Is it ok to do these things?

[TandJ]

Yeah...but we are talking about venial sins at best, faults most likely.

Probably. However, it seems to border on sinning against the fifth coimmandmanet... and I thought to sin against any of the ten commandments was automatically a mortal sin?

Not necessarily Daniel. Take stealing for example. There is grave theft and venial. Then the sabbath one can work under a couple hours and it will be a venial sin and it's mortal if there's more than that

[Melkor]

Yeah...but we are talking about venial sins at best, faults most likely.

Probably. However, it seems to border on sinning against the fifth coimmandmanet... and I thought to sin against any of the ten commandments was automatically a mortal sin?

If this is what you thought then no wonder you are so scrupulous. It's not true. Sin against the fifth Commandment could be eating a bit too much food. Definitely not mortal. Same goes for all the commandments.

[Daniel]

Not necessarily Daniel. Take stealing for example. There is grave theft and venial. Then the sabbath one can work under a couple hours and it will be a venial sin and it's mortal if there's more than that

If this is what you thought then no wonder you are so scrupulous. It's not true. Sin against the fifth Commandment could be eating a bit too much food. Definitely not mortal. Same goes for all the commandments.

Well I forget where I heard it. But on second thought, I could be remembering wrong. Maybe it was the seven dealy sins (not the ten commandments) that are all mortal sins.

I think gluttony is always a mortal sin. But by only eating a little too much, the sin is somehow diminished.

Likewise, stealing is always a mortal sin... but by stealing only a small amount of money the sin is somehow diminished.

(Which is really confusing. If it's always a mortal sin, why is it sometimes not a mortal sin? I guess maybe it's like how we say "all dogs are fourlegged", yet there are clearly some dogs who have lost a leg? But then how can we ever tell? It's not like you can look the sin in the face and be like, "Oh, that one's only venial")

[Melkor]

Daniel there is an excellent book called Hell: The Dogma of Hell, Illustrated Facts Taken From Profane and Sacred History plus How to Avoid Hell. It can be found on Amazon for about 15 dollars. This is an excellent source as it details all the mortal sins against each respective commandment. I highly recommend it if you are not sure which sins are mortal.

[TandJ]

Wouldn't recommend that book for the scrupulous