What is sin?

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What is sin?
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Mon, 09-11-2006 - 6:34pm

Someone posted in another thread about sin, and it triggered this question:  What do you think sin is?  What do you do about it?


I'm looking forward to a great interchange of ideas!


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Registered: 03-09-2001
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 7:10pm

"Sin" isn't part of my spiritual vocabulary or path as a Wiccan. While there IS Karma, it is affected by all our actions, not just those labeled "bad." Karma in my beliefs is a tool to rebalance, put back in balance, that which we took out of balance by our actions. Yes, I break the "Harm None" law at times, but I am not labeled by my Goddess and God, nor am I judged by them. Each lifetime is filled with lessons, both Karmic and otherwise. All life experiences are to help me evolve as Spirit. There is no punishment per se. Karma is not an instrument of punishment. It is an instrument for growth and understanding of what it means to be Spirit, and to evolve. Karma will require to accept good or rebalance what I harmed, but beyond that, it is not "sin" in the sense of Christianity, the only religion I have followed in the past, that uses the concept of "sin."

I'll be interested to read what others have to say, also! :)

Gypsy



Blessings,

Gypsy

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 9:58pm

I feel very much the same way as Gypsy.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 12:17am

Being Christian, for me it is whatever comes
against the word of God.
I am not perfect and will never be, so if I ever
sin, I simply take it to God and he is faithful
to forgive. No guilt.

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Registered: 05-12-2003
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 8:23am
Sin is an act of violation against the laws of the Universe, of Life itself. Earth is a school of life, we are here to learn, when we violate the rules while in this existence we sin.
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Registered: 04-22-2003
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 9:50am

I finished a three year bible study a few years ago that led me to the personal belief that the word "sin" has been misinterpreted for centuries according to the direction and amount of control a particular group


iVillage Member
Registered: 03-09-2001
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 10:26am

"The original meaniing of the word was "missing the mark," or falling short of perfection, a condition that afflicts every single human being on the planet. It has nothing to do with being wrong or evil."

Now, THAT is very interesting. I'd never heard this before. It makes perfect sense.

Gypsy



Blessings,

Gypsy

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Registered: 10-07-2003
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 11:49am

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I think a lot of people have the misconception that Christianity is about following rules. Your post sums up the gist of Jesus' teaching . Striving for a relationship with God is the only way for us to turn from sin because we are incapable of being perfect on our own, It is indeed, "a condition that afflicts every single human being on the planet."
Sin is desires of the flesh. When we accept Jesus Christ, we accept the Holy Spirit, which is God's gift to us to lead us away from sin. So that we are no longer led by our own desires, but we are led by God's spirit. So it isn't about following rules, its about letting God lead you into becoming what we were made to be. That's what it means by being saved by grace and not by following the law. Grace is God's gift to us so that we can be delivered from sin and come close to Him. Turning from sin is the natural progression of deepening one's relationship with God, hence love, patience, kindness, peace..etc are the "fruits of the Spirit". You can't KNOW God and still DESIRE to sin.

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Registered: 08-09-2005
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 3:16pm

>You can't KNOW God and still DESIRE to sin.<


This is one reason I can't reconcile myself to the

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Registered: 10-07-2003
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 4:43pm

2 Corinthians 11:29 - Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
1 John 1:8 - If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

What I said was, we do not DESIRE to sin because we have God's Spirit in us. This does not mean that we never sin anymore.

Romans 7:14-24
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

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Registered: 01-17-2005
In reply to: cl_binkeebee
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 5:18pm
Hi there binkeebee, great question.
I do not believe there is sin as according to religion and Biblical terms.
I would rather define sin as errors made by ourselves. Through these errors we have the choice, or free will if you'd like, to learn and grown from what happened. Or we can continue doing the error and not truly see the consequences as they unfold. I think we all see that happen but would perhaps deny seeing it.
I think we only have ourselves to blame for our errors, not any kind of Satan. The church I once belonged to told me that Satan is always whispering in our ears, temptation and all that. It sounded ridiculous to me.
Say that I steal something. Not only will I possibly get in trouble with the law, but I will be dealing with my own guilt, remorse, shame. The law cannot be seen as God to be feared. The law is merely there on this Earth to help uphold right ways. As for my own error of stealing, I will punish myself with shame. The person that I am today, I would beat myself to a pulp about the whole matter. I will learn from it and move on to better things. Perhaps I can do a good deed to help forgive myself.

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