Assertion: sloth's sin | /r/HasProperty | shunned
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text: Sin is ever to be shunned, but the assaults of sin should be overcome, sometimes by flight, sometimes by resistance; by flight when a continued thought increases the incentive to sin, as in lust; for which reason it is written (1 Corinthians 6:18):
text: On this subject St. Thomas observes: "Sin is ever to be shunned, but the assaults of sin should be overcome, sometimes by flight, sometimes by resistance; by flight, when a continued thought increases the incentive to sin, as in lust; ... by resistance, when perseverance in the thought diminishes the incentive to sin, which incentive arises from some trivial consideration.