PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMONKE SINlemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down119
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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?
“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?