Should the perpetrator of a victimless sin be punished?
If I commit adultery in my heart by coveting my neighbor's wife should I be punished?
2007-02-17 09:13:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A victimless crime is when there is no victim. Like for instance, if I was arrested for possessing pot. I would be the criminal in a crime that had no victim. As for victimless sin? I've never thought about that before (I don't think about sin a whole lot in general). I think the concept of sin is between you and your god. It isn't about a victim, it's about what you've decided to do. If you decided to cheat on your wife, even if she didn't know, then it would still be sin, because god would know. And according to the Bible, god is the only judge. So I guess while you were on Earth it wouldn't matter. But then whenever you hit the bucket and head to wherever you believe you go, god may be real mad at you.
2007-02-17 09:20:24 · answer #1 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a victimless crime in a free society. Adultery in your heart is not a crime - it is victimless. According to the ancient canons of the Church (codified at Nicea, 325 AD), any sin commited in the mind/heart is not sin, and is not subject to punishment, either in this life or the next. But thought-crime is discouraged, because mental ascent tends to precede act.
And there is a difference between 'sin' and 'crime.'
2007-02-17 09:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.A victimless crime is any charge where no persons life or property ,has been taken,injured ,damaged or destroyed . A sin is different than a crime .You will be punished by the guilt you feel by damage to your relationship and life , by your neighbor if he catches you ,and possibly by the divorce when your wife leaves you penniless.Examples of victimless crimes are pot,driving without a license or suspended ,not wearing a seat belt .Most crimes where government claims to be the victim. How ever a victim has to be a living breathing creature capable of feeling emotion and pain
2007-02-18 18:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by dollars2burn4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to imagine a victimless crime! A spouse who cheats in secret is kidding himself if its ok because his wife doesn't know. Only a psychopath/sociopath could not bring this action into the marriage in at least subtle ways. Crimes have costs at some point....there is always a vicitm on some level.
2007-02-17 09:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by Cindy W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"And I say to you that every idle word that a man speaks he shall render an account for it in the day of judgment."
(Matthew 12:36)
"There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known"
(Matthew 10:26)
2007-02-17 09:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be punished because it will affect you marriage.
2007-02-17 09:17:33 · answer #6 · answered by pepsiolic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋