PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMONKE SINlemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down119
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minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days ago To be “sinful” is to act against your best interests. According to what definition?
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·7 days agoMine, I just gave it to you. Got a better one?
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days 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-down1·7 days 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-up1·7 days 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-up3·7 days agoBut what if what said god wants for me is against my own interest?
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?