You can’t commit a “mortal” sin without full knowledge. This is what I am talking about. The non-Catholics here are making judgments about the types and frequency of sins committed by Catholics and are using Catholic terminology in the process. However, because they really don’t understand what these terms mean they come to false conclusions.
I get that you don’t distinguish between venial and mortal sins, but we do. And quite honestly my initial comment re: mortal sin in this thread was never meant to get into a debate on the difference between the two nor the difference between Catholic teaching and non-Catholic teaching. It was merely a clarification of my first comment.
That's because God doesn't. Because hate = murder and lust = adultery.
And if you sin one sin you are guilty of the whole law, according to James, the Catholic's favorite book of the Bible.
James 2:8-11 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.