Anyone know?

I took a look and his last note, he mentioned he was sick.   :scared2:

Is "hell" a bad word because Catholic Samurai used it and nobody here reacted. I have been saying ""friggin hell" a lot lately because I am under a lot of stress and fatigue and Raoul told me that it is a cuss word. Well, apparrantly, it must not be a bad word because no one said anything about Samurai using it.

What I said (and proved) is that saying "Sh*t", etc., is not a sin, in and of itself.  Traddies tend to be somewhat materialistic in their piety, so their take on things tends to be too influenced by mere externals.  This is understandable, as we live in a very materialistic world, but it is something we need to 'recognize and resist.'

As an aside, I wouldn't go around saying "Damn it" because you're basically cursing objects/people. How can you get upset when your car breaks down, when you've recommended it to the devil 15 times in the last month?

gladius_veritatis said:

What I said (and proved) is that saying "Sh*t", etc., is not a sin, in and of itself. Traddies tend to be somewhat materialistic in their piety, so their take on things tends to be too influenced by mere externals. This is understandable, as we live in a very materialistic world, but it is something we need to 'recognize and resist.'

Materialistic in their piety, are you referring to the overly rigorous observance of externals, clucking and tutting if someone wears an outfit that doesn't meet your standards, even if the Church says nothing against it?

I pride myself ( probably too much ) on being Euro-Catholic in my outlook, so this is not me.  I did and perhaps do have some scruples, though, as you know.

You'd think that using foul words is at least a fault, but maybe not.  It's a habit, at the very least, that can open the door to blasphemy.  That is a priest who said that, not that he's "infallible."  The logic as I understand it is that doing something that you know God doesn't want you to do, even if not a sin, can lead to things that are sins, because the habit of rebellion is installed.  

Or maybe, as you say, you get into the habit of giving into anger, which also opens the floodgates, so that it's the anger that's the sin.  I don't while away the hours poring over theology much these days, but I will keep an eye out.  

But I understand what you're saying, there are some things even the secular world frowns on that the Church doesn't necessarily condemn, like smoking, or marriage with 13-year olds ( it was done in the past in arranged royal marriages, at least, I don't know what the Church would say about it now ).

Is "hell" a bad word because Catholic Samurai used it and nobody here reacted. I have been saying ""friggin hell" a lot lately because I am under a lot of stress and fatigue and Raoul told me that it is a cuss word. Well, apparrantly, it must not be a bad word because no one said anything about Samurai using it.

Just because I do it, doesn't mean it is (or that I think it is) okay. I dont care what other people think about my language. If they're scandalized, that's too bad. I dont give a damn about what other people think about me.

 I do make the reservation of swearing in front of children though, and blasphemy and taking God's Name in vain is an absolute no no.

As Gladius pointed out, it's a symptom. I do have bigger fish to fry than this.

What I said (and proved) is that saying "Sh*t", etc., is not a sin, in and of itself.  Traddies tend to be somewhat materialistic in their piety, so their take on things tends to be too influenced by mere externals.  This is understandable, as we live in a very materialistic world, but it is something we need to 'recognize and resist.'

Actually I believe saying the s word is a sin, unless it is said accidentally and the person did not at all mean to say it. Cussing offends Our Lord.