Is it really incest if a step daughter and step father have sex?
This sounds like BS to me. Of course it is wrong.
My mum (step mother) slapped me many times until my ear drum busted?
Ok first off What The Hell !!!! I would not stand a second of her foolishness she is obviously trying to set you up for failure, you said your 21 and i understand that its a sin to hit your mother or "step mother" but you getting beat is not tolerated especially from someone that is not your biological mother she shouldn't even have the right to touch you honestly god forbid this but you need to fight back your 21 years old not 12! stand up for yourself ! tell her to don't touch you or put hands on you your a grown adult! . You need to learn how to stand up and if you cant hit her you need to file a police report and take her *** to jail. Don't be afraid !!!!!!
What happens if you take Holy Communion without a confession?
From the guidelines from Scripture and the Catholic Church, a baptized person has to be in "a state of grace" (having committed no mortal sin since last confession) to receive Holy Communion aka The Eucharist. Who Can Receive Communion?CommunionIf you receive Holy Communion without confession and you know that you have committed a grave sin (an action that you know is morally wrong), you are in mortal sin (separation from God), having committed sacrilege and no longer in a state of grace; your soul is dead and destined for hell. It's advisable that you go to your priest and confess this sin immediately or when humanly possible.1 Corinthians 11:27 - 30Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup" For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died"
Is killing justified in the Bhagwad Gita?How, according to Krishna's teaching to Arjuna, was the war between the two sides justified? What about Karma?
I have tried to answer your queries point-wise - How according to Krishna's teaching to Arjuna, was the war between the two sides justified?According to Vedic injunctions there are six kinds of aggressors: (1) a poison giver, (2) one who sets fire to the house, (3) one who attacks with deadly weapons, (4) one who plunders riches, (5) one who occupies another's land, and (6) one who kidnaps a wife. Such aggressors are at once to be killed, and no sin is incurred by killing such aggressors. The Mahabharata describes how the Pandavas were subjected to all the above six aggressions.Isn't fighting over a kingdom petty compared to the lives that would be lost?It only appears superficially that the fighting of the Kurukshetra battle is over a kingdom. But it isn't. Here is a statement of Arjuna - I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it even if I win a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like that of the demigods in heaven. (Gita 2.8)He is not interested in the kingdom. What he actually wants is the HOLY GRAIL of TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE. He achieves that Fountain of Divine Knowledge when he steps in the role of a Vedic disciple and accepts Shri Krishna as his spiritual master.Isn't killing (be it human or animal) against the basic tenets of Hinduism?You are right. The actual Vedic mantra is ma himsyat sarva bhutani: NEVER COMMIT VIOLENCE TO ANYONE.Nor does understanding that the living entity is not killed encourage animal slaughter. Killing the body of anyone without authority is abominable and is punishable by the law of the state as well as by the law of the Lord. Arjuna, however, is being engaged in killing for the principle of religion, and not whimsically. My understanding of the principle of Karma is that when you kill someone, you're interfering with their cycle of life and death, and you end up tarnishing your own soul, earning yourself 'bad' Karma. Is this understanding incorrect?Again, well said. You are correct. The Gita only comes in to give you the total picture - the MEGA CANVAS of life itself. In our daily lives we see a magistrate sentencing someone to death. Is he interfering with the condemned man's life - Yes. But is he implicated - Absolutely NOT.