Posted on 11/23/2014 5:12:09 AM PST by BwanaNdege
Hello Freepers! I need help with research for a paper. Your ideas are needed and welcomed. I especially would appreciate comments from Libertarians and any lurking Liberals/Progressives and Atheists/"Brights".
Does this apply today?
Does this apply to you?
If not, how would you categorize the items on this list?
What things would you place on a modern list of the "Seven (or more) Deadly Sins"?
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Sin means “missing the target”, as in archery.
Or, as Obama said in this 2004 interview:
FALSANI: "What is sin?" OBAMA: "Being out of alignment with my values." FALSANI: "What happens if you have sin in your life?" OBAMA: "I think it's the same thing as the question about heaven. In the same way that if I'm true to myself and my faith that that is its own reward; when I'm not true to it, it's its own punishment."
Sin is anything that creates an obstacle to Love existing in your soul.
Sin is anything that creates an obstacle to Love existing in “MY” soul. (correction)
Good Morning!
The “Seven Deadly Sins” are from the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, a brilliant scholar and theologian of the early Church.
Thomas’s writings are terrific, and gives all Christians great insight into Scripture, Faith, Doctrine, and Praxis.
However, no Christian of any denomination would classify Thomas’s writings as “Scripture.”
In the words of Paul, “All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God”, and in the words of Jesus, “Whoever is guilty of breaking one Commandment is guilty of breaking them all.”
So, according to Scripture, which is the guide for all Christians, ALL sins are deadly.
Nevertheless, the “Big Seven” are a good jumping off point for discussion, since they summarize most of them! LOL!
I hope this thread doesn’t descend into another religious cat-fight. (That would be a SIN! LOL!)
Sin is separation from God. Sins are the symptoms of the disorder, and the ancient categorizations of them, whether the “Seven Deadly Sins” or the more spiritually perceptive and nuanced “Eight Grievous Vices” of St. John Cassian, favored by us Orthodox Christians, still apply.
I was going to say that sin was anything that violates God’s law but your definition is better. It really isn’t that complicated.
Sin is anything that seperates you from God (your true destiny.)
There are many levels to sin...
Sin is worse if you do something wrong when you know it is wrong.
Our souls are born pure. Certain acts such as taking a human life are always wrong. We know what sin is subconsciously even if we have disconnected with our pure child and logically convinced ourselves that something is not a sin.
Just yesterday I worked with a woman who had two abortions when she was younger. Even though she told me that it was ok and I said nothing in response to her statement, when I touched her soul and amplified the memories she lost it emotionally and sought forgiveness. She accepted forgiveness and instantly her eyes opened wide and her burden was lifted.
The really great thing is that Divine Grace is here for all of us and it is stronger right now than it has been since creation.
What is “Sin”?
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I view sin as anything that hinders us in performing Jesus’ two commandments...
Love God......
Love our neighbors as ourselves... (Keep in mind self Love is critically important as without it we create a shield with our guilt that blocks us from accepting God’s unconditional Love.)
Note the common word in these two commandments is LOVE
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“Missing the Target.”
Perfect. I’ve also heard “Missing the Mark.” (same thing)
Sin separates us from God - Because He is Holy.
We have all sinned - because we are sinners - separated from God from conception. We inherited our “sin nature.”
The penalty of sin is eternal (spiritual) death.
Christ paid the price for our sin.
Without Christ, we are separated from God. With Christ, we are God’s children, safe from the penalty of sin.
A key message from God - written in His Word, is this very subject: “Sin and the remedy.” It is the gospel. The truth.
Nothing a person does can separate him from God.
God may hate the sin but God will forever love the sinner.
Church is not a rest home for saints.
Church is a hospital for sinners.
“What is “Sin”?”
Anything I disagree with.
I agree, and again, its very simple, so simple even and atheist could understand.
as far as sins...my father used to say “everything in moderation”
as a young man I had modified his philosophy into
“everything in moderation....including moderation”
but now at my age and health, moderation is way too wild and crazy for me.
as far as the religious implications....I do not pretend to know....my Christian upbringing was strong and I was taught about sin and punishment. I do not necessarily believe that anymore....just another way to live ones life in a civilized society.
His word is always a good place to get answers :-)
The Bible Definition
Many religious leaders teach that Christ died for our sins. They teach that His shed blood cleanses us from sin. They preach about being set free from bondage to sin. They preach about freedom from keeping God’s law. But have you noticed that they never define what sin is—that they never challenge people to look into their Bibles to see how God defines sin?
If they did, they would have to tell you to read I John 3:4, where the Apostle John wrote, “Whosoever commits sin transgresses [breaks] also the law: for sin is the transgression [breaking] of the law.” When you sin, you break the law.
But what law?
The Apostle Paul wrote, “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law” (Rom. 7:7). God’s law reveals sin.
But what law was Paul writing about?
“…for I had not known lust, except the law had said, You shall not COVET” (same verse). This is the Tenth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21. The law that Paul and John referred to was the Ten Commandments. Both apostles taught that when you break them, you sin.
John also wrote, in I John 5:17, “All unrighteousness is sin.” Since God’s commandments are righteousness (Psa. 119:172), then unrighteousness—sin—must be the opposite. It is breaking God’s commandments.
And for those who think the Commandments were done away with I submit the following.......
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not
By itself, that is moral anarchy, every man doing what he feels or reasons is right in his own eyes, with not supreme standard to hold him to, even if somewhat interpretive.
How would you feel if or when your children act according to your basis for morality?
Granted that is that supreme moral standard is deficient or can be reasonably shown to be wrong than dissent would be justified, but it is not even practical to have no supreme moral standard to work from.
And which I hold is the Bible, understood in the light of Christ.
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