RE: Admitting You're a Sinner
January 22, 2018 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2018 at 12:03 pm by KittyAnn.)
(January 8, 2018 at 2:57 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: What's up with this?yes, in the Catholic faith, to admit that I'm capable of moral transgressions..this is a kind of admission that i am a sinner, but it doesn't mean that i'm a bad person it only means that my behavior, my actions was/are bad...
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?
so the assumption is this:
I am a good man who sometimes sins but since I'm a good man, I can improve my behavior because I want to... but if I was a bad person, what sense would it be to try to improve my own behavior? .. we could assumed in advance that our behaviour is good even if in the eyes of others it would be bad,.. because i'm a bad person.
..so in my opinion we're all good only our behavior and our actions and our choices are not always good ... and whether we theists will call it a sin and atheists will call this a moral transgressions .. and so ultimately it all comes down to one.. I did wrong!... i have to/want to fix it
more or less
"Alone is what I have. Alone protects me."
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
