It is freeing to recognize that I have never sinned and it pissed Christians off when I say this. To clarify, in Christianity sin is not simply “the bad things we do” it is specifically an offense against god. God does not exists so i have never sinned against him.

I’ve been an atheist for for 16 years but it was only recently that I realized this distinction. It short-circuits the guilt based evangelism. It forces the christian to first demonstrate that god exists before they can convince me I have sinned and need to be saved from that sin. And to say the least, they are ill equipped to demonstrate the existence of god.

  • slickJujitsuEnglish
    24·
    6 months ago

    The thrust of the argument is that sin is a thing assigned by God. If there is no god, there is no sin; there are only moral and immoral acts

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      6 months ago

      I submit that there are also criminal acts (and non criminal,) that are not necessarily moral or immoral. for example, feeding hungry people might be a crime… but it’s far from immoral.

      and I suspect that most christians would, at least agree as far as that goes.

      • slickJujitsuEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        Agreed. Just goes to show how laws can be moral or immoral as much as any action can be.