2006-08-31 12:33:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'd love to but at the moment I'm a Pepper! :)
2006-08-31 12:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by ₦âħí»€G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
All this talk about sin sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.
How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work?
It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.
One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.
Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.
If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.
If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.
How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.
Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.
If this is the case then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.
How likely is that????
Think about it.
The idea of sin is simple nonsense; a lie made up about God by religion.
Love and blessings
don
Source --- Course in miracles
2006-09-02 08:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love the sinner, not the sin.
2006-08-31 19:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Answers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, God did not create sin. God is holy and He would not create that which is contrary to His nature. Sinfulness is the opposite of holiness. It is lawlessness (1 John 3:4). God is the author of the Law which is a reflection of His holy character (Exodus 20). Therefore, God cannot create that which is in direct violation of the Law any more than a person can wish himself to be bigger than the sun. It just isn’t possible.
But, if God didn’t create sin, then where did it come from? This is a question that has been debated by theologians and philosophers for many years. I cannot say that I have any better answers than they. Nevertheless, let me venture a guess.
God created the conditions where free will creatures would be able to make a choice between obedience and disobedience to God. This condition existed when God created an angel called Lucifer who was without sin yet, apparently, had free will. Lucifer chose to rebel against God and sin (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:13-15). Likewise, Adam and Eve, having been made by God without sin, listened to the devil and chose to sin against God (Gen. 3).
But God did not cause them to sin (James 1:13). In the freedom of their wills, each decided to rebel against God and sin entered the world (Rom. 5:12). God simply allowed the condition to exist where sin was possible.
An analogy can be found in the relationship between a parent and a child. A parent can create the condition that makes disobedience possible yet the parent remains innocent if the child sins. For example, if a parent tells his child to clean up his room and the child does not, he has rebelled. But, the parent is not responsible for the child’s sin, nor did he cause the child to sin. The child had a choice to obey or not to obey.
Likewise, God has created the condition in the world where the ability to rebel against Him was possible. Yet, he is not responsible for that rebellion once it has been committed. Therefore, sin originated with Lucifer who was the first to rebel and entered the world through Adam who likewise chose disobedience.
2006-08-31 19:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Put down the crack pipe and pick up a Bible, True we are born into sin. It is our moral duty to avoid sinning. God created man... man has the CHOICE to sin or not to sin. Does this make sense to you? Or are you going to wait and see if sinning is a joke?
2006-08-31 19:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man created Sin. But it is only an idea, not a thing. Like Unicorns.
2006-08-31 19:39:04 · answer #6 · answered by danisaacs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sin came from Selfishness, Self-centeredness and vanity!
2006-08-31 19:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by nicsname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man allowed sin, and has been paying ever since. If man would have obeyed God, there would have been no sin in our lives.
2006-08-31 19:39:38 · answer #8 · answered by NOIZE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're all sinners so...
Should be a song. Not!
2006-08-31 19:41:30 · answer #9 · answered by Bimpster 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope not at all i want to go to heaven and be with my creator. Just because it was created doesn't mean you have to partake in the act of or taking it! start using your Brain and ask God what he wants you to do!
2006-08-31 19:41:07 · answer #10 · answered by crystal8345 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A good example for being an atheist, dump imaginary god and return to reality
2006-08-31 19:39:24 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋