text: is it a sin ? if i scratch my back with a fork and then use it to eat my spaghetti without wiping it on my shirt first ? hell yes! but if you dip the fork in spaghetti first, then scratch your back, it is not a sin. what church did you go to...everyone knows that!  and it is a serious breach of ettiquette to wipe your fork on your tee shirt! use your underwear instead...that is polite.