But that means that it is specific religion based. Surely that can't be right? As for word (words) how can word/s be a sin? OK if a person describes Mohamed as a big girls blouse then that won't go down well but they have very strange beliefs. Similarly "improper" is religion based and in the case of the two Abrahamic religions actually vary with time.
I argue that while evil can be defined as an absolute sin can not. In fact the word emerged in the middle ages in Britain when it was adopted from archery where an archer who misses his target is said to have sinned. So any (usually Christian) who doesn't follow the teaching of the church is said to have missed the target and so sinned. Teaching of the church? THAT'S a can of worms in its own right when the claimed teaching of Jesus are considered!
I argue that while evil can be defined as an absolute sin can not. In fact the word emerged in the middle ages in Britain when it was adopted from archery where an archer who misses his target is said to have sinned. So any (usually Christian) who doesn't follow the teaching of the church is said to have missed the target and so sinned. Teaching of the church? THAT'S a can of worms in its own right when the claimed teaching of Jesus are considered!