RE: the nature of sin
May 14, 2020 at 11:25 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2020 at 11:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's true that secular laws have largely abandoned thought crime as an actionable item. It shouldn't take much more than a person pointing to those regimes that leaned on it to explain why this was so. The character of jesus, however, doesn't offer any novel opinions on the subject. It was already widely believed that men could have wicked hearts™, and that those thought crimes caused by their wicked heart were the impetus for act in the exterior world.
What is the case against thought crime outside of moral consideration?
You appear to be playing with the idea of long term harm as opposed to the short term harm you think that secular ethics or law is based upon. In what sense is an invocation of harm not identical to the basis of secular morality or law?
What is the case against thought crime outside of moral consideration?
You appear to be playing with the idea of long term harm as opposed to the short term harm you think that secular ethics or law is based upon. In what sense is an invocation of harm not identical to the basis of secular morality or law?
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