I meant not telling the truth to couples who were co-habitating (a mortal sin)? Do you think it's a good idea that they not be aware that it's a mortal sin, and that they will go to hell if they don't repent and turn away from it? Or do you think it better to withold this truth from them, and give the impression that the Catholic Church condones such behavior?
I meant not telling the truth to couples who were co-habitating (a mortal sin)? Do you think it's a good idea that they not be aware that it's a mortal sin, and that they will go to hell if they don't repent and turn away from it? Or do you think it better to withold this truth from them, and give the impression that the Catholic Church condones such behavior? I tell them that the Church doesn't condone living together; that it violates the sacredness of the sexual relationship, which is proper only in marriage. I also tell them, as I said before, that sex may be all there is to their relationship and it would be a shock to realize that after they took marriage vows.
I suggest that you volunteer to work with engaged couples in your parish, then you can talk about hell in a "loving, caring way" to your heart's content.
I use what works. Threatening people with hell doesn't work, for me.