The Catholic Church does not agree with sin.
Here are the seven deadly sins and the opposing seven holy virtues. According to Dante's The Divine Comedy the sins have an order of greatness, and the virtues a respective order of greatness as well. This order is shown below from the lowest to the highest.
+ Deadly Sins +
Lust (inappropriate desire)
Gluttony (over-indulgence)
Greed (avarice)
Sloth (laziness)
Wrath (anger)
Envy (jealousy)
Pride (vanity)
+ Holy Virtues +
Chastity (purity)
Moderation (self-restraint)
Generosity (vigilance)
Zeal (enthusiasm)
Meekness (composure)
Charity (giving)
Humility (humbleness)
The history of this list goes back at least to Pope St. Gregory the Great and St. John Cassian, but while the list itself is not strictly biblical, the Bible proscribes all seven.
Some point to Proverbs 6:16–19 as the seven deadly sins:
There are six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;
Haughty eyes (pride),
a lying tongue (lying),
and hands that shed innocent blood (murder including abortion);
A heart that plots wicked schemes (intrigue),
feet that run swiftly to evil (readiness to do evil),
The false witness who utters lies (false witness),
and he who sows discord among brothers (stirring up of discord).
With love in Christ.
2007-08-11 17:26:52
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answered by imacatholic2 7
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How can the catholic church be against the homosexual moment, when the church is being sued for sexual abuse "all the time"? As one lawyer put it in the New York Times, I file about three hundred law suits against the the vatican "every year". The Kansas City Star was quoting saying in '01 or '02 that a person is "three times more likely" to get AIDS inside the catholic church as priest than anywhere else on earth! Yeah, you can quote priest saying this and you quote priest saying that, but you can NEVER prove that the church has "anything" against it when for years it has purposely more these priest from city to city, from country to country rather than dealing with the problem. This has been a problem for the church for HUNDREDS of years! By no means is it just a "handful of people" as so many would prefer to believe! And the "only" reason that the vatican is doing as little as it is doing about the problem is because of the media coverage in America. They sure not doing anything because it has a fear of God in it or because of a love for it's people. Mama has created it's own problem simply because it refuses to allow priest to marry. And the flip side of the coin is, there is no telling how many new born babies have been buried alive because the nuns are not allowed to marry. And save the lie that God doesn't want preist to marry. In other words, mama is getting what it has paid for or is paying for it. And the catholic church expects the rest of the world to believe it has something against homosexuality? Really, who's kidding whom? Mama is sure not pulling the wool over God's eyes!
2007-08-12 00:51:44
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answered by Anonymous
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Basically everything that is not Catholic.
Christ established only one Church with one set of beliefs (Eph. 4:4–5). He did not establish numerous churches with contradictory beliefs. Why do these churches have contradicting beliefs? Because Jesus Christ gave the Holy Spirit to only one Church (John 14,25; John 16,13). He also authorized only one Church to teach the world (Matthew 28,20; Luke 10,16).
To see which is the true Church, we must look for the one that has an unbroken historical link to the Church of the New Testament. Catholics are able to show such a link. They trace their leaders, the bishops, back through time, bishop by bishop, all the way to the apostles, and they show that the pope is the lineal successor to Peter, who was the first bishop of Rome. The same thing is true of Catholic beliefs and practices. Take any one you wish; e.g. confessing to a priest, purgatory, Immaculate Conception of Mary, Sacred Images, etc., and you can trace it back to the apostolic period.
Peace and blessings!
2007-08-11 23:07:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Sola Scriptura
2007-08-11 23:03:23
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answered by Anonymous
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Euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, along with abortion and same-sex marriage are absolutey unacceptable on account there are no morally proper circumstances in which they can take place.
2007-08-14 11:38:23
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answered by Daver 7
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The Catholic Church is on record as being definitively in opposition to all types of SIN.
For more, go here:
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/ccc_toc2.htm
2007-08-12 00:04:05
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answered by Anonymous
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They are definitely against stem cell research. One big positive of the LDS church is that it is neutral on that issue. Orrin Hatch is the biggest republican supporter of embroyonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning. He is also staunchly prolife. His pro-stem cell position is not a compromise of his anti-abortion stance. He believes that life starts in the womb.
Hatch has convinced every other republican mormon in the senate to join him.
Many people don't know that mormon politicians are generally pro-stem cell research since the most prominent mormon in politics right now is Romney is against it. I believe that his position has nothing to do with his personal religious beliefs at all. Personally, I think he is pandering to evangelicals on that issue.
2007-08-11 23:15:30
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answered by hominid_76 1
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That people can read & understand the scriptures without it being explained to them by the Catholic Church hierarchy.
That the Bible truths are more important than church tradition.
That mankind has direct access to God through prayer & we don't have to go through their priest system or Mary.
2007-08-11 22:57:14
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answered by V 5
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they do not agree with God's commandment not to worship idols or make any engraved images. that is why they deleted if from the 10 commands. Don't believe me? Look here: http://www.juntosociety.com/i_documents/catholic10.html
They just added an extra covet command at the end. Who can argue with this?
2007-08-11 23:09:52
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answered by Anonymous
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Contraception. Meat on Friday during Lent. Divorce and remarriage. Self pennance.
They accept evolution though.
2007-08-11 22:54:53
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answered by wondermus 5
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