(May 19, 2020 at 6:31 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(May 19, 2020 at 6:00 pm)Sal Wrote: 'Sin' has no relation with reality, it's an invented concept that is about tying down morality around blaming people for thought "crimes" for the most part.
Does morality have an "ontological existence"?
It seems to me that it's something made up by people. Yet it does exist in some way. Do laws have "ontological existence," or guidelines for safe driving?
If sin is also made up by people, then wouldn't it "exist ontologically" in the same way as morality?
Morality relates to actions between people with harm/pleasure/benefit/etc. as vectors, and ethics is the codification of that, so yes. 'Sin' doesn't enter into it.
Laws are man-made codifications of behavior, so they exist as much as behavior that has an impact on people's lives, so yes.
One is not like the other. 'Sin' is made up, without referrals, unlike what morality or laws do.
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Ultimately, 'sin' is about transgression against god(s) laws or 'divine' laws, whereas morality is about interaction between people.
