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I was doubting whether hearing covers of violins or any other instrument over an artist's song was a sin. I have been listening to a guy on youtube who plays violin over the music as background and the same artist posted it on her page so I think its not a sin, but I dont know

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Karen,

The Church gives us general principles with which to inform our Conscience.  It is up to us to apply these general principles through the use of our Conscience as best we can.

In matters of judgement it is not for me to say what is or is not a sin, that is for you to decide based on your Conscience.  There are things that are clearly sinful, this is a judgement of Conscience.

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Father Dave Bechtel

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I am a Catholic priest in good standing. I am from the Diocese of Scranton PA. I can answer most any questions on the Catholic Faith accurately. My specific area of study is Systamatic/Dogmatic Theology. One of my interests specifically is on the differences between Catholics and Protestants. If you have general questions about the Catholic Faith/issues pertaining to the Catholic Faith, or on Catholic/Protestant issues I feel more then able to answer your questions.

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Formerly I was a member at CARM (Christian Apologetics Research Ministry.) I was a member from 2006 until around 2009. On this website I would respond to many threads attacking or asking questions about the Catholic Faith. I have also had correspondence with some Protestant apologists over the email. Robert Zinz of a Christian Witness to Roman Catholics and Mike Gendron who wrote a book called "Preparing Catholics For Eternity." I was not a priest at the time of correspondence with these people, nor were they aware of my aspirations to be a priest. I have had some polite conversations over the email with some Catholic professors of theology, some orthodox, some not so orthodox in their teaching. I answer questions on Wiki-answers about the Catholic Faith from time to time. None of this is to mention my day to day experience with people in the parish and in the surrounding community.

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Bachelors of Science-- University of Scranton PA Masters of Arts Theology---Saint Mary's Seminary and University Baltimore MD Masters of Divinity--- Saint Charles Borremeo Seminary Philadelphia PA

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