[ealgeone]

If, as according to the RCC, you commit a mortal sin and it's unconfessed to the priest, you do not go to Heaven. That's right; the act of committing a mortal sin means that you have rejected God. That's why the prudent Catholic refrains from committing mortal sins. Given the nature of mortal sins, it's really not that hard.

I think they're easier to commit that one realizes. For example, adultery. Jesus said if you look upon a woman with lust in your heart, that's adultery.

If we are honest, this happens on a frequency most of us don't want to admit. And if we say it doesn't now we're lying.

However, the concept of mortal and venial sins and their impact on severing God's grace, that is His gift of salvation, is not Biblical.

Without faith in Christ, all sin seperates us from God. Belief in Christ restores and maintains our relationship with God.

[Legatus]

If we are honest, this happens on a frequency most of us don't want to admit. And if we say it doesn't now we're lying.

God can remove that (and any) temptation completely, if you're serious. I know whereof I speak. Stay close to Christ and He will truly free you from sin.

Unless your definition of lust is "gosh she's pretty", then you have other problems to fix first.