[conservonator]

Is someone who suffers from Kleptomania a sinner because he has a disposition to acquire that which is not his or is he a sinner because he acts on it? If the kleptomaniac represses his disordered desire to steal, a sin, as in "Thou shalt not..." is he a sinner because somewhere inside he is still driven? Christ teaches that an integral part of a sin is the desire to do so (Matthew 5:28). Sin takes more than a disposition, it takes desire and desire is difficult to discern. Acts on the other hand are pretty easy to spot and are the culmination of the sin that began as desire.

I think the rooting out of the hoomosexual lobby at the vatican rests on eliminating the more modernist interpretation of the Churches teaching and the teaching in scripture from which it is derived. Ie, quit treating people suffering from SSAD like a persecuted minority, with the implication that they deserve some sort of special dispensation for their sins, and start being honest about what the Church and Scripture actually teaches.

[conservonator]

stoopud post button....

[dangus]

All I can figure is the Calvinist swarm thinks it isn’t sinful to do things which are perverted, unnatural, selfish, exploitative, and forbidden?