sin

Ok, here's the problem I'm having, and I'll start by clarifying the propositions, as best as I understand them. Feel free to correct me. P1: A lot of suffering and injustice in the world is supposedly explained by God somehow needing to give people complete free will. I suppose so he can see...

This phrase gets thrown around a lot by the christians on this board. While I understand most of the Chosen on this board can't really decide on which version of the christian god is the right one, I am curious to know what the differences are in regards to sin. This is a three part...

Usually I don't have to ask religious people about their doctrines cause I was raised Christian so I can just reflect to how I would've thought or what I'm sure someone from church would've said, and then answer my own question. But I've never gotten a good answer to this question. The Bible...

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My 1st post here: Born & raised Roman Catholic. Currently agnostic, non-believer in Christian dogma. Why did Jesus die on the cross? I am puzzled as to what is meant by salvation primarily. Also, why haven't we heard from Jesus one-on-one (no messengers) in the past 2,000 years? If he...

This interesting paradox springs from merely two premises that, in my view, nearly all Christians hold to be valid. Premise One: God is omnipotent; that is, God is all-powerful (a being than which no more powerful can be conceived). Premise Two: Sin accurately can be defined as “acts which...

Our favorite local fundie letter writer is back with a new incoherent, rambling opinion piece. Some tidbits: and: Awaiting comments.

So, masturbation is supposedly a sin in some religions, right? The supposed rationale for this is that every sperm cell is a potential life and that the seed should not be wasted in an act of selfish pleasure. Or so I learned in Catholic school. (Okay, they didn't actually cover it in Catholic...

Ahhhh. Warms the cockles of my heart to see christians fighting during dead-god-week. Thanks, Daily Telegraph

Dumb argument because: 1.) It presupposes that atheists believe in god. 2.) Choosing not to believe in god in order to sin would not obviate the cause and effect of sin and hell. 3.) It would be ever so much easier to simply believe in a forgiving god that would forgive sin.

Sin, Punishment, and Consciousness A few days ago I saw in the newspaper a cartoon showing a distraught, anguished, and horrified Uncle Sam holding in his arms the body of a child while he looked over his shoulder at the flames of Iraq. I was raised as a Catholic; I was taught by the nuns the...

Something that always bothers me in this Christian/Judao/Islamic idea of certain sins, namely Drink, Sex and physical pleasures. It says in the bible that their god commanded that they go 'forth and procreate' (procreate? create? creators? Maybe for another discussion) It also said that god's...

Okay, so sitting here doing some basic trigonometry, my questioning nature has stopped me from doing what I should be doing once again... How does the calculator find tangens, sinus and cosinus for a given angle? I mean, once it knows one angle it will automatically know the two others, but how...

Following link gives definitions of SIN & some I have taken are:- Let us consider that when all are well balanced as per nature's balance i.e. when all things & beings are in harmony to each other--there may be no debt, outstanding & carry forward of SIN or its Antonyms say GOOD DEED. So my...

No, not Las Vegas. Katrina, a category 5 hurricane, is headed directly for New Orleans. He even left it as a mild level 1 when crossing Florida, and boosted it only later, so that it may smaketh down His divine righteous Wrath. Hopefully tens of thousands won't get killed.

Never a more eloquent outline have I read anywhere concerning the nature of sin, and mans helplessness in it, outside the help of the Spirit of God. (which he gives freely) To fully understand the God of the Bible, and mans relationship to him (whether one believes or not) one must fully...

According to popular Christianity: 1) Babies have souls and are subject to an eternal fate just like adults. 2) Babies are not accountable for what they do. They are incapable of commiting sin until the age of accountability (whenever that is). 3) Because of point #2 babies get to go to...

I was wondering if anyone can point me to a bible verse that says a father should care for his kids. This stems from an argument over child support. This dad became a pastor and now makes far less money. So he wants to pay child alot less support since hes an indigent man of the cloth. Im...

Hello all, I give below some definitions;- SIN; an offense against religious or moral law: transgression of the law of God :a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God: to commit an offense or fault... Balance of nature; A term for an ideal condition in which the...

In my own evolution from Roman Catholic to born-again atheist, the one aspect of the Abrahamic religions that continues to confound my rational mind are its prohibitions against sex above and beyond simple procreation. How can the most beautiful, pleasurable, and life-affirming act humans can...

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I have a question that purtains to Jesus and original sin. Correct me if I am wrong(which I very well may be), but every human is born with some sin because of Adam and Eve(original sin). Now, I know Jesus was supposedly a god in human skin or something like that but he was technically human...

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One day in Heaven, Adam and Eve are out having a stroll. Up pops God. "Hi God", they both say, "what's up?" "Kids", says the Almighty, "I've just planted this apple tree right here, but don't touch the apples or I'll kick you silly. Ok?" "Ok" say the kids, and carry on frollicking around...

If a mother will die giving birth if she carries the child to full term and she has no recourse to hospital incubation facilities, is aborton still a sin?

he thinks tax cuts will improve the economy ! akkk !!! someone send out the liberal death squad to shut him up for breast's sake.......it's an election year !

This is in the religion forum rather than politics or flame war, because the point isn't French-bashing, it's what exactly is the authority of the Pope? <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3135560.stm"> Gourmands at war with the Deadly Sins</a> By Caroline Wyatt BBC correspondent in...

I do not in any way profit from this website. I just think it's very funny. Get Out of Hell Free Cards I just think a lot of JREF forum members will need one sooner or later. If you don't need one personally, give them out to people that don't think they are going to hell and piss them off.

Today when I was talking with a few friends one of my friends who is religious was talking about this house him and a bunch of people are going to for 3 days to worhsip god. And an immature friend of mine was like "whats the fun in that" and i was like "you dont have to smoke pot and have sex...