KZfaq is not evil. What one views on KZfaq is the thing to discern.

@@CaesarConsuloProVita I understand. It's the near temptation of sin that I can do without.

@@randycarson9812 Fair enough…but there is a lot of good on KZfaq. Like this video that we are commenting on. I find that one of my biggest stumbling blocks is an overly ascetic Scrupulosity. I have given up most tv….but have no intention of giving up KZfaq. If you must….so be it. Food for thought….

I mostly use you tube for faith videos, and cute cat videos, also a bit of music

Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

@@bethmcmullan7686 This is the book the commentator is referencing? Thank you.

I will assume this is a joke and therefore it is funny. I enjoyed it. I was not remotely sad. Mission accomplished.

@@halleylujah247 Not a joke, just taking all this to it's logical conclusion. Seeking pleasure and avoiding suffering = sinful passion. Therefore you should sleep on rocks, eat unpleasant food (just enough to not starve), and never marry since you might try to have children and that's not okay. You also shouldn't seek to alleviate the suffering of others by this reasoning, because you're depriving them of an opportunity to offer it up.

@@leoncaruthers You are not taking this to its logical conclusion but over shooting the mark. I truly hope you don't think this is true. If you do that's sad. Thats not what Mother was saying and is definitely not what the Church teaches. Leisure, Joy, and Beauty are all parts of our faith.

@@halleylujah247 She never qualifies it at all. It is sinful and subhuman to seek pleasure and avoid pain, and it thus follows that we are to seek pain and avoid pleasure, and anything less is sinful self indulgence. About which we must not be sad, because that too is a sin. Without clarifying and qualifying statements, teaching like this is perfect for inspiring scrupulosity and despair, and there are none here at all.

@@leoncaruthers How is it subhuman? I don't believe you are Catholic and this is just your theory. If so you are wrong. God is good and made us good. He gave us beauty and life so we can enjoy it. There are times of pain and suffering but just as there are seasons, it is not constant. We should not seek to make ourselves miserable. This is not why God created you. I am sorry you have taken such a pessimistic view. Please reconsider.

Sadness comes from the evil one. Sadness will grow and fool us into believing our sins aren't forgivable. This prevents us from seeking salvation. That is why we as catholics can offer up our suffering to better serve Jesus. Sadness leads to losing hope; which is contrary to our theological virtues.

I think perhaps it is less to do with the fleeting emotion of sadness, which we will all feel from time to time and have little control over. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. If you see cruelty and injustice or suffer the loss of a loved one, that is undoubtedly going to spark a feeling of sadness but it passes and we move on in time. I feel its more about holding onto that emotion and dwelling in a pit of self pity and depression which leads to losing hope like you mentioned. Obviously this is only my opinion, but I feel like we are unlikely to be condemned for feeling a very human emotion once in a while. I can't speak for the Lord, but I believe it's more about the excess of any emotion that leads us to sin rather than expecting ourselves to somehow never feel these very human things. We can't just completely rid ourselves of emotion. It's impossible to never be sad or angry. It's more about not allowing those emotions to define who we are. Seeking the Lord when we feel burdened by strong negative emotions rather than suffering alone and letting them take over our thoughts and direct our actions towards others. We will never be perfect whilst we are still in the flesh. Emotions are unavoidable. Anything in excess is bad for us and not taking those things to lord and allowing him to shoulder that burden will only lead us to unnecessary suffering.

@@Christ_Is_King34 yes one feels pain and cries. We feel sadness and it's ok. The tricky part is the continued sadness will lead to hopelessness and maybe nihilism.

The way I would imagine it is taken is to think of "sadness" as despair / hopelessness, rather than as a rational grief or simply feeling a loss. Hope is a virtue, therefore despair is an evil - an absence of hope.

Whadya mean?

I feel silly, but what is inclusive about the art?

I don’t get what you mean be inclusivity but I agree that the art isn’t doing it any favors. The arms being so huge makes them look like legs. The shoulders being so round makes them look like a butt and the end result looks like someone is excreting a head.

​@jackiekjono I actually think that's the point, given that the video title is what to do with evil thoughts. It's sort of a rorschach test to make you do a double take and realize that your mind (mine as well) was imposing an unnecessarily dirty interpretation of the art.

Odd shaped people and creatures are signs and sumbols of eil and evil things in art.

How did you come to that conclusion?

I thought the same. I scrolled past it because of the image, but came to it again and read the title.

This comment is completely unnecessary and very uncharitable. Please do some soul-searching. I'll pray for you.

I don't find it contrived but rather natural. I agree with the commenter above.

@@MrGoodwell If a person is trying to spread the teaching of Christ via the spoken word, then attention should be paid to the quality of one's voice. Singers must, and so must speakers. It is not uncharitable to tell the person that her voice has what is called 'fry.' It can be eliminated. It is difficult to listen to.

Then mute her voice and put the closed captioning on.

@@leticiavalles632 That might serve me well, but what would serve this good young nun is to read my comment and consult with an knowledgeable advisor on voice work.