February 9th, 2008
Sin: The Escape Clause
I’m glad there’s an escape clause to sin, or I’d
be screwed. Can one also reverse original sin?
“For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.”
Quotation by Rudyard Kipling
I’m glad there’s an escape clause to sin, or I’d
be screwed. Can one also reverse original sin?
“For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.”
Quotation by Rudyard Kipling
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February 9th, 2008 at 6:15 am
Sin in the Hebrew texts were originally symbolic symbols of stain and defilement in reference to their god, one who could not be conceived, but must always be referred to in the context of a verb and not as a noun in contrast to an abstract created God as we know it to day. Later on such acts of defilement were ascribed more in the context of ethics and seen as sin and guilt.
You have the version of creation and subsequently a befalling into sin as in Babylon, not a falling into sin which suggests a choice. The primary Hebrew language was of faith and life embodied by symbolic language before the speculative theory of original sin upon which it is based came into theology. Best wishes
February 9th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Mae West was with you…
“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”
“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. ”
“The score never interested me, only the game. “
February 9th, 2008 at 10:48 am
this is a nice one…at least the fear factor to go to hell will play in mind before committing a sin…nice work Sera!
February 9th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
We all would be screwed it it was not for that clause.
February 9th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Constantine, the Emperor who changed the name of Istanbul to Constantinople and estabilshed the Holy Roman Church there by building Santa Sophia, used that clause. He was a nasty man and proved it by slaughtering thousands of Muslims. He refused to become a Christian until he was on his deathbed.
I don’t know if that was good theology but I suspect not..
February 10th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Escape clause? I don’t believe in sin, i do believe in common sense. I’m pretty much unaffected by any of that dogma. The whole theory of sin and faith is so fractured it’s almost amusing.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:12 am
you’re very witty and talented! I love your site!
February 10th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Sin is negative, virtue is positive. Good that we have a sense of good and bad, although nature doesn’t have that sense, it’s neither good nor bad, it’s simply existence. Religious people call the bad “sin” and do all kind of weird things with it such as going to hell, forgiveness as kind of compensation, etc. BTW I have a colleague and when we go to the smokers’ room we invite each other to “sin”, our code word, yes it’s sinning and no forgiving exists for this.
February 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
You are so right! Thank God for his “grace” it makes it possible for us to get into the pearly gates…thats if we want to.
February 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I don’t believe in Sin, it’s just something society/religion imposes on us because we don’t feel we deserve happiness and to feel good. Why shouldn’t I enjoy and feel great in certain acts, is it really sinful or some old jealous person just saying so? Guilt and Law, though, those are two entirely different things and if you feel/break them, then you have to deal with the consequences of your actions, like anything really.