Just an observation on my part, but it appears to me that for some people, one SIN is greater than another,?

Question

am I the only one who thinks that sin is sin, regardless of the sin?

Answer 1

The Church Christ founded has taught from the very beginning that some sins remove all grace from the soul, and are therefore spiritually deadly, while other lesser sins do not have this spiritual effect. Sins which have this spiritually deadly effect are called mortal sins, obviously because "mortal" means "leading to death", as in a "mortal wound". Sins not leading to death are called "venial", a term meaning "easily forgiven".

Since the Church taught this from the very beginning, you might expect that it would be mentioned in the Church's writings. And sure enough, it is. You can read about it 1 John 5:16-17.

John tells us that some sins are mortal and some are not. He also says that those sins which are not mortal can be forgiven by a simple prayer - easily forgiven - venial. But, he says, don't expect that mortal sins can be forgiven that easily. For forgiveness of such grace offenses, something more is required. He didn't mention what that something more is, but every member of the early Catholic Church knew what he meant - the sacrament of Confession which the Apostles were empowered to minister, when Jesus breathed on them and said, "receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive they are forgiven them".

Answer 2

It is a frightening idea to assume all sins are equal.

Apart from anything else, there is the old adage "be hung for a sheep as a lamb" - on other words, if you are going to be punished you might as well do whatever you want if the punishment is the same.

Steal a pencil = straight to hell

or

Steal a pencil, steal anything, shag anything, murder people who irritate you = same punishment for nicking the pencil.

Something is going a bit wrong here.

Let us be thankful that most laws in most countries are able to differentiate a little - otherwise, if an unpleasant person was caught speeding - they would face the same penalty if they shot the policeman when he pulled them over - as if they apologised and paid the fine.

It is easy to see why religion causes more misery and death in the world than wars, a great pity.

Answer 3

All sin is Equal with exception of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit for which you cannot be forgiven according to the bible. So that means a little white lie, a lie by omission, stealing, murder, genocide, all is sin and all is equal. The thing that is not equal is the sinner's heart. God knows the heart of each sinner and knows if repentence has been asked for simply to escape Hell or whether it was really a heartfelt wish to be absolved of the sin. That is where I beleive the distinction will be made at the final judgement. However, since I am not God, it will be up to Him in the final analysis.

Answer 4

No a sin is a sin in God's eyes. Whether it is murder or something of the lesser degree. We all sin whether great or not, but the nice thing is that if you are truly saved then you are forgiven for all your sins-past-present-future. If you are a Christian and don't believe this then you are basically saying that what Christ did on the cross was all a joke.

Answer 5

Well, I think that sin is sin, but I do think that God views some sins as being worse than others... have you heard that passage in Proverbs?
Proverbs 6:16-19
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Answer 6

Although any sin, no matter how small, will keep anyone away from God. Jesus himself did say the worst sin would be to believe and profess in God, and turn around and to destroy all godly things. so if there is a worst sin then there are degrees of sin. It is true that some sins require more repentance and forgiveness then others. For example, is much easier to secure forgiveness from stealing a candy-bar then it is from murder. as far as what the degrees of sin are is up to your church and ultimately Christ who paid justice for those sins.

Answer 7

You're right that sin is sin. But the logic is like a dog, either a Mexican chihuahua or an Irish wolf hound, is still a dog. But due to variance in temperments you can see the difference just in their sizes. Same as sin.

Answer 8

No, all sin is equal. unless it is turning your back on the Holy Spirit. People want to make one worse than the other, and God is no respecter of men. People also want to minimize sin., They have been out in the world, and living by the worlds standards. The world don't care any more, and it never did.

Answer 9

Sin is sin...usually people will think one sin is better than another because we are in denial...we also put on different glasses to look at others than we do when we examine ourselves..we use the reading glasses to magnify other peoples flaws, and then we throw on the rose tinted ones when we look at ours...we are all guilty of doing it at some point, even when we try not to do it, we are so carnal!!!!

Answer 10

Any sin separates us from God if we don't repent it. Choosing lifestyles that celebrate or normalize sin, separates us no more or less than any other; but they do indicate a lack of repentance for the sin. Lack of repentance has its own implications.

Hoping the best for all of us.....