Is any given act which can be considered a sin always a sin if the same intent is there? Specifically: Incest, polygamy, killing (people), hard drug use, torture - all of these have been considered social needs in some cultures.
2006-08-31 18:50:04 · 4 answers · asked by larry n 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Coming from a liberal Buddhist perspective, it's all relative. Some things, such as incest or pedophilia, would be nigh-impossible to reconcile, I think; but most instances are relative. For example, while murder is definitely wrong, killing someone like Hitler would outweigh the act of the murder in the suffering it ended.
2006-08-31 18:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that you should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
Think hard about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely to me.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and 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 something imperfect, us.
One might assume that God could 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 then nothing that we can do could change Gods will 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 Gods creations could hardly be considered to be imperfect.
If this is the case then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection the 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
2006-09-01 07:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolute
2006-09-01 01:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by isoar4jc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like i said... read the freaking bible
2006-09-01 01:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dynamo with a boost of Sard 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋