SUPPORTS PURGATORY EITHER.
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Not on your life! I'm a born again, washed in the blood of Jesus Christian, who has a direct line to God through the Lord Jesus Christ. I put NO hope in the Pope. I pray to God, not to Mary. I have placed all my hope in Jesus, He's the only way to Heaven! The Bible declares it, that settles it. I don't have to go to a priest to get forgivness of sin, Christ Jesus is my mediator to God the Father. Man cannot give you absolution of sins, only Christ is qualifed to do that. I call NO earthy man "father" only God Almighty deserves that title, certainly no priest.
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Yes jesus's human part was mortal, his human part died on the cross. But he was also divine and that part is immortal, it experienced human death, but did not die.\n\nSO, yes and NO!
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we have both at our parish and i know a few others that also have both.  it depends on the congregation and the pastor.  if there are enough people who want it and the preist knows it all they have to do is petition their archdiocese.  i don't think it'll go fully back though - it wasn't as encompassing as i believe the mass is presently.  we will often do the kyrie, agnus dei, etc.
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People associate it with witchcraft, which they (incorrectly) associate with devil worship.  Therefore they assume its a santanic symbol, even though it isn't.
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any image of God is a gross violation of God's Law....hence regardless of how aesthetically pleasing it might be....it is a horrible thing
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"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine" Ah, go listen to some old Patti Smith albums and maybe then you'll understand. \n\nPS. I think you are rude.
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I am sad to see so many Catholics who do not know their Catechism. Catholics DO WORSHIP Mary. The word worship does not mean that we think someone is God that we worship. It means a form of honor or respect. God is given the worship of Latria-- meaning the way we serve an honor God is to Him alone, the form of worshipping the Saints is Dulia, and the form by which we worship Mary is called Hyper-Dulia. None of these theological terms are the same. Any worship given to Mary or the saints is given to God on high, to honor God's holy ones and Our Lady is to honor God for His greatness and mercy.
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Um, it's a well-known statue.  Your question is not worded properly and really doesn't make sense.
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No where in the Bible does it mention Christ being hung on a cross.  The scriptures refer to it as a stake.  As well, in the Ten Commandments as well as numerous other scriptures, we are directed not to use items of veneration or idols in our worship of God.  Therefore, the cross, being an idol, would not be used in worship.  As well, if Christ was hung on a cross, would it be right to worship the item used to put him to death?
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Not at all.Why would it.This is not a myth.Is the Lady of Lasalette? What about our lady of Noch Ireland or Medrgorjorie Yugoslavia.The Blessed Virgin is appearing world wide to warn the world and to spread the news that her son is coming soon. The lady of Guadalupe Mexico is another example be ready.
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its said doing so is a sin 4 catholics.. sooo i guess sooo
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Catholics don't worship or adore Mary. We venerate her, and call her blessed, just as Scripture shows. (Luke 1:48). \n\nCatholics request Mary's intercession because the fervant prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. (James 5:16). It's hard to find someone who fits this description more than Mary. This is not asking Mary to mediate (Jesus Christ is the only one with that role (Tim 2:5)), merely to intercede. It's similar to St. Paul asking fellow believers to pray for him. (Romans 15:30, Col 4:3, and other verses).\n\nNeither do Catholics practice idolatry, because they do not worship statues, or anything else created. Exodus 20:4-5 prohibits the making of images for the purpose of worshiping the image, but does not prohibit image-making altogether. (In Exodus 25:18-19, G-d commands Moses to make statues of cherubim.) Statues and other images are used as an aid to faith by helping to call to mind that which they represent, but the image itself is not worshipped.
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You have a mistaken idea of sin. All people sin. We are human and are affected by our fallen nature.\n\nNot just any sin will send you straight to hell. Only mortal sins can do that. A mortal sin is a grave infraction of the law of God that destroys the divine life in the soul of the sinner (sanctifying grace), constituting a turn away from God. \n\nFor a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be present: grave matter, full knowledge of the evil of the act, and full consent of the will. \n\nMost of the sins we commit are venial sins. Venial sin is a sin which does not destroy the divine life in the soul, as does mortal sin, though it diminishes and wounds it. \n\nVenial sin is the failure to observe necessary moderation, in lesser matters of the moral law, or in grave matters acting without full knowledge or complete consent.\n\nPeople die all the time with venial sins on their conscience and they will go to heaven.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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I personally believe that it is a sin, and so it is always harmful.  There is such a thing as becoming addicted to mastu rbation and/or sex, after all.  The body is not a toy, but a holy temple, and should treated with respect.
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Hi, I am 63 and a spiritualist and I have been wearing my crucifix as a statement of my faith, my belief in God, the Divine Spirit and Christ for many years now.  My crucifix is  made of mother of pearl and, I believe, is french.  It is very precious to me, not only because of my beliefs, but because my dear Mum bought it for me.  She passed to spirit 3 years ago.  She made such an effort to buy it for me.  My sister pushed her in her wheelchair to the local antique shop where she bought it for a Christmas present.  I only take it off when I shower as I am frightened of damaging it. Otherwise it never leaves my neck and if it slips behind my clothing I put it on show again.  I would NEVER take it off for anyone.  BA have no right to ban crucifixes.  If they do that then those who follow other religious denominations must also adhere to the rules.  This could really get out of hand - what next?  We all have a right to which faith we follow, and as such should be allowed to wear a symbol of that faith.  It is now getting ridiculous - not allowed to say certain words in case they offend, can't wear what we want.  The whole world is going mad and I am sure God did not want this divide.