To you, what is sin?

Answer 1

Drutazo,

Good question.
How many hours do you have?

In essence, sin is when you do
something you know will have a
bad effect (cause and effect).
That is the broadest answer I
can think of.

Be well!

Answer 2

What if I don't accept or reject God?

Q: "What if I don't accept God, but I don't reject him either? If I do not say there is no God, but I don't confirm that he really exists?"

our A: Maybe it all depends on what you really know in your heart to be true. In other words, you could be before God someday and say, "But I never knew that You existed!" And He might well reply, "Yes, you did. I made sure you did. Deep down in your heart, you knew that I existed. I know because I put that knowledge there. Yet you didn't want to know Me, so you refused to admit that I exist. You ignored the information I gave you, but it's there."

More than likely, we're accountable for what we know. The real question then is what do we really know? How much knowledge has God placed in our hearts? Whatever it is, we're called to respond to it. And it's possible that we know things that we'd rather not admit. The Bible says that the human heart is deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9).

Your question seems to be, "What if I just ride the fence and never make a decision?" That would be fine, if you truly had no information to go on. But the Bible says that God's existence is evidenced by the complexity of the world around us, and that we are therefore accountable for knowing that He exists. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)

And what if it's gone beyond that? Many people have said that they sensed, for years, God "knocking" on their hearts, as if trying to gain access. If that is true for a person (and God would know), then making no decision about Him would be the same as rejecting Him. If He asks to come into our lives/hearts, there is no middle ground.

Then there's also the person of Jesus Christ. This man claimed to be God, performed miracles to back up that claim, died for our sins, rose from the dead, and left an account of His life for us to read about. This same person said, "He who is not with Me is against Me" (Luke 11:23). With Jesus, you can't ride the fence. He didn't give us that option.

Another thing to consider: the very reason for this life might be to make a decision for or against God. If that is the case, then maybe it is impossible for us not to make a decision. In other words, if we don't say yes to God, we have therefore said no.

Answer 3

We are born with a sinful nature, so sin is the product of that nature. Anything behaviour which is not pleasing to God is sin.
Wrong thoughts = wrong words + wrong actions.

Answer 4

I believe in sin ONLY as sinning against another person, not a god. Treat people ethically; any treating of people in a way you would not want to be treated is a sin against that person.

Answer 5

Sin is showing great disrespect to teachers of religions and the doing of unwholesome acts. As a example: killing living beings, stealing, sexual mis-conduct and lying to cheat.

Answer 6

Galatians 5:19-21

19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.

I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Answer 7

SIN is a jewish/christian/moslem word created to make people feel guilty about things those religions dont want the people to do.
Ultimately, this word would apply only to killing others and destroying their lives.

Answer 8

harming anyone in anyway is what i see as sin
(Bid the wiccan Rede ye must in perfect love and perfect trust, Eight words the wiccan Rede fulfill "An' ye harm none do what ye will" what ye send forth comes back to thee so ever mind the law of three, follow this with mind and heart, merry ye meet and merry ye part)

Answer 9

I say sin is something that is not of the willing of GOD ALMIGHTY or pertainig unto the word of GOD

Answer 10

To me, a sin is doing something you don't want to do because you feel it is wrong. Otherwise if you want to do something because you want to and no one forced you to it or pressured you to do, its all good.