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Sinning In Dreamworld?


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Are you culpable for mortal sin because of actions that happen in a dream? Like, if I dreamt I was shooting tons of people with a bazooka, should I go to confession?

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Nope, so sayeth Augustine. Dreams you don't control at all... some can even be placed there by the enemy, I think.

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Yep Dave, you've got that right, I wish I could find that Bible passage again that says "not all dreams come from God" so we must be cautious with them.

* goes to hunt down that passage lol *

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However, from what I've been told... if you for example dwelled on impure sexual thoughts THEN dreamed about them soon after, it probally would be a sin. Though I'm not sure.

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well " dwelling on those thoughts before falling asleep " is the sin itself, because thoughts are just as bad as actions

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ok i just got its friday on a retreat and i just got back today
in u have a Baltimore Catechism No.3 ... well i found it and now i lost it get back to u on that am sorry but as soon as i find it ill post it :sadder: :sweat:

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Having done research on lucid dreams, i believe it is possible to control our dreams consciously. I also believe, though without the research, that we always control our dreams, though subconciously. A sin is a conscious action, especially a mortal sin. If you were in a lucid dream, and you chose to have sex with somoene you weren't married to, then I would say you should go to Confession and talk to the priest.

I know that there are some Buddhists who believe that in lucid dreams your choices still count for karma like they do in the real world.

Ask a priest, or move this thread to another forum besides open mic.

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The reason I love to sleep I can't sin. LOL! A semmie told me once "Sleep all you can, saves time in confession. Unless you are supposed to be working than sleeping makes you have to go for solth." LOL!

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it's ok, dude. we all make mistakes.... it's late at night anyway. i'm going to bed. maybe i'll have a lucid dream? probably not, i'm not very good at those. g'night, sir.

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