fr0d0, you seem to be equating failure with sin. To sin is to go against divine law, and since an atheist sees no divine law, it is impossible for them to sin. No one is above failure, but to sin is in the eye of the beholder.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
