I do think some actions that have been declared to be sins are victimless. Like “impure thoughts”, which may lead a normal married man to approach his wife to fulfill the commandment to “go forth and multiply “.
I misspelled it, try a Google search of SNL 1998 Schweddy Balls sketch of a young Alec Baldwin on a parody of NPR cooking show presenting his Christmas baking treat, it’s hilarious.
As long as your health is good and you had saved up a decent nest egg and you have social connections, retirement is great! I wish I could freeze these early retirement years before I inevitably get elderly and sick.
There’s something about actually saying it out loud to a real person to get it off your chest, and it’s like a poor man’s version seeing a shrink for free, and the priest generally will offer advice on your issues – you can take it or leave it. I think for most people “sins” are just normal human behavior, usually trivial, unless it’s something significant like murder, theft, abuse, cheating on spouse, etc.
I do think some actions that have been declared to be sins are victimless. Like “impure thoughts”, which may lead a normal married man to approach his wife to fulfill the commandment to “go forth and multiply “.