Every sin is mearly the same in my book.....

I see where you're coming from. To me sin is just sin. I don't feel as if one sin is any worst than the other. A bullet to someone else's head is just the same as cheating on your wife. In God's book, a sin is a sin and unacceptable.

Thank you hunn!! I love having these types of talks!! I really get into the conversations. Who doesn't love a good challenge?

Man has his own definition of sin. In as much as it is different from wht the bible says, it holds no water then. For me, Sin is the trangression of the Law (whether the law of God or that of man) which has its consequences.

It is human nature to sin. Just about every sin will feel good while we are doing it, but sooner or later, we will answer to the Lord for everything we do. Thankfully, the Lord does forgive. To some people, some sins are worse than others. To God, every sin is the same. In the bible, it tells us that no matter what the sin is that a person commits, no matter how upset or mad we are at the person, we must forgive just as the Lord does (though it may be very hard at times). I personally have gone through the experience where I just did not care what the Lord thought because of all the bad stuff that I had been through. It turns out that what I thought was just horrible encounters were really just to make me more humble and a stronger christian. That was when I turned to God. The point when I decided that I needed him most. Sin only pulls us away from God. Like a father loves his child, this is how he loves us. he is very glad to bring us back into his arms when we are ready (no matter what the sin); Lets just hope that it's not too late.

regardless if you sin you sin it just really depends on what you belive and as i say to every on i dont believe in liveing my life by a book that some man/woman wrote sayin that they could talk to god

Sin in a nut shell, if God says no and you disobey that's sin. The Word sin actually means missing the mark.

Mikazukinoyaiba says ...

 That there is no such thing.

If you actually hold that to be true, then is murder entirely acceptable to you? Sin is very real and very repulsive. If you wish to argue that morals are somehow relative, then I feel sorry for you because that argument simply withers under quick scrutiny. If there is no absolute truth, then you cannot even believe in what you say, and still hold it to be absolutely true. What do I mean by this? Well, if morals are truly relative, then so is truth! That is because morals are an extension of truth and falsehood. Thus, if you do not believe that sin exists, then you cannot hold anything to really be true or false. (I would gladly debate this point even further with you.)

Thus, if what you say is true, then nobody can be wiser than anyone else, since wisdom itself requires a distinction between right and wrong.

Mikazukinoyaiba,

       SimpleSpy is completely right. The theory that there is no sin is as ridiculous as saying there is no dirt. Sin is obviously apparent anywhere you are. Maybe you can't touch it, but neither can you touch sorrow, joy, or pain. Does that mean they don't exist?

Since the majority of you seem to believe that "sin" exists, I want you to answer an additional question: What does sin deserve?

(I am not trying to steal this thread, but I think it has the potential to become an even larger discussion.)

    Remember than is no lesser sin or greater sin.But dwelling on the past you only hold you back.In the eyes of God everyone gets their chance to prove themselves to him.God gave us the right of freewill and with freewill come mostakes that can't be changed.Hit me back if you feel what im sain.

OF COURSE SIN EXISTS!!! This is me screaming, by the way.

Every sin is the same to God.  This is the important part.  We all sin.  Repentance is the most important part.  Hopefully, repentance makes you think more about your actions and then sin less.  Once again, that is HOPEFULLY.  Not everybody gets it.  Sin is anything and everything that is disobedient to the laws that God laid down a really long time ago.  Let's all recall Mt. Sinai.  Sometimes it is as small and trivial as the cookie jar analogy, but it is still disobedience.

The "what does sin deserve" question is easily answered.  Abigail helped with that.  Death.  Before Jesus died for us all and Christianity was born, Jews had to sacrifice ceremonially (I think I am using the right term) clean animals to atone for their sins.  This was recognition that they had sinned and were aware that something had to die for it.  Now, the sacrifice to atone has already been made although we still must acknowledge our sin and ask forgiveness from God.

I agree that this is a wonderful subject and certainly not trivial.

Come, now! We can't all agree here.

If one murders someone in self defense, one will be judged by the laws of the land. Eventually by the eternal laws of God. Lying is a sin regardless of one's motive. One just has to tell a second lie to cover-up the first and it continues like a domino effect until you get caught. Once you are caught, no one in their right mind would trust in what you tell them, even if it is the truth. Lust is a sin. Anyway you look at it. Regardless how you try to mold -it into something virtuous, it's still a sin. If you think of something or look at someone in a way which causes lustful thoughts in your mind and it stirs feelings of passion in you own being, it is just as sinful as if you acted upon those thoughts. You don't have to think carnal thoughts. You don't have to think of lustful acts. No one is forcing you to do or to think of those things, causing lustful thoughts in your mind. God gave us free agency. The free agency to make decissions of right or wrong, good or bad. You say that we were created by God, this I will agree with. But I disagree about the part of , " . . . we were created with these "flaws". Yes we were created imperfect, but to learn from the wrong and the bad. Not to experience them so much to where we can't be forgiven by God. We are created to learn and in learning we strive to make the right choices such as being chaste and virtuous. Besides, there are more things to think about in life, than lustful thoughts about anyone. One last food for thought. I people would spend more time doing the things God wants us to do, there wouldn't be time to do the things he doesn't want us to do.

LRackard says ...

I am talking about telling a lie to save a life. That is not what you are talking about. Lying to save someone's life is the right thing to do, in my opinion. And I do not feel that there is anything wrong with telling "white lies" now and then. ("Does this make me look fat?" "No, you look nice.")

Again, the Bible says murder is always wrong but that does not work in the real world. How would we know if self-defense is right or wrong? Why is the Bible so black and white?



Well, I am asexual so I don't "get" feeling lust for another person. But from my understanding, it appears to be something that cannot actually be controlled. "Sexual" people tend to feel sexually attracted to others. Again, if God had a problem with this, God shouldn't have created people with these feelings. And, again, I don't understand why we have to learn "right and wrong" by ourselves (i.e. we are like children that are not being lead by an adult). If you study different cultures, you will see that all humans have similarities, but ideas about right and wrong are occasionally VERY different. For example, even in the U.S., a man could hit his wife or even rape his wife. But now, we view that as being very wrong. And, as you'll notice, even Christians have different views of right and wrong. People get different answers or no answer from God and some even have to see a psychologist/counselor because prayer is not giving them any answers. But, I'll stop because you're Christian and I'm not.

I agree with you that we should strive to do good.

uhmmm.......... this lil thing kinda made me upset a bit ..... my answer to all this tht your saying is.... someone called satin .. who puts thoughts in your mind tht ar enot suppoesed to be there, who corrpupts your mind with bad things that are not of god, who has every intension on you not serving god.. not tryna be mean but someone has def brainwashed you...... =/   & i hope you get things right . i respect your religion & everything but its not right . i hope this makes you think.