RE: the nature of sin
May 19, 2020 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2020 at 11:23 am by The Grand Nudger.)
We're back to wondering what makes a sin sinful, apart from what makes a wrong wrong. The notion of failure in this context is, itself, normative. You simply cannot stop using the semantics of morality while declaring this something other-than, huh? It's nonsense.
This bit about vaccines is an attempt at topical apologism, but it isn't what you believe. A vaccine prevents a disease. You, as a christian, do not believe that what you have prevents sin. You, for example, are not free of sin, just free from it's asserted consequence. Namely, death. Conveniently, this is the very thing that you fear most..and unless you're a complete piece of shit who believes in nothing that you've said over the years, you must also believe...deep down, that you deserve these consequences - yet another example of how the moral field is inextricable from your beliefs.
As I already noted. You do believe that "sin" is a normative construct, and you do believe that people can and will fail with respect to the normative construct and that there is a price to pay for this failure. You do not believe that you will be held accountable for those failures, to your own normative construct, which you believe was gifted to you by a god.
That's christian moral character at work.
The above makes sin directly equivalent to morality - which it always has been. Not offering god first fruits, is bad.
This bit about vaccines is an attempt at topical apologism, but it isn't what you believe. A vaccine prevents a disease. You, as a christian, do not believe that what you have prevents sin. You, for example, are not free of sin, just free from it's asserted consequence. Namely, death. Conveniently, this is the very thing that you fear most..and unless you're a complete piece of shit who believes in nothing that you've said over the years, you must also believe...deep down, that you deserve these consequences - yet another example of how the moral field is inextricable from your beliefs.
As I already noted. You do believe that "sin" is a normative construct, and you do believe that people can and will fail with respect to the normative construct and that there is a price to pay for this failure. You do not believe that you will be held accountable for those failures, to your own normative construct, which you believe was gifted to you by a god.
That's christian moral character at work.
(May 19, 2020 at 10:41 am)Drich Wrote:
(May 19, 2020 at 8:56 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: There is no distinction between ceremonial and moral law in theocratic systems. FWIW, failure to satisfy divine requirements was believed to bring harm and misery.
which make sin something more than adherence to morality right?
if a breaking a moral act in the ot was the same as not offering God first fruits, then sin is not about who is good or who is bad it's deeper than that.
The above makes sin directly equivalent to morality - which it always has been. Not offering god first fruits, is bad.
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