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Backbiting question Christanon 05/08/19 (Wed) 11:11:31 28723b No.805043

>Accordingly we must say that if a man listens to backbiting without resisting it, he seems to consent to the backbiter, so that he becomes a participator in his sin. And if he induces him to backbite, or at least if the detraction be pleasing to him on account of his hatred of the person detracted, he sins no less than the detractor, and sometimes more.

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3073.htm#article4

It is obviously sinful to allow a person to backbite if I'm directly involved in the conversation. But is it a mortal sin (or a serious venial sin) if I don't interrupt someone's else conversation when I hear backbiting? When I asked my confessor about correcting others, he said that I need to discern wether it's going to make more good than harm and it seems to me that it would not be mortally sinful, since these people are going to continue as soon as I leave. Also, it doesn't seem to count as "listening" since I don't give my attention or approval to this, so I would only hear it.

Still, I have been wondering wether I'm missing something, so I'd like to know your opinion about this /christian/. Yes, this post was made right after I've heard my friends backbiting someone

Christanon 05/08/19 (Wed) 12:57:12 b53861 No.805058

>>805043

Just listen to your confessor, it's not a democracy. Also I wouldn't worry about it, it is their idle words that they will have to give an account of.

Christanon 05/09/19 (Thu) 01:00:24 adc516 No.805280

I usually just remain silent. People usually get the message that I'm not gonna be their yes man. If it's really bad, I'll say something like "yeah, well you never know what they're going through, maybe they had a reason to do the thing you're mad about." I can't stand it when people talk shit to me about others, it really pisses me off, but I have to just bite my tongue because most of these people are my superiors and they will winnie the pooh me over if I don't stay in line. However, if one of your friends is genuinely talking shit about someone you care about, you should say something. Its just hard living in this world trying to get by without conflict, I'd rather stay out of most conflict if possible and I wish people didn't start conflict. Just don't be a bitch, basically. I don't know

Christanon 05/09/19 (Thu) 02:20:11 af0919 No.805314

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>>805043

>mortal sin (or a serious venial sin)

Christanon 05/09/19 (Thu) 13:53:03 929092 No.805476

>>805314

?

Christanon 05/09/19 (Thu) 14:22:14 809be9 No.805485

>>805043

> is it a mortal sin not to interrupt other people's conversations to tell them about Jesus

Christanon 05/10/19 (Fri) 00:05:55 cfcfee No.805624

>>805314

"serious venial sin" is pushing it, but there is precedence for a continual bad venial sin (bad habit) constantly pushing the line into either mortal sin, or leading to mortal sin.

looking at women while single, is a bad habit that is definitely a sin, and most probably becomes mortal through how egregious it may be, or lead to mortal sin