RE: Admitting You're a Sinner
January 17, 2018 at 9:26 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2018 at 9:28 pm by Banned.)
(January 17, 2018 at 9:16 pm)Martian Mermaid Wrote: My impression of it is that you always have sinned, and always will. Which is true, as it is impossible to perfect and moral forever. But that's just the thing, it's impossible to be perfect. Everyone makes mistakes, that doesn't mean we are bad. If we do the best we can we are not bad. But...best at what? What defines morality? Is there even such thing as good or bad, or just whatever you and me think is good or bad?
I don't think there is concrete good or bad in the first place. But I don't believe there is a creator or a purpose. Theists think there is a creator, and usually a purpose. I suppose straying from that purpose is "bad", but even if that were true, all you can do is the best you can. Therefore you can't be a bad person.
But telling you that you are creates loyalty. You want to repent, so the church can tell you to do better. So they can tell you how to be better. So they can tell you what to do.
From what I have seen, this often means meeting with church leaders to discuss your connection or loyalty to God. This way they keep tabs on your deepest thoughts.
You've got as many questions as I have.
And it makes perfect sense what you are saying, and you also seem very balanced.
(January 17, 2018 at 9:19 pm)Succubus Wrote:(January 17, 2018 at 7:29 pm)Banned Wrote: Admitting you're a sinner is generally only a problem for narcissists.
They hate to think that they are prone to make mistakes, which they make more often than anyone else.
The comments on this thread suggest that Atheism is the perfect religion for narcissists.
This post suggests you have a limited understanding of narcism and a very limited understanding of atheism.
True.
What I should have said is that sin is narcissism, and who hasn't got some of that?
