(October 28, 2013 at 4:53 pm)Zazzy Wrote:(October 28, 2013 at 4:47 pm)freedomfromfallacy Wrote: No, being fat, in and of itself, is not a 'sin'. It's how you got that way that MAY be a sin. For example; if you're fat because of a genetic reason, then no, it's not a sin. But if you are fat from a lack of self control, then yes, it is a sin. If you make food (or any earthly thing) more important than god, then (whatever) it is becomes a sin. Going to church too much could become a sin if it began to take precedence over worship of god.OK, so a "sin" is anything that's more important than god? How many believers would trade their bibles for water in the desert? I'm guessing most of them.
So it's not just worshipping something else that's sinful. It's having it be of great personal importance to you, to the extent that you might be thinking about the chocolate mousse instead of about god? It must be very exhausting to worry about this all the time.
Nah, all about the interpretation. For your example, they just tell themselves that they're spreading the word of god even when they're dying of thirst.
Why would a bible be a equal in value to a bottle of water?
