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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What is Sinful to do on Sundays?
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2017, 05:09:14 PM »
Quote from: Miseremini on November 05, 2017, 02:21:11 PM
We could go overboard being scrupulous ...

Yes, let's be careful not to become like the Pharisees on this point.  I can see Traditional Catholics hiring a Sunday Jew to work for them.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What is Sinful to do on Sundays?
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2017, 05:10:28 PM »
When I need to get something from the store, I use those self-checkout lanes to minimize the amount of labor I am causing someone to do.  And I get gas by paying at the pump.
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Re: What is Sinful to do on Sundays?
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2017, 05:12:59 PM »
Sunday Jew....hmmmmm.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What is Sinful to do on Sundays?
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2017, 05:15:02 PM »
Quote from: Seraphina on November 05, 2017, 01:56:38 PM
I know I'm being trivial, but where, exactly, does one draw the line?

I've seen moral theologians who say that doing 2 hours of unnecessary menial labor constitutes a mortal sin.  These theologians feel the need to draw lines.  While they seem arbitrary (what if I do 1 hour and 59 minutes?) ... it's helpful to have rules of thumb like this.  Doing a small task would be a venial sin ... unless there's sufficient (relatively light) justification.  Doing a lot of work requires a more serious justification.  Acts of charity are no sin and require no justification ... if they're really pure acts of charity and are necessary.  So, for instance, I can't spend 3 hours working in my neighbor's yard just to be nice ... but I can do it if I'm helping out some elderly person who can't do it otherwise and I have no other time to do this, provided that the risk of scandal is avoided.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What is Sinful to do on Sundays?
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2017, 05:16:56 PM »
Quote from: josefamenendez on November 05, 2017, 05:12:59 PM
Sunday Jew....hmmmmm.

Giving you ideas?  :)

... a reference to the practice of Sabbath goy, in case someone didn't catch it.
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