In order to sell a cure you must first invent a disease. That's why many religions are so heavy handed with convincing people about how bad they are, how much of a sinner they are, even if they've never sinned they inherit the sins of their ancestors and only that religion can provide the cure and salvation.
The idea of sin is solely a human invention and shouldn't be treated as anything other.
In my opinion it's good to reflect upon one's moral transgressions and try to avoid committing them again. However I do believe that religion is unhealthy here as the focus of religion isn't really in helping people get past their own shortcomings as the main focus is just to make them religious in the first place, no matter what.
The idea of sin is solely a human invention and shouldn't be treated as anything other.
In my opinion it's good to reflect upon one's moral transgressions and try to avoid committing them again. However I do believe that religion is unhealthy here as the focus of religion isn't really in helping people get past their own shortcomings as the main focus is just to make them religious in the first place, no matter what.
"History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets." -Yuval Noah Harari
