Author Topic: Is smoking a pack a day a mortal sin? (Read 6392 times)

TKGS · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2013, 07:03:08 AM »

I'll note that I have seen photos of popes with a cigarette holder, so I'm wondering just what the papal bull might have said.

If one asks the question, then one is probably committing grave sin in smoking as he has realized that the habit has become more important in his life than God.

But I doubt that smoking is, in and of itself, objectively mortally sinful.

gladius_veritatis · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2013, 08:03:01 AM »

Quote from: TKGS

But I doubt that smoking is, in and of itself, objectively mortally sinful.

You DOUBT? LOL! I am absolutely CERTAIN that smoking, in and of itself, is not sinful in any way, shape or form.

What next? Is someone going to ask whether or not eating at McDonald's, while arguably unwise, is mortally sinful? Will we see a list of all McDonald's items with some kind of sin-rank next to each one?

McDonaldland Cookies...low-grade venial sin...
Six-piece McNuggets...mid-level venial sin...
Quarter Pounder Meal...high-level venial sin...
Any Super-sized meal...low-grade mortal...
Multiple Big Macs...just kill yourself now and burn forever you stultified glutton!

People, smoking -- IN SE -- is NO SIN AT ALL.

ancien regime · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2013, 08:27:02 AM »

Quote from: gladius_veritatis

Quote from: TKGS
But I doubt that smoking is, in and of itself, objectively mortally sinful.

You DOUBT? LOL! I am absolutely CERTAIN that smoking, in and of itself, is not sinful in any way, shape or form.

What next? Is someone going to ask whether or not eating at McDonald's, while arguably unwise, is mortally sinful? Will we see a list of all McDonald's items with some kind of sin-rank next to each one?

McDonaldland Cookies...low-grade venial sin...
Six-piece McNuggets...mid-level venial sin...
Quarter Pounder Meal...high-level venial sin...
Any Super-sized meal...low-grade mortal...
Multiple Big Macs...just kill yourself now and burn forever you stultified glutton!

People, smoking -- IN SE -- is NO SIN AT ALL.

:roll-laugh1: :roll-laugh1: :roll-laugh1:

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

This thread just goes to show the inroads modernism has made even with traditional Catholics. . . next someone will ask if wearing leather is a sin!

Can you spell S-C-R-U-P-U-L-O-S-I-T-Y?

Ethelred · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2013, 08:29:54 AM »

St Pius X used to smoke a pipe, didn't he?

TKGS · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2013, 08:30:38 AM »

Quote from: gladius_veritatis

You DOUBT? LOL! I am absolutely CERTAIN that smoking, in and of itself, is not sinful in any way, shape or form.

I stand corrected. I gave you a thumbs up for your fraternal correction.