What I was taught is that they’re pre-sins, like pre-diabetes. If you’re on a sinful path and don’t change course, your lifestyle will lead you to sin. So lustful people will eventually cheat if they’re not corrected, greedy people will steal, etc.
The pre-sins aren’t full sins until you break an actual rule. The point is to straighten people out when they’re at the stage of giving bad vibes and red flags, before they’ve done anything serious.
What I was taught is that they’re pre-sins, like pre-diabetes. If you’re on a sinful path and don’t change course, your lifestyle will lead you to sin. So lustful people will eventually cheat if they’re not corrected, greedy people will steal, etc.
So basically thought crime but for God
The pre-sins aren’t full sins until you break an actual rule. The point is to straighten people out when they’re at the stage of giving bad vibes and red flags, before they’ve done anything serious.
But also yeah pretty much. It’s Catholicism lol