Can I sin more than you or is all sinning just plain bad.
2007-01-02 05:03:53 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
sin is an act against god. all acts against god are equal. the morality of the deed may change, but the "degree" of sin is the same.
what im saying is, to us, raping is much worse then petty theft. but to god, its still disobeying him the same.
2007-01-02 05:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to what others have said here, I do believe there are varying degrees of sin. Take a rich man who robs and steals and does not need to do so, except for greed. Then take a poor person with no money who takes from the corner grocery story a loaf of bread, desperately needed to feed his family. Are these sins equal?. Both are stealing and both have sinned but then take a look at the morality of each sinner...one is stealing from nothing but greed while the other is stealing from pure need. Now it is possible to have degrees of sin BUT in the latter case, the sinner could have asked the storekeeper to give him the bread for his family and wouldn't need to steal so the sin here becomes a lack of trust and faith in God's promise to "give us this day our daily bread" so this is now a sin of pride as well. The sins are very different in many ways and degrees but they are still both sin. I do think there are varying degrees of sin and also varying motives behind each sin that determine its gravity.
2007-01-02 05:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course there are degrees of sin. Any sin for which there is a remedy is not as serious as one that has no remedy. For example, a thief can return what he stole and pay restitution. A murderer can do nothing to undo his sin.
Additionally, there are different words for sins in the Hebrew text describing different mindsets of sinners. The penalties for these general categories varies and the implication is that forgiveness is more forthcoming for some than others.
2007-01-02 05:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes: Mortal Sin and Venial Sin.
Here are a couple of good sites:
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a8.htm#1854
http://www.catholic-pages.com/morality/sin.asp
This is from the New Testement 1John 5-12:16
12 Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life.
13 I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
14 And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours.
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray.
17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly
This is from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
The Catechism says:
1854 Sins are rightly evaluated according to their gravity. The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture, became part of the tradition of the Church. It is corroborated by human experience.
1855 Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him... It is like a cancer or AIDS, you are spiritually death, you can do nohing about it by yourself, only to go to Confession.
Venial sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it... your siritual organism can get read of it, because you are still spiritually alive.
1856 Mortal sin, by attacking the vital principle within us - that is, charity - necessitates a new initiative of God's mercy and a conversion of heart which is normally accomplished within the setting of the sacrament of reconciliation:
1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: "Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent
2007-01-02 05:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Donald C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the eyes of God, sin is sin. There is none that are worse than others since they all result in the same thing, disobedience.
The only true sin that will get you in to eternal trouble is disbelief.
2007-01-02 05:06:57 · answer #5 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most believe that there are degrees of sin. Most believe they can commit the same "little" sins over and over and always be forgiven. Funny how they think that works. But I don't think God is laughing.
2007-01-02 05:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All sins are forgivable except for the sin against the holy spirit.
2007-01-02 05:07:33 · answer #7 · answered by Gizelle K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on the religion. Some say all sin is equal, some have mortal sins and lesser sins... get it?
2007-01-02 05:06:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All sin is spiritually equal. There are various degrees of punishment here on Earth for different sins.
May the Lord richly bless you
2007-01-02 05:07:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Sin is sin...all sin is an abomination to the living God.
2007-01-02 05:10:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋