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The thing is that people sin because it's emotionally satisfactory to them. They get attached to a certain good prefer the fuzzy feeling above a lesson to be learned. Attaching yourself to God intellectually and emotionally is but the best way to fight it.muichimotsu said:Sin is merely a concept to me...the term sin makes every action seem so terrible, when no one is above these, instead the concept should be a mistake, which is able to be learned from and the habits changed that caused it. Example: you get emotionally damaged through a bad relationship, you rethink how you look at people and what type of person would really be best for you. Example 2: You steal something and get away with it, but something inside (Not necessarily God, perhaps your conscience, which can be seen as purely human) tells you that this is wrong for one of many reasons. You return the stolen item, apologize, take whatever punishment you are given and resolve not to steal again. Again, I feel alone, a relativist lost among theists and Christians, among others that believe God is so close to mankind, he can touch us...
That one deserves a rimshot, ba dam bomp!!!cardero said:What is sin?
Sin is an action to contemplate when we arent busy judging others.
Perhaps it means tho, that athiests cannot sin. They can be moral, or immoral, just as any theist can be, but if they are not bound to any set of supernaturally inspired rules, then can they sin?michel said:What is sin ?
The Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004b.htm defines sin as "Sin is nothing else than a morally bad act (St. Thomas, "De malo", 7:3), an act not in accord with reason informed by the Divine law. God has endowed us with reason and free-will, and a sense of responsibility; He has made us subject to His law, which is known to us by the dictates of conscience, and our acts must conform with these dictates, otherwise we sin (Romans 14:23)."
I am not sure i am 'happy' with the 'morally bad act' which is later defined as 'an act not in accord with reason informed by the Divine law', simply because this implies that atheists can have no morals, which is absurd.
I would be tempted to define sin as "something your conscience tells you is not something Jesus Christ would have condoned". Add to that the fact that there are sins of omission as well as those of comission......
Victor said:1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law."
~Victor
That's a great response. It also kind of illustrates something I think is very important. The idea that a person would behave differently with the Lord standing right in front of him implies, to me, that there has to be some sort of recognition that a particular behavior is wrong in order for it to be sinful.fromthe heart said:Sin...anything you wouldn't do/say/think if the Lord were standing right in front of you. If you would feel it's ok to do with God by your side then you are probably good.:bounce
fromthe heart said:Sin...anything you wouldn't do/say/think if the Lord were standing right in front of you. If you would feel it's ok to do with God by your side then you are probably good.:bounce
Uh...ok.blood-lord14 said:timecube is the truth....praying to singularity is a sin.