(December 6, 2008 at 2:21 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Their definition also happens to be wrong because there is no usage (at least that I am aware of) of the word "sin" that doesn't, at least implicitly, gain it's meaning from the religious connotation of the word.
To use the M-W example, "It's a sin to waste food" ... it implicitly gets it's meaning from the concept of wrong doing outlined in scripture therefore it's use is inherently religious.
As such, given that there is no validatable evidence supporting the existence of deity, I reject utterly the notion of sin from a non-religious POV and repeat that I am therefore unable to commit sin.
I don't think that the second list (Sin. 2. An offense against any law, standard, code, etc. [to sin against good taste].) implicitly gets it's meaning from the concept of wrong doing oulined in scripture, or is inherently religious.
Even if it were, that wouldn't mean much because many of our words come from a similar source. The days of the week come from the pagan gods. Tombstones, wedding rings, wind chimes ... all from pagan religion.
