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Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga... by Connor_Creegan on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:11PM (#35088741)
Did you even read the article? These priests were on Grindr. That is different from experiencing temptation.

"But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Matthew 5:28

Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga... by RC_ITR on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:43PM (#35089006)
Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga... by Connor_Creegan on Thursday March 09, 2023 @08:44PM (#35089430)
I suppose we have reached the classic theological crossroads of the problem of knowingly-entering the near occasion of sin. I can hear the casuistic Jesuits marching nearer.

Do we not believe that something as reckless as the use of a sodomitic networking application is not deserving of discipline of some kind, even if this is not itself a mortal sin? Priests are defrocked for scandal all the time; e.g. the recent defrocking of Fr. Frank Pavone. And this isn't merely any scandal, but the scandal of nearing a sin that cries out to Heaven for vengeance.

Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga... by dang on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:29PM (#35090400)
We've banned this account for religious flamewar and for using HN primarily for ideological/religious battle, which is definitely not what this site is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga... by ononon on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:26AM (#35090729)
Can you explain why my most recent comment was flagged?
Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga... by dang on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:39AM (#35090817)
Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things. In this case I think they probably just thought your comment was flamebait—any time a comment is (a) too short to contain much information and (b) the topic is controversial, you're going to get that interpretation. I've turned off the flags now.

While I have you, would you mind reviewing the site guidelines at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html? Among other things, they ask you not to post questions like this in the threads, but rather to ask us at [email protected]. There are a bunch of reasons for that; one is that we're only likely to see your question if you email it to us; and another is that posts like this take discussions off topic.