Admitting You're a Sinner

[Haipule]

What's up with this?

It's the first step in the ABCs of becoming a Christian (Admit, Believe, Confess) but I always saw it as a rather unhealthy way to reflect upon one's misdeeds. Personally, I think something like "I made a mistake" or "That was terrible of me to do" is a much more beneficial as it is directed toward the action itself. It doesn't make the assumption: I did a bad thing, therefore I'm a bad person. 

What does it really even mean? 

Admit that I'm capable of moral transgressions? Sure, I'll admit that. But that doesn't mean I am anything, does it? 

Does it mean admit that I've commited moral transgressions in the past? I'll admit that too. And while you're at it, I'll probably fail in my moral responsibilities in the future too. I admit it.


Theists: Have I admitted in this post that I'm a sinner? Or is there more to it than that? If so, what's the difference?

Atheists: What do you make of all this "admit you're a sinner" stuff? What do you think motivates it? Is it a good, bad, or ugly way to reflect on moral transgressions?

Sin is a silly word! Hebrew: chattah and Greek: hamartia mean: the errant flight of an arrow flung from a bow without any concern for the harm it may cause self or others. Figuratively mean: wrong way, off course, amiss, miss, etc. These words are about where we are going and not the act. IOW's, go the wrong way and you will probably do something stupid.

There is absolutely no list of “sins” in the entire Bible! Being off your mark in Scripture is; whatever off-target lifestyle is not of faith(noun, the substance of what you trust of God’s word through study); whatever off-target lifestyle is not of God’s righteousness(according to His standard); sexual misconduct. Sexual misconduct is a miss(errant arrow) against(into) yourself(ouch!). You are shooting yourself! You are shooting yourself with the arrows of unwanted relationships, unwanted pregnancies, disease, E.D., etc.

"Confession" just means to acknowledge your debt and come to an agreement with the one you caused harm. We can at least say that we're sorry.

Sin is the worst and most misleading word we could have given hamartia, if you don’t believe me, just ask everyone you know, “What is a sin”, and you will get just as many answers. Why? Because the word “sin” doesn’t mean anything rather, it means whatever you think it means, or say it means, and to as many whom are dumb enough to listen to you! It is a “silly” word.