they violate the laws of civil society..so they can be punished
2007-02-17 02:33:32
·
answer #1
·
answered by maconsolviaa 5
·
0⤊
0⤋
Sin is sin, no matter how you look at it. And it's been obviously stated anybody who commits a crime is stated to be judged by his peers on his actions and the justification of the nature. But to say "Can we punish him?" is rather, wrong. When you say "We" your implying a group to take action, yes? That is the main cause of why an "athiest" may find that offensive. Now, somebody (Atheist) said along the lines that if justice on earth does not justify the crime, then the person will not pay for his deed. But we know this is a farce because we are put here for a reason of learning, meaning everything we do in our lifetime, we learn about ourselves or the things in our nature. (Earth) And we register all these things with our eyes, which in case burn these "Scenarios of life" in our minds, forever marking them there. Sure you may forget, but when reminded, it comes in like a tidal wave. (Even if it's bad.) So, the "Big Sky Daddy" does keep record over everything we do, hense the knowledge of "Good and Evil." And when we continue our journey to the next level, we will have to answer for EVERY DEED we have done. It's all a learning process IF you really dig deep into the thought.
2007-02-17 04:25:27
·
answer #2
·
answered by Da Mick 5
·
0⤊
0⤋
Anyone who commits a crime is and is caught will be punished by the law of the land. God is the one who tells us to obey our authorities. If anyone breaks the law, there is a consequence to pay. As far as making a sin, just because someone does not believe in God, that does not make God "go away". Sin is sin no matter who and what we are. Example: you can't see electricity, but you will see the results of it. You cannot see air, rather, you see the results of it.
2007-02-17 05:07:15
·
answer #3
·
answered by schoolAA 1
·
0⤊
0⤋
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 perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
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 100 percent of the time?
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 and we are perfect creations of a perfect God 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.
Love and blessings
don
2007-02-17 13:53:50
·
answer #4
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
If I kill you, my crime is against you and society as a whole, not against some fairytale deity. I will stand trial and be sentenced as anyone else would be. If you kill me it is a crime against me and society and you will be tried. It is not a sin in the eyes of man, it is a crime.
The main difference is I am not PREFORGIVEN by that deity. I cannot go forth commit crimes get on my knees, say I'm sorry and make everything all better. I have been royally shafted by many Christians on many occasions. My wife, a Christian, sees no problem with that at all. I'm sorry but I do... If you want to insure that I will never hire or help you just put that fish on your car. To me it is a WARNING LABEL.
BTW, just because you believe in God, that doesn't make God exist.
2007-02-17 05:33:47
·
answer #5
·
answered by gimpalomg 7
·
0⤊
0⤋
Punishment for crimes has nothing to do with religion in most countries. If you break the law, you're punished for it. Atheists don't believe in sin, so that's not something they worry about, but they do believe in law. If you believe that crime is a sin, that's your problem, but it doesn't affect the law and how it is carried out. It also doesn't affect people who don't believe in sin.
2007-02-17 02:25:55
·
answer #6
·
answered by Catana 2
·
0⤊
0⤋
Anyone, regardless of religion or lack thereof can and will be prosecuted if they commit a crime. Whether or not they have commited a sin isn't really for us to judge now is it.
2007-02-17 02:22:58
·
answer #7
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
No, because it is the same as a believer that sins in a dream sequence, it is beyond the conscience mind. Jesus said, forgive them father, for they know not what they do"" However, they can still face charges, under man's law.
2007-02-17 02:30:19
·
answer #8
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
He still has to obide by the laws, otherwise we can make him pay for his crime. As far as it being a "sin". In a christians eyes he would still be a sinner. In the atheists eyes he wouldn't think so.
2007-02-17 02:19:13
·
answer #9
·
answered by E 5
·
1⤊
0⤋
violation of society's rules knows no bounds....the judge could care less what u believe in....the athiest in jail will usually convert to a believer...not all the time, but most....just to survive.
I always wonder if an athiest is asked to swear on a stack of bibles whether he'll tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth...so help your god...
2007-02-17 18:48:58
·
answer #10
·
answered by Its not me Its u 7
·
0⤊
0⤋
To the atheist, the thought-approximately sin isn't very significant; sin is quite often known by ability of maximum human beings as a theological theory, and atheists are by ability of definition no longer followers of a theology. Non-believers would easily regard action as being top or incorrect in accordance to their particular ethical device, yet they typically do no longer think of of them as being "sinful" consistent with se, extremely if "sinful" is taken to point "performing against the desires/instructions of my deity." that's, regardless of the undeniable fact that, significant to observe that "atheism" is as obscure a variety as "theism": only as there is not any nicely-known doctrine of "theism" (aside from the mere assertion that some divine entity exists), there is not any nicely-known doctrine of "atheism" and no single view on the thought-approximately sin. yet, finding to Merriam-Webster, we will see what they could say on the subject count of sin: significant get entry to: 1sin Pronunciation: 'sin function: noun Etymology: middle English sinne, from old English synn; corresponding to old extreme German sunta sin and in all probability to Latin sont-, sons to blame, est is -- greater at IS a million a : an offense against religious or ethical regulation b : an action that's or is felt to be fairly reprehensible c : an usually severe shortcoming : FAULT 2 a : transgression of the regulation of God b : a vitiated state of human nature wherein the self is estranged from God significant get entry to: 2sin function: intransitive verb Inflected variety(s): sinned; sin·ning a million : to dedicate a sin 2 : to dedicate an offense or fault significant get entry to: 3sin Pronunciation: 'sEn, 'sin function: noun Etymology: Hebrew sin : the twenty first letter of the Hebrew alphabet significant get entry to: 4sin function: abbreviation sine
2016-11-23 14:52:59
·
answer #11
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋