When does a virtue become a sin or does it ever?

Answer 1

Anything can be a sin if it takes the place of God in your life.


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Answer 2

Depends on your definition of both sin and virtue.
Virtue: Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
Sin: A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate

Seeing as sin is based on religion pretty much solely, and virtue although mostly based on religious teachings can also be defined outside of relgion it is hard to combine the two.

Now, true virtue cannot become sin because in the pursuit of and acheivement of moral excellence one cannot have commited sinful acts on the way or else the virtue is void. However in reality, the pursuit or obession with virtue can harm others on the way and result in sins. According to my first definition then this would not be actual virtue because it would be tainted, but if a person say...believes that something is virtuous, say murdering a baby because it has a "satanic" birth mark, when in fact others would disagree...well in that case who's right? Both parties would say that they were right, but who is to say what is right? To determine whether something is a sin or is a virtue one must base one's decision on something believed by a majority of people, for that is how most people base what is right, but then others might not believe it. The point is people cannot say what is virtue and what is sin because people are always having differing opinions. Even with the definitions above you still need a base for what is which in order to tell...so I suppose the answer would be sin and virtue are matters of opinion so depending on what you believe virtue can be sin and sin can be virtue, but really when you have your idea of virtue and sin then they cannot become each other in your mind, perhaps in other people's observations, but within one individual they can never be the same thing for the contradiction would prove both false.

Answer 3

Virtue is not necessarily defined as moral behavior and so if one adopts a definition of virtue like this it can be possible to sin while being virtuous.

Answer 4

To sin is virtuous; we can not know virtue until we know vice. How can one live not knowing about death? How can one laugh without lungs? How can one think without some kind of certain "sinful" thought? How can the day be day without night? How can change be change without sameness?

Answer 5

There's a book by a fellow named Philip Halle you should read. I'm not sure I have the title exact, but it's something like
"Tales of Good and Evil, Harm and Help", and it is the best answer to this question I have ever come across. I highly recommend it.

Answer 6

When you hurt others in your quest for virtue.

Answer 7

Eat well.Excercise well.Think well and help others as much as possible with good intenetion.This much is enough.Too much
of anything is bad.Especially asking questions.

If you did simple good things...even god can not do anything to you.Chill man!! it is waste to keep asking questions...

Answer 8

when it is taken to excess