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minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoTo be “sinful” is to act against your best interests. Chimps and monkeys have been known to do BATSHIT INSANE stuff
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month ago To be “sinful” is to act against your best interests. According to what definition?
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoMine, I just gave it to you. Got a better one?
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOk - let’s pretend we live in username irl. Who would win this contest? A Union of Kobolds or CyberEgg
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month ago“Sin” is heavily religiously connotated. Any definition that does not include that context misses an important part.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOkay, incorporate that into a definition without showing favoritism to any one religion. The central idea behind sin in all religions is what I said - acting against your own interest, i.e., what God wants for you
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoBut what if what said god wants for me is against my own interest?
To be “sinful” is to act against your best interests.
Chimps and monkeys have been known to do BATSHIT INSANE stuff
According to what definition?
Mine, I just gave it to you. Got a better one?
Ok - let’s pretend we live in username irl. Who would win this contest?
A Union of Kobolds
or
CyberEgg
“Sin” is heavily religiously connotated. Any definition that does not include that context misses an important part.
Okay, incorporate that into a definition without showing favoritism to any one religion.
The central idea behind sin in all religions is what I said - acting against your own interest, i.e., what God wants for you
But what if what said god wants for me is against my own interest?