Admitting You're a Sinner

[drfuzzy]

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I'm not sure, but it might be an evolved trait.  It may be related to the shock to the gut one feels after having a really close call in a dangerous situation.

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That's about right. We can figure out that guilt is about responsibility to others. So shame and guilt are similar in a sense. A fearful situation in survival may trigger a sense of great responsibility to the group or leader, and guilt/fear if that action failed.

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Banned: Atheism is attempting self hypnosis, it is trying to convince oneself of something.
Some people would call that a poorly developed religion.

"The fool says in his heart, there is no God" that's the definition of the Bible. The Bible also claims that they already know what the truth is, but they are just trying to back away from it. That's attempted self hypnosis.

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The definition of sin varies with people, especially if religious teachings are consulted, and that's where the discrepancies increase.
That's one of the reasons the thread topic hasn't been settled.

The beliefs about original sin vary within the Catholic church, even with its officials, but an understanding of its hierarchy and who believes what, shows why that is, and what the top and inside of the catholic church actually teaches.
However, it is fairly obvious what she means in the doctrine of the immaculate conception. Mary had to be without sin, "holy flesh," in order to produce the perfect son.
But the Bible teaches that Jesus was born of the same flesh and blood as all human beings.

So admitting you are a sinner, has nothing to do with inheriting guilt or sin, but inheriting the consequences of weakened moral tendencies, which Jesus also inherited, but never gave in to.
And admitting you're a sinner will include the admission of having sinned, and having developed the tendency to repeat the same, because that is what sin does, it ruins the capacity to do good.

The immediate question will be "how come atheists/sinners do good?" That is a fact, and a fairly big topic that doesn't belong here.

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Say WHAT?  Attempted self-hypnosis?
The sudden awareness of "I can't believe this crap, it's ridiculous!" is self-hypnosis?  It seems to me that praying over and over to have enough faith to accept certain teachings qualifies as self-hypnosis.  And it's quite clear that indoctrinating children into a religion is brainwashing.  And OF COURSE the Bible says in Psalm 14 "The fool says in his heart, there is no God".  The book claims that the war-demon sky daddy exists.  Of course it says that anyone that thinks otherwise is a fool.  The only thing that proves is that the witch doctors who wrote the book were trying to control people.  

And a "poorly defined religion"?  Seriously?
re·li·gion
noun
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
More: a particular system of faith and worship.